Chinnaganjam

alouise · Jul 25th, 2009, 18:35

Hi everyone,

I'm planning to visit Prakasham district, to check out Chandavaram, Kanuparthy, Uppugundur and Chinnaganjam. The last two places are railheads between Chiralla and Ongole, and there are plenty of trains to choose from. I'm wondering though what the accommodation situation would be like - could stay at Bapatla-Suryalanka I suppose, but it might be a bit stormy perhaps on the beach in October? There seem to be some lodges and hotels in Ongole. But I don't know about Chiralla, let alone these smaller places.

Has anyone been this way or would anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for any feedback

alouise · Jul 27th, 2009, 15:02

Looks like I'll be writing a trip report on this one. But just in case there's an IM-er out there itching to go visit this area to see its ancient Buddhist stupa ruins etc.. here's some accommodation info to keep in mind.

The sites are between two railway stations, Chirala and Ongole - so it's not too hard to get there, plus there are plenty of buses from both towns. I'd include the link, except it brought a malware attack on my laptop. Now, the good news, both Ongole and Chirala railway stations have retiring rooms.

Chirala has 1 non-AC double and 1 non-AC single, Rs 100 and 50 respectively.

Ongole has 4 non-Ac doubles at Rs 100

Railways retiring rooms are handy for these stations because a few of the interstate trains pass through at very late/early hours. Scoring one of these rooms might be easier at those awful times - I've never had any luck scoring a retiring room, always 'full" they say..... but you could be lucky

baba420 · Jul 27th, 2009, 15:17

iam up for surya lanka, lets take our sound systmes and blast suryalanka,
regards,
harish.

alouise · Jul 27th, 2009, 15:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by baba420

iam up for surya lanka, lets take our sound systmes and blast suryalanka,
regards,
harish.

maybe a cyclone could blast suryalanka at that time (october) of the year

candyrox · Jul 29th, 2009, 11:45

even during cyclone it is extremely safe to say in suryalanka. that doesn't bother us much and cyclones are very rare on the east coast. you can also get beach resorts near ramapuram , chirala. and also one can et medium priced hotels in chirala.

alouise · Jul 29th, 2009, 12:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by candyrox

even during cyclone it is extremely safe to say in suryalanka. that doesn't bother us much and cyclones are very rare on the east coast. you can also get beach resorts near ramapuram , chirala. and also one can et medium priced hotels in chirala.

Thank you Candyrox, nice work, hotels in Chirala and beach resorts fine...

you've also just answered a question I asked you in another post!

Jul 25th, 2009, 18:35	#1
alouise Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sydney Posts: 819	Chinnaganjam Hi everyone, I'm planning to visit Prakasham district, to check out Chandavaram, Kanuparthy, Uppugundur and Chinnaganjam. The last two places are railheads between Chiralla and Ongole, and there are plenty of trains to choose from. I'm wondering though what the accommodation situation would be like - could stay at Bapatla-Suryalanka I suppose, but it might be a bit stormy perhaps on the beach in October? There seem to be some lodges and hotels in Ongole. But I don't know about Chiralla, let alone these smaller places. Has anyone been this way or would anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for any feedback

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Jul 27th, 2009, 15:02	#2
alouise Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sydney Posts: 819	Looks like I'll be writing a trip report on this one. But just in case there's an IM-er out there itching to go visit this area to see its ancient Buddhist stupa ruins etc.. here's some accommodation info to keep in mind. The sites are between two railway stations, Chirala and Ongole - so it's not too hard to get there, plus there are plenty of buses from both towns. I'd include the link, except it brought a malware attack on my laptop. Now, the good news, both Ongole and Chirala railway stations have retiring rooms. Chirala has 1 non-AC double and 1 non-AC single, Rs 100 and 50 respectively. Ongole has 4 non-Ac doubles at Rs 100 Railways retiring rooms are handy for these stations because a few of the interstate trains pass through at very late/early hours. Scoring one of these rooms might be easier at those awful times - I've never had any luck scoring a retiring room, always 'full" they say..... but you could be lucky

Jul 27th, 2009, 15:17	#3
baba420 ANJUNA SARPUNCH Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: planet earth Posts: 303	iam up for surya lanka, lets take our sound systmes and blast suryalanka, regards, harish.

Jul 29th, 2009, 11:45	#5
candyrox Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: india Posts: 48	even during cyclone it is extremely safe to say in suryalanka. that doesn't bother us much and cyclones are very rare on the east coast. you can also get beach resorts near ramapuram , chirala. and also one can et medium priced hotels in chirala.