Where is Vizag?

lyndy

I wrote down this name after hearing some Japanese kids taking about India. Where the heck is this place? Anyone?

Hyderabadi

See:
http://www.vizagcityonline.com/vizag.../netshell.html
http://www.visakha.org/charm.cfm?pg=charm
http://travels.ndtv.com/xtopspot.asp...=Vizag&id= 77
http://www.tourismofindia.com/hibea/beavizag.htm

HTH.

edwardseco

High on my list for my next jaunt. My neighbors come from there..

Antrek

Vishakapatnam is a nice small city on the East coast of India in Andhra Pradesh... There are hardly any tourists there, and some nice places around... the hill-station of Aruku and the Borra caves are a couple of hours away, with some nice waterfalls and good government / private huts, lodges, etc.

Nearer to the city itself there is the beach, the historic town of Bheemili, with some old Dutch Pirates graves and a large church built by the british nearby. The city beach is not pristine, but the beach road IS where all the hotels are and the crowds milling around of an evening are truly Vizag in it's natural state. There is not a traffic problem compared to other places, there are a few nightspots opened in the last 6 months.

Byeee...

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When they end, so do we.

R.T.

Vizag is just short for Vishakapatnam, lyndy. That's what probably caused the confusion.
By the way: the English name for Vizag was 'Waltair'.

vsp27759

Dear RT,
Till a few years ago, Waltair was the name used by South Eastern Railway. Subsequently, the Railway name got changed to Visakhapatnam.
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Senior Railway employees and retired Railway employees, and even some of the serving Railway employees of SER (now ECoR/SECR too) still use the name ""Waltair"".
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Even in the logo of Andhra University, you will still find the name Waltair.
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V.Srinivasa Prasad
4.6.2005/20.10 hrs.

rangss

New pub in Vizag: Chrome-The Pub...all metal and glass ....fantastic place....greatcocktails.


PS: I spent 15 years in Vizag until 1996. Never saw a pub all my life here. Good things happened in my absence.

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rangss

You guys can borrow my personal vehicle stationed at Vizag when you are there:

http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/museum.htm

edwardseco

Rangss, can I take it out for a short cruise if I pay for the petrol.?

R.T.

Thanks for the info!

lyndy

I'd already done a search on this board, as someone who pm'd me, nicely suggested (am I so dumb that I would not try that first?-maybe I sound terribly dumb!-I don't think I am but I could be terrible wrong!) anyway the search was not conclusive as to where exactly Vizag was, in my humble opinion.

The 2004 Footprint did not mention it either so that's why I posted here.

Thanks again to you people who took the trouble to give me straight? answers!

crvlvr

And if you want to see it on the map of India

http://www.timesrelieffund.com/images/map.jpg

As RT has stated, its called Vishakapatnam

Indojingai

Links and maps have been forwarded by people.
So, I take the liberty to be OT.

I thought the kids were taking about 'whijagu' (as they'd likely say in katakana). Which I assumed would be some anime character.
So, google with 'Japanese vizag' and the first return doesnt point that they were talking about visiting there...

I never knew this part of history... 'whijaggu'

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Digital Drifter

Ouch! Did you drop by Bangalore? They just closed all the dance bars. :-)

If you're going to come to Bangalore, let me know, I'll sell my liquor shares.

rintu

My Dear Friend it is Vishakapatnam(Vizag) in Andhra Pradesh(India)and basically it is a costal area in south india.