south india tour

rajtheleo

hi friends/all
we 4 persons are planning to visit south as follows
chennai-pondicherry-thanjavur-rameswaram-kodaikanal-madurai-kanyakumari-kovalam-trivendrum-allepey-kochin-ooty-mysore -bangalore
is the above route good? any change and suggestions.also mention the distance and about roads.is it better to hire tavera from chennai for all the way or any other way.
rajtheleo

bsprasad

Please let know the no of days you have planned...?

Based on which we can suggest you a detailed plan.

Hiring a cab from chennai is actually the best decision.

Regards

B.S.Prasad

n kumar

hi rajtheleo,
You can follow this route :
chennai-pondi-tanjur-rameshwaram-madurai-kodai-kanyakumari-trivandram-allepey-kochi-ooty-mysore-bangalore.

bsprasad

Dear Kumar,

Hope you are aware that if rajtheleo takes this route suggested by you...

rameshwaram-madurai-kodai-kanyakumari

He will be traveling up and down tamilnadu twice. He will touch the end of tamilnadu twice and he will come down south twice...

n kumar

hi prasad,
what can be the other alternatiave ?
chennai-pondi-tanjur-rameshwaram-madurai-kanyakumari-trivandram-kovalam-allepey-kochi-kodai-ooty-mysore-bangalore.
As kodai is only 4 hours journey from madurai, i thaught he can cover kodai first then visit kanyakumari, kerala and after visiting kochi he can go to ooty via kovai.
Is their a better alternative than this,
please post,

rajtheleo

thanks both of you
i have the following route at present
chennai-29.12.09-night stay-pondicherry:30.11.09-night stay--
thanjavur:1.12.09-night stay--rameswaram:2.12.09-night stay--
kodai:3.12.09-night stay--madurai:4.12.09-night stay--
kanyakumari:4.12.09-night stay--kovalam:5.12.09-night stay--
trivendrum:6.12.09-night stay--kochin via alleppey:7.12.09-
stay at kochin 7 & 8.12.09--ooty:9.12.09-stay 9.12 & 10.12--
mysore:11.12.09-night stay--bangalore:12.12.09-stay 12.12 return to delhi on 13.12.09 evening.
i want to know the distances between these places as on net there is different distances.also want to know the fare of tavera vehicle from chennai to bangalore
thanks for taking pain
rajendra

snonymous

Rajtheleo, I hope you have given yourself at least a month for this ambitious itinerary, otherwise you will be tired out just by the journey.

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n kumar

Hi snonymous,
I know a bunch of guys who had been on all days tour including nepal for 38 days from bangalore in a bus. The guys never sat on a chair for 15 days after they came back.

snonymous

I can well imagine their plight! I feel cramped if I sit in a car for more than 2 hours.

ribhu95

Rajtheleo,

Either increase the number of days or reduce the number of places. U wont be able to cover all these places. No point in going upto kodai for a one night stay.

Cut out a couple of places and you will be better off......Based on your itinerary - options for places to cut off include - kodai - u can avoid the up and down travel from rameshwaram.

else finish ur trip at ooty and fly back from coimbatore.

my sincere suggestions.

ribhu

rajtheleo

dear frenz
i think taht my trip is too long.i am planning to cut it a little.
what about it
starting from madurai wants to travel -kodai-rameshwaram-kanyakumari-kovalam-trivendrum-kochin-ooty-mysore-banglore and return. in the middle alleppey backwater.how many days stay in each of the following station will be sufficient.
rajtheleo

bonded

I see that you have planned your trip for 29th Dec 2009 to 13th Jan 2010 (15 days). I also see that you are planning to visit 10 places.

Do you think it is feasible?

rajtheleo

dear all
i accept your advise. now i am planning as;
delhi to bangalore by plane ;29-11-09 and will board the train on 29th nov for madurai and reaching in the morning after breakfast will leave kodai and stay there on 30-11-09.
kodai to rameshwaram ; 1-12-09 -stay 1/12 and 2/12
rameshwaram to kanyakumari: 3.12.09-stay 3.12
kanya to kovalam on 4.12.09--stay 4.12
kovalam to trivendrum : 5.12.09--stay 5.12
triven to kochin via alleppey( 6 hrs. backwater) 6.12.09
kochin stay --6.12 and 7.12
kochin to ooty 8.12.09---stay --8.12 an 9.12
ooty to bangalore via mysore(8 hrs.stay at mysore)-10.12.09
bangalore stay---10.12 and 11.12--to delhi on 11.12 night
is it feasible?
rajtheleo

n kumar

Hi,
Here are some points to note down :
1)
Your plan states that you are not interested in visiting madurai then why dont you get down at kodai road railway station and then take a cab/bus to kodai.
2)]
The road to rameshwaram from kodai is via madurai.
3)
You dont get direct buses from rameshwaram to kanyakumari, you have to go to madurai and then board a different bus to kanyakumari.

ribhu95

Hi,

1. What is your mode of travel ? Hope it is hired cab.

2. Onward ...why bangalore....chennai - kodai road is better. The number of trains are many. Get down at kodai road and head for kodai...have a light breakfast enroute or reach kodai and have a good brunch.

3. Rest of plan appears just about feasible...if u r in ur own vehicle..... so u can think in terms of hiring a vehicle out of a madurai based travel agent.....release the vehicle at bangalore...they will charge you for blore - madurai return also.

Cheers

ribhu