Geoff and I are super excited about heading back to India to complete the west coast leg of our Indian adventure. We got our tickets for May 3rd through May 19th. It started out as a reconnaisance mission to retrieve our bikes from Pune and deliver them to Kochin, but it sounds like we’ve got a whole slew of other adventures planned. We don’t have our route planned out yet, but here’s a peak into some of the research I’ve been doing:
Mileage Between Cities
Pune to Kohlapur – 223km
Pune to Belgaum – 336km
Pune to Panaji – 495km
Pune to Kochi = 1327km (822 miles)
Panaji to Mangalore – 395km
Mangalore to Kannur – 112km
Mangalore to Khozikode – 224km
Mangalore to Kochin – 437km
Kochin to Kanyakumari – 307km
Total trip = 1634km (1013 miles)
Trains
http://www.indianrail.gov.in/
Pune Jn – Vasco De Gama (Goa Express) 608km- 14hrs – 433Rs($10)
Bangalore – Kanaykumari (Kanaykumari Express) 944km – 21.25hrs – 490Rs($11)
Hot Spots
Karnataka Beaches – http://www.indiasite.com/karnataka/beaches.html
Kerala Surf Spots – Mahe, Varkala, Kovalam – http://www.globalsurfers.com/country_details.cfm?land=India
Other Kerala Beaches
Bekal Beach – near Kannur
Kappad Beach – near Khozikode
