Long drive to Delhi - 8 : Places visited

We were in Bangalore with Sippy & Mukul when they informed of shifting to Gurgaon. The luggage & Maruti 800 was to be sent in container by truck.

Another option offered was that we can have the car & drive it back to Delhi if it was ok with us. We grabbed the opportunity & the key of the car!

Now Gayatri wanted to see Kanyakumari as well before heading for Delhi. So we decided to take coastal route from Kanyakumari & then Ahmedabad, Jaipur & Delhi. 

Actual route turned out to be a bit different as day to day changes were made but has been a memorable tour. Journey was approx 5000 km in 29 days as under:

2. Yercaud, Tamilnadu

    Distance covered  230 km.  Day 1 

3. Madurai / Meenakshi Temple / Nayak Palace

    Distance covered 270 km ( total 500 km ). Day 2, 3 & 4 

4. Rameshwaram / Dhanushkodi ( to & fro Madurai )

    Distance covered 170 km ( total 670 km ). Day 3

5. Kanyakumari 

    Distance covered 250 km (total 1090 km). Day 5

6. Thiruvananthpuram / Sree Padamnabhaswamy Temple

    Distance covered 90 km ( total 1180 km ). Day 6

7. Allapuzha / Kollam / Kappad

    Distance covered 160 km ( total 1340 km ). Day 7

8. Kochi / Fort Kochi / Wellingdon Island / Vallarpadam

    Distance covered 60 km ( total 1400 km). Day 8

9. Munnar

    Distance covered 130 km ( total 1530 km). Day 9

10. Thrissur / Guruvayur

      Distance covered 160 km ( total 1690 km ). Day 10

11. Ramanttukara, Karnataka
      Distance covered 130 km (total 1820 km). Day 11

12. Kannur, Karnataka

      Distance covered 170 km ( total 1990 km). Day 12

13. Udupi, Karnataka

      Distance covered 200 km ( total 2190 km). Day 13

14. Murudeshwara, Karnataka

      Distance covered 110 km ( total 2300 km ). Day 14

15. Jog Falls, Shimoga, Karnataka

      Distance covered 90 km ( total 2390 km ). Day 15

16. Gokarna / Om Beach, Karnataka
      Distance covered 120 km ( total 2510 km ). Day 16

7. Ponda, Goa
      Distance covered 160 km ( total 2670 km ). Day 17

18. Belgaum, Karnataka

      Distance covered 130 km ( total 2800 km ). Day 18

19. Panhala Fort, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 
      Distance covered 140 km ( total 2940 km ). Day 19

20. Pune / Agha Khan Palace / Pataleshwar / EME Temple

      Distance covered 240 km ( total 3180 km ). Day 20

21. Shirdi / Trimbkeshwar, Maharashtra

      Distance covered 300 km ( total 3480 km ). Day 21 & 22

22. Hattgad Fort, Nashik, Maharashtra
      Distance covered 150 km ( total 3630 km ). Day 23

23. Surat, Gujrat

      Distance covered 170 km ( total 3800 km ). Day 24

24. Vadodra, Gujrat

      Distance covered 160 km ( total 3960 km ). Day 25

25. Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
      Distance covered 430 km ( total 4390 km ). Day 26

26. Shahpura, Midway, Rajasthan

      Distance covered 370 km ( total 4760 km ). Day 27

27. Delhi
      Distance covered 200 km ( total 4960 km ). Day 28

28. Meerut, UP
      Distance covered 100 km ( total 5060 km ). Day 30

And now is the time for writing about The Long Drive