Quilon Has A Population Of 150,000. Accommodation Can Be Found Right
Near The Jetty, And The Bus Terminal Is Also There.
The Mahalakshmi Lodge Is Right Near The Jetty. It Is Very Clean, Doubles
Cost Around 30rs, And It Also Has A Good Restaurant. (W.K.)
Double Rooms In The Sudarsan Hotel Cost Around 6ors And It Has A Good
Restaurant. (Petra Z.)
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There Are Day And Night Buses To Trivandrum 72km (45 Miles) - Lors And A 2 Hour Trip. There Are Two Boats To Alleppey Daily At 10am And 10.30pm. There Is Also A Bus.
You Can Also Go On The Backwaters To Kapapuzha Or Guhanan-Dapuram.
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There Is An Exceptional Bus Service From Ernakulam To Alleppey, Quilon And Trivandrum. Buses Depart For Trivandrum (223km-139 Miles) Day And Night For Around 35Rs For The 6 Hour Trip. There Is Also A Rail Service Via Kottayam And Quilon To Trivandrum.
You Can Travel By Bus, But It's Better To Go By Boat. There Are Only Two Services: 10.30am And 10pm.
The Trip Lasts 8 Hours And Costs 8rs, And You Can Make A Reservation. If You Want A Good Seat, You Should Get There About An Hour Before Departure, As It's Very Noisy Near The Motor. The Boat Stops Twice For 15 Minutes For Meals At About Lpm And 4.45pm. They Try To Charge You Inflated Prices. On Board You Can't Get Anything To Eat, But The Boats Have Their Own Toilets. You Can Travel On The Roof (Rather Hot) At
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Some Buses Leave From The Hotel Aranya Niva Or Periyar House, And For Some You Have To Go To Kumily.
Kottayam (115km-71 Miles): Around 8 Services Between 4.45am And 6.30pm.
Quilon (185km-115 Miles): At 5.30am.
Ernakulam (176km-109 Miles): At 5.45am, 9.30am 12.45pm And 2.30pm.
Madurai(135km-84 Miles): At6.15atn, 10.30am, 12.30am And 4.30pm. Trivandrum (286km-178 Miles);-At 8am And 1.30pm.
Kovalam: At 930am. There Is Also A Direct Servipe To Kodaikanal (141km-88 Miles) At 6.30pm But It Leaves From Kumily Behind The Tamil Nadu Checkpost.
The Capital Of Kerala Has A Population Of 500,000, And Not Much Worth Seeing. It Is Rather A Clean And (For India) Prosperous Looking Town. It Is The Jumping Off Point For The Famous Kovalam Beach And There Are Flights From Here To Sri Lanka And To The Maldives.
There Are Frequent Buses To Ernakulam, Alleppey, Quilon And Kottayam. Services To Thekkady (Periyar National Park): 3.30am, 8.45am And 11.40pm.
To Kannyakumari: Between About 4.30am And 9.45pm Regular Service.
Madurai: Practically Round The Clock, Approximately 3ors.
Madras: Around Half A Dozen Services, Approximately Loors;
Pondicherry: 3.30pm,
