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Additional Information Can Be Found In The Next Chapters About The Destinations.
Ootacamund (Ooty) (312km-194 Miles): Buses Run From The Er-Nakulam Bus Terminal To Palghat, Where You Have To Change For Ooty. There Are Other Options But They Take Longer. You Could Travel By Train Or By Bus From Palghat To Mettupalaiyam And Then By The Nilgiri Railway To Ooty. The Train Leaves Mettupalaiyam At 7.30am And Arrives In Ooty At Noon. (Part Cog Wheel Track, Nice Trip).

Mysore
(470km292 Miles)/Bangalore (565km-351 Miles): Three Departures Daily 5am, 7am And 8pm. Direct Services Leave From The Bus Terminal In Ernakulam For Bangalore (15 Hrs) Via Mysore. There Are Also Some Private Buses On This Route. It Is Awkward By Train. There Are Flights From Cochin To Bangalore Daily

Mangalore And Goa: By Train Or Bus To Mangalore Around 450km (280 Miles). Then By Bus To Panjim, Margao Or Vasco Da Gama.

Bombay: Twice Daily Service, Ask At The Tourist Office. Or You Can Take The Train Or Fly - Daily Flights Cochin-Bombay -

Madras (690km-429 Miles): Twice Daily Bus Service At 8am And 2pffl-
Approximately 17hrs Travelling Time - 9ors.

Private Buses Also Run On This Route.

By Rail: The 42 Cochin Express Leaves The Cochin Harbour Terminus
Daily At 4.30pm From Ernakulam At 5pm. It Arrives In Madras Central
The Next Morning At 6.50am, 709km (441 Miles).

By Air: Indian Airlines Have Daily Flights To Madras - US$69; Vayu Flies To Madras On Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun -

Delhi (2841km-1765 Miles)

The 131 Mangala Express Departs Cochin Harbour Terminus At 10.25am, And Ernakulam At 10.55am Daily Except Thurs And Fri. It Arrives In Nizamuddin (Delhi) Two Days Later At 2.30pm.

The 125 Kerala Express Departs Ernakulam Mon & Fri At 5.25pm And Arrives In New Delhi Two Days Later At 4pm.

The 907 Him Sagar Express Departs Ernakulam Only On Wed At 5.25 And Arrives In New Delhi Two Days Later At 3.30pm. Air.There Are Daily Flights To Delhi

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Connections: Kerala

Periyar National Park: Two Direct Bus Services Daily At 6.30am And 2.45pm To The Main Town In The Park, Thekkady. If You Want To Stay At The Budget Hotels, Get Out In Kumily. It Costs 26Rs For The 185km (115 Miles) Trip And It Takes About 7hrs. Reservations Recommended. You Can Also Take A Train Or Bus To Kottayam And Then Catch A Bus. There Are Also Direct Services To Madurai, Kannyakumari And Pon-Dicherry (615km-382 Miles).

Quilon: Kerala

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.) Connections 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.

Vizhinjam Beach: Kerala

Connections There Are Direct Buses To Kannyakumari Among Other Places. There Is A Good Service In All Directions From Trivandrum. To Say That The Beaches In Goa Are Overcrowded And That The Beaches At Kovalam Are Deserted, Is Nonsense. It Is The Opposite. Although The Beach Has Been Patrolled For Several Years In Kovalam, There Are Always Drownings. I Liked Kovalam Beach Best Of All The Beaches In India. It Has Very Good Waves For Body Surfing (Or Drowning) -Four People Drowned While I Was There. Backpackers Tend To Gather At Lighthouse Beach Which Isfuli Of Hotels And Restaurants. It Doesn't Matter Where

Trivandrum: Kerala

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.

Flora Kerala

Connections 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.