All Mail Which Isn’t Specifically Addressed Poste Restante, Head Post Office, Ernakulam, Goes To Cochin Head Post Office In Fort Cochin.
It Is A Good Idea To Check At Both Post Offices. Poste Restante Is Closed On Sundays. It Pays To Look Through All The Mail Yourself As The Ladies Behind The Counter Have Trouble With Foreign Names.
The Indian Airlines Office Is In Durbar Hall Road, Ph 353 901. There W No Special Airport Bus.
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Jhansi : Getting There
By Air
Gwalior (98 km) is the nearest airport.
By Rail
Some important trains are Shatabdi Express, Punjab Mail, Dadar-Amritsar Express, Jhelum Express, Karnataka Express, Malwa Express, Mahakaushal Express, GT Express, Tamil Nadu Express, Kushinagar Express, Kerala Express. Enquiries and Reservations s 131, 132.
By Road
Located on the junction of NH 25 and 26. Some road distances are: Agra (221 km), Khajuraho (178 km), Datia (28 km), Orchha (18 km), Shivpuri (100 km), Lucknow (297 km), Kanpur (220 km), Delhi (414 km). Comprehensive bus services link Jhansi to all the above mentioned centres. Talpura Bus Stand is at Subzi Mandi.
Ahmedabad: By Rail
Important trains for Mumbai (572 km) are: Gujarat Mail, Gujarat Express, Kar-navati Express, Ahmedabad-Janta Express and Shatabdi Express from Ahmedabad to Mumbai Central, Kutch Express from Gandhidham to Mumbai via Ahmedabad, Saurashtra Janta Express from Ahmeda¬bad to Borivili (Mumbai), Saurashtra Mail from Dwaraka-Hapa to Mumbai via Ahmedabad and Saurashtra Express from Porbandar to Mumbai via Ahmedabad. Some other important trains are Sarvo-daya Express, Ashram Express, Aravalli Express, Delhi Mail and Delhi Express which connect the city with Delhi (886 km) and other destinations in north India. Navji-wan Express, Rajkot-Trivandrum Express, Gandhidham-Trivandrum Express and Cochin Express are southbound trains.
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.
Miscellaneous
There Are Plenty Of Simple, And Mostly Not Too Good, Restaurants At Lighthouse Beach. One Of The Better Ones Is The Seawaves. The Res¬taurants In The Middle Class Hotels On The Road Are Better.
Beer Drinkers! The Right Place To Go Is The Raja Hotel, As The Beer There Is Not Only Cheaper Than In The Other Pubs, It Is Really Cold. Try The Hercules Brand For Around 4ors.
Money
You Can Exchange Travellers Cheques At The Central Bank Of India In The Kovalam Ashok Beach Resort - Open Mon-Fri 10.30am-2.30pm And Sat 10.30-12.30. You Can Also Go To
Kerala, With An Area Of 38,863 Sq Km (15,001 Sq Miles), Is The Second Smallest State In India After Goa. It Has A Population Of 30 Million, And Is Densely Populated. The 575km (357 Miles) Long Coastal State Was The First State In India To Elect The Communist Party To Power, In 1956. Since Then The Congress Party Has Been Re-Elected.
This Can Be Explained By The Fact That Only Approximately 50% Of Its Population Can Read And Write. On The Street, Practically Only Malayalam Is Spoken And Understood. Kerala Produces About 70% Of India's Spices, About 70% Of Its
