Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Great Indian Road Trip- Thrissur,Kerala to New Delhi, New Delhi Part Zero



Hell yeah!!! What you read is true, every word of it !!

Its been a while since I blogged here. Been on odd errands all these time, and add to it, what can be called a "writer's block" :) . But never did I dream that my return to blogosphere would be with something this joyful, that I can't still contain the sheer thrill of it!

Yes! We are embarking on our dream tour, from GEC, Thrissur, Kerala to Delhi( or New Delhi, New Delhi :) )( An ~2900km journey one way). A 12 day journey which includes about 5-6 days on road and a 2-day trip back home in train(courtesy: Indian Railways). No strings attached( except those budget ones :) ). Here's how it all came about:

I wouldn't disclose the entire details verbatim, but the capsuled data is here:

Rohit's dad has been transferred with promotion( cheers!!) to Delhi.

Problem: Make sure uncle wouldn't have no trouble whilst commuting in the Metro.
Solution: Their KL-08 P XXXX Maruti Zen :D!!

Rohit suggested, got approval and thus took birth the crazy idea of taking car to Delhi, driving the entire stretch from TCR! Not to mention the compulsive, obsessive, certified brain-damaged lunatic what-not-ic Bristow to boost the whole concept, the next thing left was to decide fellow tourers- Denny, Raman and Myself!
To put in simpler words, Drivers- Denny Machan n Brittoli, Tourers- Me :) n Raman, and
Last but the best Moyalali of the Vandi- Rayappan!!!

The trajectory and pit-stops haven't been yet decided but I'll update it soon here. Initial suggestion is Thrissur-Mangalore- Deviation to Goa- Pune- Agra- Delhi.

Return Journey tickets have been booked in Mangla Express on July 13th. Surprisingly, a sleeper class ticket from Delhi to Thrissur costs Rs. 600/- only( I ain't much of a rail gadi yathri hence moi ignorance to be tolerated!)

Rest of the details shall follow soon! Meanwhile, you can keep track of me on twitter as well.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Meanwhile, you can keep track of me on twitter as well." - അതു കൊള്ളാം.

Anonymous said...

Photos kollam.
പക്ഷേ Delhiyil പോകാതെ അവിടത്തെ ഫോട്ടോ എടുത്തോ??

Ramakrishnan said...

great...i have high expectations from the trip....actually this post was necessary to keep our spirits high and to show some jaada;)

Rohith Rajesh said...

:)) ttthhaannnkkk yooouuu....


ALL THE BEST TO FIVE OF US....!!!!

sandeep said...

all the best for the trip ... and have a rockin' trip :)

the route u've chosen seem to be really long. when we did this trip in 2005(http://usandeep.com/trips/delhi.html), we took the bng - hyd - nagpur - gwalior - agra - delhi and came back via agra - indore - nasik - pune - blore route. but then thats from blore :) u guys have fun and dont miss out the good places en route

DD said...

@aswin...
ee dufaay enn nee ketitalle ullu ... kanditillallo...(courtesy: lal-sreeni)
:D
fotoykaano ippam kshaamam:)
kidakatte enn vichaarichu...
and ya, am now on twitter and it seems fun :)

DD said...

@ raman,
u r so correct!! :)

DD said...

@rohit

yup, wishing us gud luck :D!!

DD said...

@sandeepetan...

ur link was toooo good!!
njangalum athu pole onn idum... in another 7 days tym... and ya abt the route.. goa is on our chart hence that route...

Hailstone said...

Happy journey :)

Anonymous said...

hello... hapi blogging... have a nice day! just visiting here....

shibin azad said...

a trip like this is one i want to undertake..hopefully it works out soon..in btw have a great tym...![:)]

Rohith Rajesh said...

http://live-in-euphoria.blogspot.com/2009/10/travelogue.html

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