January 20, 2008

Bland Andhra

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I did not want to spend the NY at Chennai ...partying and drinking and eating. Hence the traveller in me woke up again from a long slumber(its been 4-5 months since i went anywhere)...

I had 3 choices
a) Kerala
b) The West Coast - from Bekal Fort to Goa
c) Andhra Pradesh (AP)

I did not want to do #a alone , hence chucked it. #b is in my to-do list for almost a year now. And #c was equally interesting as not many people backpack across AP. Culminating at Goa wasnt a good idea, as it was a NY season and it would be crowded (and the skyrocketing prices). Hence, it was #c :) Decided to get the ticket to start off on Friday evening to Vijayawada (VJW). Once in VJW, then i could decide on the future course of action on a daily basis.

Friday evening
Came back from work(it was my last day with my employer) , did some quick packing and started off to the Koyambedu Bus stand - boarded the bus - dreamt - and slept.

Day - 1 ( Saturday , Dec 29th, 2007)
[ KanakaDurga Temple - Undavalli Caves - Mogalarajapuram Caves - Kondapalli Fort ]
Reached Vijayawada in the morning at 5:15am. Brushed my teeth in the bus stand , had a hot tea , dumped my backpack in the cloak room and left for a darshan at KanakaDurga temple.


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4 comments:

Gayatri said...

it sounds good so far! I'm wondering why "bland" maybe i should wait for the rest of the post!

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Kartik Kannan said...

Hey didnt know u were so much into traveling. By the way option B is realy worth it. If the crowd is too much at Goa, get down at Gokarna Road, bliss and peace. By the way, you can try some of the beaches around the Morjim-Arambol stretch around New Year, as most of the crowd flocks around Anjuna,Vagator,Baga,Calangute in the North and Palolem in the South.