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Trivandrum India: The Centre of the city of Trivandrum -

Welcome to the capital of Kerala!

Trivandrum is the city's hub of Kerala, and is connected to most cities and towns in the State.

Trivandrum is very quiet compared to other cities of the India. It is almost too quiet after 8 pm.

Frankly, Trivandrum has become more like a travelers stop Kovalam and Varkala.

Backpackers in Trivandrum, few remain more than a day unless they have to.

It is because there is not much to do in Trivandrum. For me, the center of the city lacked the charm and was only dirty and crowded. The northern part of the city where, schools and Government offices is the best part where can meet the Green State of Kerala.

When he was in a field work, I got to see their pearls. The best of Trivandrum is its restaurants. My favorite restaurant was Ariya Niwas, I will talk more about this restaurant later in this article.

Air: Many domestic and international flights land at the airport of Trivandrum, located 3-4 km outside the city centre and 16 km from Kovalam.

From the airport you can take a taxi or a Rickshaw to the Centre of the city, Kovalam and Varkala or other places in Kerala. In February, 2011 pay Rs 500 a taxi from the airport to the Centre of the city (we were 5 people).

The taxi stand is just outside the door of departure of the arrival hall.

Be careful with resellers outside the airport. One of them suggested we have in the City Centre for Rs 900 (!) It is much better to take a prepaid taxi.

Visit the website of the Trivandrum Airport (opens in a new window)

By train: Trivandrum is connected to major cities throughout the State. Long distance train takes depends on what train take. Some express trains used for example 30-40 minutes to Varkala, 2 hours and 15 minutes to Alappuzha, 3 hours and 15 minutes to Ernakulam and so on.

The train station in Trivandrum is located near KSRTC bus support. A Rickshaw from the Princess Street to the train station costs Rs 15-20 depending on your bargaining skills.

To find out which platform and where it will land on the platform 'their' head coach, request the Office of information. If it is too comprehensive to search for a Board of large written close to the main station of the officer.

Of Trivandrum to Kovalam: There are no trains to Kovalam. The cheapest way of Kovalam is to take the local bus. There are frequent buses leaving this Fort between Trivandrum and Kovalam, and costs 9 (ida) Rs. We only ran the bus when we get to the bus station. After 10 minutes, there was another ready bus.

The bus stop is near the Shri Padmanabhaswami temple on MG road (a 20 minute walk from Princess Street and 25 minutes from the railway station), and the trip takes less than an hour. The trip can be irregular because of the bad road condition, so they hang!

important information for Trivandrum:
Police: Number of phone: 100 fire: phone nr: 101 ambulance: phone nr: 102 Internet: Rs 20 per hour, copy = 5 Rs

India Varanasi backpack | Places to visit in the India - Varanasi Varanasi | Accommodation, restaurants and Ghats of Varanasi

Backpacking India

Varanasi, also known as Varanasi, is known for centuries for its 'Ghats' (a ladder leading to a sacred river). Million people had bathed in the River Ganges, in themselves soaked in holy water.

And millions of bodies have been cremated in the Ganges. If a poor family cannot afford the luxury of enough wood for the fire, there may be possibilities of that body will be cremated.

Parts of the body is one of the many things that settles in the bottom of the Ganges.

The locals have a strong belief that the water is holy, and not think about the disease can be obtained by bathing in water. Tomorrow take a boat trip on the river and it was noted that the water was of consistency of waste water. His belief is alarming, but also fascinating in some way.

Backpacking India Varanasi: Animated streets of Varanasi
Grab a cup of lassi while studying the life in the narrow streets. The motives of the ghats was probably the most interesting part of my trip to Varanasi. Each ghat is special, aesthetically and spiritually. For example, main Ghat is where he carried out a ceremony of the night (starts at 6 pm).

While walking in the streets of ghat, they also encounter corpses in a procession. Don't be surprised - is actually very common in Varanasi.

Varanasi is chaotic, and full of noise and traffic (old Delhi is worse). The charm was definitely the Ghats:

Enjoy Varanasi!

Air: Land of flights at the airport of Varanasi, located 18 km from the Centre of the city of Varanasi. From there you can organize taxis prepayments to enter the city. The trip takes between 1-1, 5 hours. We were already 6 people traveling together, we have paid in total around 850 Rs (this was in March 2011).

I saw two taxi, one inside and outside cabins. The busiest taxi cab was outside the arrivals entrance. You will see a man by a wooden table, waiting for the people of the book. They have a list of addresses, which is why the taxi driver knows where to drive you.

If you are on a tight schedule and you want to save time by flying, Jet Airways and Kingfisher can be extracted. Both fly in and out of Varanasi. I have tried both and recommend both.

From the Center to Varanasi airport I paid Rs 500 for a taxi. It is organized by Hotel Surya.

By train: Varanasi is connected to cities like Delhi (12-17 hours), Agra (13-14 hours), Jaipur (17.5 hours), Calcutta (14-26 hours), Allahabad (3-4 hours), Patna (4-7 hours), new Jalpaguiri (16 hours - if you are starting from Darjeeling) and so on. The duration depends on what train take. Express trains are the most efficient.