[hvkumar]

Here is my driving story of India's coasts - what I called the Coast 2 Cape 2 Coast (c2c2c) trip.

Mahindra Scorpio, Dec 2005/Jan 2006. 12,000 kms in 15 days. 14 states (including 1 Union Territory). Endeavoured to stick to tthe roads closes to the coast, be they highways, district or village roads. saw almost all of India's beaches, ports and prominent sea-based landmarks.

Route was as follows:

Day 1:
Bombay-North Coast Maharahsra-Palghar-Dahanu-Bordi-Daman-Dandi Beach-Surat-Hazira-Hansot-Ankleshwar-Dahej/Gandhar-Amod-Baroda-Vasad, 829 kms

Day 2:
Vasad-Khambat-Bhavnagar-Gogha-Alang-Pipavav Port-Jaffrabad-Diu-Somanath-Porbandar-Dwaraka, 871 kms

Day 3:
Dwaraka-Okha-Jamnagar-Navlakhi-Maliya-Gandhidham/Kandla-Mandvi-Narayan Sarovar, 806 kms

Day 4:
Narayan sarovar-Koteshwar-Bhuj-Maliya-Morbi-Limbdi-Ahmedabad-Baroda-Godhra-Dahod-Jhabua-Dhar-Indore, 1,050 kms

Day 5:
Indore-Dewas-Bhopal-Obaidullaganj-Suatala-Bedegha-Jabalpur-Dindori-Amarkantak, 800 kms

Day 6:
Amarkantak-Kotma-Ambikapur-Jashpurnagar-Gumla-Ranchi, 651 kms

Day 7:
Ranchi-Ramgarh-Dhanbad-Asansol-Durgapur-Bardhaman-Calcutta-Diamond Harbour-Namkhana-Calcutta-Haldia, 826 kms

Day 8:
Haldia-Digha-Jaleshwar-Baleshwar-Bhadrak-Paradwip-Bhubaneshwar-Konarak-Puri, 682 kms

Day 9:
Puri-Satapada-Chilka lake-Krishnaprasad-Rambha-Gopalpur on sea-Behrampur-Srikakulam-Bhimunipatnam-Vizag-Tuni-Kakinada, 639 kms

Day 10/11 non-stop:
Kakinada-Yanam-Amalapuram-Bodaaakuru-Razole-Narsapur-KD Palem Beach-Maginapudi Beach-Machilaptanam-Vijaywada-Guntur-Ongole-Nellore-Madras-Mahabalipuram-Pondicherry-Cuddalore-Chidambaram-Pichavaram-Poompuhar-Karaikal-Nagapattinam-Vedaranyam-Kodikarai (Point Calimere)-Pattukottai-Karaikudi, 1636 kms

Day 12:
Karaikudi-Tondi-Ramanathapuram-Rameshwaram-Dhanushkodi-Rameshwaram-Eravadi-Vembar-Tuticorin-Tiruchendur-Kanyakumari-Nagercoil-Trivandrum, 644 kms

Day 12 +:
Only day of rest, Scorpio did its 50,000 kms service at TVS, Trivandrum

Day 12++:[b]
Trivandrum-Kovalam-Poovar-Colachel-Manavalakurichi-Nagercoil-Trivandrum-Veli-Varkala-Paravur-Trivandrum, 334 kms

Day 13:
Trivandrum-Kollam-Alapuzha-Cochin-Kodungallur-Ponnani-Calicut-Kappad-Kannur-Bekal-Kasargod-Mangalore-Udupi, 767 kms

Day 14:
Udupi-Maravanthe-Murudeshwar-Gokarna-Karwar-Palolem-Cape Rama-Colva-Bogmalao-Vasco-Bambolim-Donapaulo-Panaji-Fort Aguada-Baga-Vagator-Arambol-Kerim-Terakol-Vengurla-Malvan-Vijaydurg, 673 kms

Day 15:
Vijaydurg-Rajapur-Pavas-Ranagiri-Ganapatipule-Jaigarh-Kajurli-Hedvi-Guhagar-Dabhol-Harne/Anjarle-Ambet-Harihareshwar-Managaon-Panvel-Bombay, 738 kms