All right, folks… I’m headed south in the summer. By road. And I’m feeling too lazy to do my own route planning, finding good places to stay over at, and doing all my own research. So your inputs would go a long way to help me decide and finalise.
Broadly, here’s what I am planning (not necessarily in that order):
- 3 weeks of driving holiday (maximum).
- June 15 – 17: I need to be in Coorg for a convention – would like to spend a few more days there.
- Stopover: Mumbai. 2-3 nights. Visiting my aunt & cousin.
- Stopover: Goa. 3 nights. Been there 15 years ago, never explored properly.
- Stopover: Manipal. 3 nights. Visiting BIL.
- Stopover: Mahabaleshwar. 2 nights. Supposed to be beautiful in the rains.
- Stopover: Ajanta-Ellora. Probably.
- Wherever else between Delhi and Coorg. Criteria: Mountains, beaches and nature, but history and religion in small slices only. Be glad to totally ignore RJ and GJ – to be transited only. Have travelled enough there, and wouldn’t want to step out of air-conditioning there in June. MH and KA are unexplored road-travel territories for me, and that’s what I plan to do.
- Rains: not an issue, unless floods occur somewhere.
Looking forward to all your inputs, and hopefully, meeting some of you out there too.