[pramodpk]

Completed a drive from Kochi to Kolkata.

We have been planning a drive to Kolkata for the past few years and it finally materialized. With this, we have driven in 13 states of India.


Here is the summary.

Travellers: Wife, 14 year old daughter, and myself.
Drivers: Myself and Wife
Car : 2010 Ford Fiesta SXI Petrol with 1.18 Lakh KMS on the ODO
Trip Start Date :4:45 AM 22nd December 2023.
Trip End Date : 1:45 PM 1st January 2024.
Total Distance : 4976 KMs
Average Mileage : 15.14 KM/L
Fuel Cost - Rs 34,919/-.
Toll Charges - Rs 7689.
States crossed- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal.





We drove the entire length of Chennai - Kolkata highway.





Had breakfast here on day 2. The best highway restaurant that we ever went.








We visited Konark Sun temple.





Following pictures are from Konark Interpretation center maintained by IOC





The place we stayed in Kolkata. Fortune Park Panchwati. We had a nice stay here for 4 nights.




We didn't use our car for local site seeing in Kolkata as parking was an issue in most places. Majority of local travel was in Ambassador taxis. We also travelled by bus.

Victoria Memorial.





Indian Museum.





Ramakrishna Math



Jorasanko Thakurbari - House of Tagore



View of Howrah bridge from an Ambassador taxi



BBD Bagh Area



St. John's Church



Kolkata Street with Ambassador Cars



Eden Gardens



Netaji Bhawan








Princep Ghat

[Aditya]

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[quad_exhaust]

Really glad to know you visited my city. Hope you enjoyed your stay. You made a clever move by deciding not to take your own car out for sightseeing.

[pramodpk]

Originally Posted by quad_exhaust

Really glad to know you visited my city. Hope you enjoyed your stay.

Thank you. Yes we enjoyed the stay.