Madurai, Rameswaram & Gulf of Mannar

TrueDreamer · 6th June 2009, 00:35

Train, bridge and other pics are really awesome and that train became my desktop wallpaper now

Great travelogue. Added to wish list

mjothi · 6th June 2009, 07:25

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Originally Posted by TrueDreamer

Train, bridge and other pics are really awesome and that train became my desktop wallpaper now

Great travelogue. Added to wish list

Thanks sir. I was always waiting for seeing such site. Luckily I got it in my very first trip itself. Now next is to see when the bridge is kept open. Anyone have idea on when that would be? Is it regularly one or twice a day or week etc?

BaCkSeAtDrIVeR · 6th June 2009, 21:18

IIRC, the Rameshwaram bridge is opened for ships to pass. Do not know from where the ships come, or where they would go.

What I want to know is, why are those tempos 4x4? Where do they go to?

mjothi · 7th June 2009, 09:34

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Originally Posted by BaCkSeAtDrIVeR

What I want to know is, why are those tempos 4x4? Where do they go to?

They go to the ruined and left out palce of Danuskodi. There are no road connectivity to that place. Locals usually walk to there. The only transport for us is to take a 4x4 on those sands/slush etc.

If you notice the pics following the templo, you can see the route which it took. Watch out the sand levels and you know.

Lukeskywalker · 7th June 2009, 10:28

Mahesh amazing pics man. Now the urge to do a Rameshwaram/Dhanushkodi drive just got stronger.

mjothi · 7th June 2009, 10:36

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Originally Posted by Lukeskywalker

Mahesh amazing pics man. Now the urge to do a Rameshwaram/Dhanushkodi drive just got stronger.

Yes.

Lets wait for like 6 months. I am sure the Dindigul - Madurai road would be better by then. Then it would be an excellent drive from here. Lets plan one.

snaronikar · 7th June 2009, 11:48

Woah!!! Nice pics and good travelogue.

So this where you had been during last week. You guys might have been baked under sun right? What was the temp (in deg celcius pls). Your pics particularly in panaromic are nice. And in one of your pic, it should read as "sand, sand and sand" and not the other wise.

RajeshK · 7th June 2009, 23:17

Hi mjothi,

How far is Rameswaram from Madurai? and how much was the Taxi fellow charged you for the round trip?

I had a plan to go to Madurai on this 21st June'09, but train tickets were not available, So I cancelled the plan. (planing to go by train as my parents will be joining)

Thanks
Rajesh

deepclutch · 8th June 2009, 00:33

I read in local newspaper(IIRC) years back ,Cochin-Madura-Dhanushkodi NH49 is just 18kms away from another country - Sri Lanka (mannar)
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National Highway 49, Road Map, Road map Kochi to Rameswaram, NH 49, Distance map from Kochi To Rameswaram

http://www.mapsofworld.com/sri-lanka...a_road_map.gif

mjothi · 8th June 2009, 07:20

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Originally Posted by RajeshK

Hi mjothi,

How far is Rameswaram from Madurai? and how much was the Taxi fellow charged you for the round trip?

I had a plan to go to Madurai on this 21st June'09, but train tickets were not available, So I cancelled the plan. (planing to go by train as my parents will be joining)

Thanks
Rajesh

Around 165KMs one way. Normal charge for a Qualis is 9rs / KM with AC, without they charge 2 rs less.

Getting train tickets to Madurai is the toughest. You need to book well in advance.

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Originally Posted by deepclutch

I read in local newspaper(IIRC) years back ,Cochin-Madura-Dhanushkodi NH49 is just 18kms away from another country - Sri Lanka (mannar)

Yes around 16KMs from the tip of Gulf Of Mannar. Hope the situation in there changes so, we can visit srilanka fro there easily

deepclutch · 8th June 2009, 09:14

^HAHA!That needs a bridge to connect to gulf of mannar illiyaa?

mjothi · 8th June 2009, 09:58

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^HAHA!That needs a bridge to connect to gulf of mannar illiyaa?

Yes. But that's why the Sethu project has come. To stop any construction of bridges across

6th June 2009, 00:35	#31
TrueDreamer BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 276 Thanked: 16 Times	Train, bridge and other pics are really awesome and that train became my desktop wallpaper now Great travelogue. Added to wish list
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6th June 2009, 21:18	#33
BaCkSeAtDrIVeR BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kochi Posts: 2,541 Thanked: 754 Times	IIRC, the Rameshwaram bridge is opened for ships to pass. Do not know from where the ships come, or where they would go. What I want to know is, why are those tempos 4x4? Where do they go to?
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7th June 2009, 10:28	#35
Lukeskywalker Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,397 Thanked: 1,243 Times View My Garage	Mahesh amazing pics man. Now the urge to do a Rameshwaram/Dhanushkodi drive just got stronger.
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7th June 2009, 11:48	#37
snaronikar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 2,845 Thanked: 29 Times View My Garage	Woah!!! Nice pics and good travelogue. So this where you had been during last week. You guys might have been baked under sun right? What was the temp (in deg celcius pls). Your pics particularly in panaromic are nice. And in one of your pic, it should read as "sand, sand and sand" and not the other wise.
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7th June 2009, 23:17	#38
RajeshK BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 696 Thanked: 260 Times	Hi mjothi, How far is Rameswaram from Madurai? and how much was the Taxi fellow charged you for the round trip? I had a plan to go to Madurai on this 21st June'09, but train tickets were not available, So I cancelled the plan. (planing to go by train as my parents will be joining) Thanks Rajesh
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8th June 2009, 00:33	#39
deepclutch Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Muvattupuzha Posts: 1,166 Thanked: 162 Times	I read in local newspaper(IIRC) years back ,Cochin-Madura-Dhanushkodi NH49 is just 18kms away from another country - Sri Lanka (mannar) . National Highway 49, Road Map, Road map Kochi to Rameswaram, NH 49, Distance map from Kochi To Rameswaram http://www.mapsofworld.com/sri-lanka...a_road_map.gif
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8th June 2009, 09:14	#41
deepclutch Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Muvattupuzha Posts: 1,166 Thanked: 162 Times	^HAHA!That needs a bridge to connect to gulf of mannar illiyaa?
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