We continue our southward journey, to Madikkeri, Karnataka. This will be our last stop before we return to our hometown, Kochi
It’s a long drive from Varca to Madikkeri - approximately 470 kms and estimated travel time of 10 hours. We started at 7.00 am and hit NH66, the highway that will take us to Kochi! It runs north–south along the western coast parallel to the Western Ghats. The highway connects Panvel to Kanyakumari passing through the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and TN.
We pass through hill sections and once we reached Karwar it was as if heaven had opened its doors - on our right it was ocean meeting river, hills to our left and coconut farms alongside the highway. We passed by Karwar Port and Naval Base.
We had a brief stop for breakfast near Udupi. While passing through Surathkal, we took a detour to drive through NIT Surathkal campus, another premier institute of India.
Nearing Mangalore we see areca nut plantations and several industries. The city has many large chemical industries, port etc. Some of the earliest schools and colleges are established in Mangalore, several of them more than 150 years ago. We stopped for a quick lunch before proceeding to Madikkeri.
Drive up the hills was smooth and we checked in at Club Mahindra, Madikkeri at 6.00 pm for our last pit stop. It was a long drive today, but we have planned two nights stay in this hill station before we return to Kochi.
Madikkeri, is known for attractive coffee plantations and green meadows sprawling over acres of land. We have a whole day tomorrow to see this quaint hill station.
We took these pictures just as the sun was setting in Madikkeri.
End of day thirty six - 12,021 kms on our tracker.
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