Kanyakumari to Kashmir Round Trip

Ohhhh yaaaa!!! Ethayume plaaaan panni pannanumm (a Tamil movie dialogue stressing the importance of planning) I decided that I'm going to do this K2K - Kovai to Kovai trip aka Kanyakumari to Kashmir round trip and now famously known as Kicha's Kumari Kashmir trip - (koluthi poduvom)  Objective  Irrespective of the itinerary, it was decided that it has to be a CNG - Green fuel drive. Post itinerary - it turned out to be 50% of India (14 states and 4 Union Territories) with CNG wherever available Co-traveller  First task is to get few fellow travellers - I called Mahadevan and he immediately said YES - we're game. OMG - so simple??? Nope, not that easy. The original plan was to find atleast 3 travellers of any kind - tried numerous options, channels and nothing worked out. One of my friend was so curious and excited only to find another reason to drop out at the last minute. However, men may come and men may go - the journey is forever. We just stopped hunting and moved on wi

Dear All, I would like to take this opportunity to take you through the travel experience of K2K Kanyakumari to Kashmir round trip with my cousin. Hailing from Coimbatore (Kovai), Tamilnadu, India - I would like to call this as  (Kovai to Kovai) Let me do the backstreet boys stuff before talking about the trip                                                                 Who am I? Krishnakumar Viswanathan, a resident of Coimbatore, having immense interest in waterfalls, historical places, gopurams, temple architecture, hill stations etc.., and my insta id is #viswanatkr01 - you can start following if you like it :)  What I do?  Worked in Chennai, Hyderabad for 15+ years in ITES industry and now a freelancer consultant, travel advisor and purohit. What kind of a traveler? Mostly unplanned and short trips of 1-4 days - 50% solo and 50% with friends and groups. Have visited a minimum of 500+ temples, 50+ hill temples, 50+ treks including 3 times Southern Kailash (Vellingiri), umpteen wa