National Highway 66, commonly referred to as NH 66 (erstwhile NH-17 and a part of NH-47), is a mostly 4 lane 1,608 km (999 mi) long busy National Highway that runs roughly north–south along the western coast of India, parallel to the Western Ghats. It connects Panvel (a city south of Mumbai) to Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari), passing through the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
This a blogpost about my travels on NH66.
Post Covid, my bucket list of travel was full of places that I missed traveling during the pandemic lockdown. I completed checking out my travel list in four trips with a travel theme of "Beaches and Temples", four trips of 14-17 days each spanning over last 4 months. These recent pleasure trips with the theme "Beaches and Temples" were along the west coast of India from Kokan region of Maharashtra to Coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Kanya Kumari (southern tip of India). Each trip was distinct in a way that I took almost all forms of transports, from SUV, Car, 2-wheeler, train and flights travelling to various places.
Mar 6 - 16
Pune-Mumbai-Chipi-Malvan-Vengurla-North Goa-Mopa-Pune
Jan 30 - Feb 12
KanyaKumari - Coastal Kerala ( Thiruvanantapuram, Kochi, Varkala )
Dec 20 -Jan 7
Coastal Karnataka and Goa
Dec 7-14
Coastal Kokan
During these trips I could explore the nature in true sense, in the process of exploring myself. It was a great invigorating and rejuvenating experience for myself, that gave me a new perspective of life. I captured over 1000 short videos during these travels and have posted them in around 25 different albums on my Facebook page.
The reason for blogging about these travels is, because I realized that these travels truly helped me discover myself and hence I should share the joy with all. I met many interesting people. I discovered the power of sea waves in calming the soul and the fact these travels and the roads were truly the source of energy than the destination per se. I just wanted to share this thought and hence the "show" of "travel blog."
I am planning to write a series on these travels as a separate blog series, but that would take time. Have posted some videos on YouTube and would be posting more such high-definition videos in future (once I get into the mood of doing so!) Meanwhile, enjoy the videos in raw form as they are on my YouTube channel and in my FB albums.
Please feel free to checkout / download any of the videos that I have posted in albums on:
My Facebook page. : https://www.facebook.com/PVBhave/photos_albums
My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@pvbhave
----
Individual albums on Facebook :
Chipi Bhogwe Malvan : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2411628408997282&type=3
Aaryavarta Beach Resort: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2412335745593215&type=3
Sindhudurga Fort and Malvan Rameshwar Mandir: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2413088505517939&type=3
Boat ride in deep sea and Dolphins sightings : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2413051385521651&type=3
Vengurla : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2414492775377512&type=3
Goa 2023 March : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2416596815167108&type=3
Drives on Two wheeler in Rural North Goa : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2419016064925183&type=3
Kanya Kumari - Vivekanandapuram : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2386479398178850&type=3
Coastal Kerala: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2387544921405631&type=3
Train Journeys : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2311161412377316&type=3
Selfie Album : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2396075647219225&type=3
Udupi Beaches : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2358944747598982&type=3
Visit to St Mary's Island: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2358990954261028&type=3
Udupi Shree Krishna Temple: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2358814680945322&type=3
Murudeshwar : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2358790220947768&type=3
Gokarna Beach Stay : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2358985294261594&type=3
Goa Temples and Favorite places: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2362466857246771&type=3
Coastal Kokan Trip December 2022 : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2343623879131069&type=3
Complete Coastal Karnataka-Goa trip Videos and photos shot on FitSpark Pro camera : https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=PVBhave&set=a.2369038636589593
