Introducing Konkan Coast
Maharashtra’s Konkan Coast – the narrow strip between the Western Ghats and Arabian Sea – will suit those travellers really wishing to deviate from the beaten track. It’s a remote, little-explored fringe of superlative beaches, disco-green paddy fields, heaped-up hills and collapsing clifftop forts. It’s not the easiest region to travel through; accommodation is scarce, the food monotonous, transport painfully slow and the locals completely unaccustomed to foreigners. However, the Konkan Railway provides access to some of the bigger towns while local buses help connect up the dots. If you want to gain the most from this area then rent a car and driver in Mumbai and drift slowly down the coast to Goa. You may have to spend some nights sleeping in villagers’ houses – be generous with how much you give. The rewards for your efforts are beaches of which the Maldives would be jealous!
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Re: Train or Plane to Goa from Cochin?
by planetasia 13 September 2011
A trip via Konkan Rail is worth it. There are many trains running the route. The journey is picturesque. Go for it.
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My first monsoon trip of Konkan Railway
by piyushoney 02 September 2011
Travel ,Travel & Travel… I always think , for what I am on earth, I got many sounds from soul. One of the sound is You are made form…
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RE: Goa - Off the beaten track accomm
by John555 11 August 2011
But its pretty average all round so quiet enough. Otheriwse the backblocks with nothing but mosquitoes and the Konkan.
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