Ranchi to Ernakulam via Kanpur Central, Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Bhopal, Itarsi, Kalyan, Panvel, Madgaon, Manglore and Kozhikode (Calicut).

That is 4 days of train journey condensed into a line. Add to that a night at a hotel in New Delhi, watching the Germany – Turkey Euro semifinals (with the inevitable screaming and shouting and abuses at 2 in the morning), the maniac like food spree in the Mangala Lakshadweep Exp (Banana Fry and coffee, repeated ad infinitum), the beautiful and almost Kerala like scenery of southern coastal Maharashtra and Goa (except for a certain non-abundance of coconut trees and banana plants), and lots and lots of tunnels which finally start to bore you and the grand entry into Kerala amidst heavy and brilliant rain, and you have a travelogue.