#SriniOnTour - South India Trip

#SRINIONTOUR – SOUTH INDIA TRIP

Mysteries Down South – A Blogumentary & Travelogue

26th Dec 2010 -8th Jan 2011

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#SriniOnTour © Srinivas Kulkarni

OVERVIEW Background & Insights Objectives of the Blogumentary

Tour Itinerary Strategy Sneak Preview

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#SRINIONTOR – BACKGROUND & INSIGHTS

About @srinistuff - Traveller, Blogger, Geek, Techie, News Addict, Knowledge-Hunter, Poet, Movie-Buff, Classic-Rock Lover... Most of all an aspiring Writer:-)

A Travel writer for now…http://www.srinistuff.com

http://www.everlater.com/srinistuff

http://www.twitter.com/srinistuff

http://www.facebook.com/srinistuff

http://www.flickr.com/photos/srinisphotos


http://www.srinistuff.com/







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#SRINIONTOUR – BACKGROUND & INSIGHTS

With true love for hardcore travel, writing and photography #SriniOnTour has always been about travelling across boundaries with the true spirit of an on the rough, rugged and impulsive trips across India.


My Travel Map so far including the latest trip planned




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Some views of #SriniOnTour so far… Across India

Ajanta Caves Lenayadari Hills Abbey Falls - Coorg Hampi Vagator Beach - Goa

Jaisalmer Fort Hawa Mahal Taj Mahal Udaipur Vintage Car Musuem

Mahuli Fort

Vidarbha Villages

Daulatabad Fort Lumbini Park Rajas Seat - Coorg



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Lalbagh Bangalore Udaipur Vintage Car Musuem En-route

Elephanta Mysore Zoo Lenayadri Hills

En-route Mhadap falls

Parasailing - Murud

Sunset - Murud

Chamunda Hills

Sunset – Palolem, Goa

Baaji - Rajasthan Public Garden - Hyd Lotus = Bibi Ka Makbara

Ellora Caves





Lalbagh Bangalore Virupaksha - Hampi

Hampi Lalbagh Bangalore

Harishchandragad HarishchandragadBibi Ka Makbara

Ellora

Udaipur Palace Gardens in Udaipur Agra Fort Buland Darwazaa






Painting – AP State Museum Golconda Fort

Golconda FortCanon Gallery – AP State Museum

Inside Jaipur Palace

En-Route Buldana Village

Lalbagh Botanical Garden




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#SRINIONTOUR – BACKGROUND & INSIGHTS #SriniOnTour – The theme for this started on an

impromptu, on the spur of the moment trip to Goa, way back in March 2008. Hop Skip & Jump is the vision, mission for any trip that we take for #SriniOnTour. Rugged travels, backpacking our way across the country is what this is all about. More destinations, less comfort. More madness, less luxury. More dreams, less reality… That is what #SriniOnTour stands for.

For the first time around, there’s going to be a full-fledged social media experiment, a blogumentary and travelogue that #SriniOnTour will cover. A well researched, documented and a completely real-time print/web media experience for hard core travel fans and followers of #SriniOnTour







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#SRINIONTOUR – OBJECTIVES Travel 5337 kms to explore the mysteries down South in India.

Total actual travelling time - 68 hours.

Travel 19 beautiful and exotic locations in 15 days.

Document the travel experience and blog extensively.

Live Tweet / Give real time updates and Twitpic beauties from down under in India.

Generate a great buzz and reach out to travel lovers and help them re-live the experience whenever they want to.

Create a total #SMM case study for the travel lovers in India.


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#SRINIONTOUR – POTENTIAL REACH http://www.srinistuff.com – So far 4000 hits on the blog http://www.everlater.com/srinistuff - World Wide Web http://www.twitter.com/srinistuff - Over 700 followers http://www.flickr.com/photos/srinisphotos - World Wide Web http://www.twitpic.com/photos/srinistuff - Over 700 followers http://www.facebook.com/srinistuff - 1074 friends http://bit.ly/SriniOnTour - World Wide Web http://bit.ly/srinidownsouth - World Wide Web







http://www.twitpic.com/photos/srinistuff



http://bit.ly/srinidownsouth

#SRINIONTOUR – POTENTIAL REACH

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Direct Friends - 1073

Friends of Friends 1073 * 400 (Avg. Friends)The Rest of the World

Facebook Reach – 4,29200

Twitter Reach 80,520

Direct Followers – 700+

Followers’ followers – 700 * 120 (Avg.)The Rest of the World

Avg. Exposure12069 Impressions based on Klout


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#SRINIONTOUR – TOUR ITINERARYSr. No Date Places Notes1 26th Dec Chennai Marina Beach2 26th Dec Pondicherry Auroville, Velenky

Church, Beach3 27th Dec Kanchipuram, Chidambaram,

ThiruvanamalaiAll temples

4 28th Dec Salem, Hogennakal Temple, Waterfalls5 29th Dec Thanjavur Temples6 29th – 30th Dec Madurai Meenakshi Temple7 31st Dec Kanyakumari Beach, Temple,

Swami Vivekananda Rock

8 1st Jan Kovalam, Palaruvi Beach, Waterfalls9 2nd Jan Kumarakom , Fort Kochi Bird Sanctuary,

Wildlife Sanctuary,10 3rd Jan – 5th Jan Munnar Backwaters, Lake,

Temples, Tea Museum11 6th – 7th Jan Kodaikanal Kodaikanal Lake,

Bryant’s Park12 8th Jan Coimbatore – Mumbai Train to Mumbai13 9th Jan Mumbai Back to Mumbai


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#SRINIONTOUR – DISTANCES1. Mumbai - Chennai - 1296 Kms - 27 hours 2. Chennai - Pondicherry - 161 Kms - 2 hr 33 Mins3. Pondicherry - Kanchipuram - 119 kms 1 hour 55 mins4. Kanchipuram-Chidambaram - 182 kms 2 hrs 51 mins5. Chidambaram - Thiruvanamalai - 143 kms 2hrs 13 mins6. Thiruvanamalai - Salem - 169 kms - 2hrs 40 mins7. Salem - Hogennakal Waterfalls - 163 kms 2 hours 24 mins8. Hogennakal - Thanjavur - 296 kms 5 hours 32 mins9. Thanjavur - Madurai - 187 kms 3 hours 10 mins10. Madurai - Rameshwaram - 175 kms - 3 hours 35 minutes11. Rameshwaram - Kanyakumari - 317 kms - 5 hours 55 minutes12. Kanyakumari - Padmanabhapuram - 34 km - 32 minutes13. Kanyakumari - Kovalam - 84.5 kms - 1hr 21 minutes14. Kovalam - Palaruvi - 94 kms 1hr 53 minutes15. Palaruvi - Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary - 138 kms - 2hr 22 minutes16. Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary - Munnar - 155kms - 2hr 39 minutes17. Munnar - Kodaikanal - 104 kms 3 hours 3 minutes18. Kodaikanal - Coimbatore - 173 kms - 3 hours 23 minutes19. Coimbatore - Mumbai 1347 kms 24 hours - Train


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#SRINIONTOUR – SOUTH INDIA TRIP - MY MAP

1. Mumbai2. Tamil Nadu 3. Pondicherry4. Kerala

Total Distance

5337 Kms

Total Travelling Time

68 hours

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#SRINIONTOUR – STRATEGYWill cover the entire trip in form of a Blogumentary on http://www.srinistuff.com

Following are the strategy to showcase / create buzz on Social Media for #SriniOnTour

Create a blogumentary and document the tour on srinistuff.com Upload a photo journal on facebook.com/srinistuff Live tweet the entire #SriniOnTour on twitter.com/srinistuff Tweet #SriniOnTour #Trivia on places in South India Twitpic live for #SriniOnTour. twitpic.com/photos/srinistuff Review food/restaurants / places etc for #SriniOnTour Post the #SriniOnTour write a complete article on the experience. Social bookmarking of all the links for #SriniOnTour









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#SRINIONTOUR – SOUTH INDIA TRIP - SNEAKPEEK

Marina Beach -

Chennai

Pondicherry Beach

Aurobindo AshramAuroville


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Thiruvanaamalai Temple

Thiruvanaamalai Temple

Bhadreshwara Temple

Chidambaram Temple

Thiruparamkundram


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Thanjavur Temple

Salem Temple


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Rameshwaram Temple

1000 Pillars – Rameshwaram Temple

Rameshwaram BridgeKanyakumari Beach


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Kovalam BeachPalaruvi Waterfalls

Tea Plantation - Munnar

Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary

Kovala

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Palaruvi WaterfallsFort Kochi

Kumarakom BackwatersKodaikanal


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#SRINIONTOUR – LINKS & REFERENCES Tour Journals / Blogumentary Tools & platforms

http://www.srinistuff.com http://www.everlater.com/srinistuff http://www.twitter.com/srinistuff http://www.flickr.com/photos/srinisphotos http://www.twitpic.com/photos/srinistuff http://www.facebook.com/srinistuff http://bit.ly/SriniOnTour http://bit.ly/srinidownsouth

Bibliography

http://www.tamilnadutourism.org/ http://pondicherrytourism.org http://www.keralatourism.org http://www.ktdc.com http://www.wikipedia.org http://www.google.com









http://bit.ly/srinidownsouth

http://tamilnadutourism.org/

http://pondicherrytourism.org/

http://www.keralatourism.org/

http://www.ktdc.com/

http://www.wikipedia.org/

http://www.google.com/

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So that is what #SriniOnTour – South India Trip is all about

A journey to the mysterious beauties that unravel the most amazing part of India. A Blogumentary and a travelogue that will capture ‘Incredible India’ Down South...

Hope you like it and your comments, tips, suggestions & feedback are more than welcome!

Thank You Srinivas Kulkarni

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