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ATMs are everywhere. RTC Complex has several internet cafes (per hour ?20).
Apollo Pharmacy
(
2788652; Siripuram Junction;
24hr)
9am-6pm Mon-Sat)
Near ICICI Bank.
Thomas Cook
(
2588112; Eswar Plaza, Dwarakanagar;
Getting There & Around
You'll have to negotiate fares with autorickshaw drivers here. Most in-town rides are
around ?40.
Guide Tours & Travels
(
9866265559, 2754477)
, reliable for car hire, is opposite the
RTC Complex 'out gate'.
AIR
Take an autorickshaw (?200), taxi (?270) or bus 38 (?10, 30 minutes) to Vizag's airport,
12km west of town. The arrivals hall has a prepaid taxi booth.
Nonstop flights run daily to Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Bhubaneswar, Kolkota and
Mumbai.
2746501, airport 2572521; LIC Bldg)
The only airline with a town office.
Air India
(
BOAT
Boats depart monthly-ish for Port Blair in the Andaman Islands. Book for the 56-hour
journey (?2000 to ?8000) at the
Shipping Office
( 2565597, 9866073407; Av Bhanoji Row;
9am-5pm Mon-Sat)
in the port complex. Bring your passport.
BUS
Vizag's well-organised
RTC Complex
(
9177101947)
has frequent services to the following:
Hyderabad
('superluxury'/Volvo ?629/987, 14/12 hours)
Rajahmundry
(?209, four hours)
Vijayawada
('superluxury'/Volvo ?373/469, eight/seven hours)
TRAIN
The
train station
is on the western edge of town, near the port. The prepaid autorickshaw
stand and cloak room are open 24 hours.
Vizag is on the main Kolkata-Chennai line; the 12841 Coromandel Express is the fast-
est in both directions.
Chennai
(sleeper/3AC/2AC ?312/854/1285, 12½-16 hours)
