Every route we run out of Cochin airport, with the price on it

The closest beach to the airport — an hour, sometimes less.

The shortest run we do and the one most often booked at odd hours.

Just over an hour north on NH 544.

also written Athirapally, Vazhachal

An hour and a half to the largest waterfall in Kerala.

An hour and a half north to the temple town.

Under two hours to the quieter side of the backwaters.

also written Mararikulam

An hour and three quarters to a working fishing village that happens to have one of the quietest beaches in Kerala.

also written Alappuzha

Two hours down NH 66, almost all of it dual carriageway.

The road climbs from sea level to 1,600 m in about three and a half hours.

Three hours to a set of grass hills that look nothing like the rest of Kerala.

also written Kumily, Periyar

Four hours inland through the spice belt.

Four hours south to the cliff.

also written Calicut

Four and a half hours north up the coast.

also written Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram

Five and a half hours south down the coast to the beaches below Trivandrum.

also written Kalpetta, Sultan Bathery

The long one — six hours north with the Thamarassery ghat at the end of it.

Six and a half hours east into Tamil Nadu, over the Western Ghats.

also written Udhagamandalam, Nilgiris

Seven hours to the Nilgiris, ending with thirty-six numbered hairpins up the Kallar ghat.

Seven hours south to the end of the country, where three seas meet.

also written Madikeri, Kodagu

Eight and a half hours north into Karnataka through Wayanad.

also written Kasaragod

The longest run we do inside Kerala — eight and a half hours to the fort on the northern coast.