Two youngsters from Kochi on nationwide tour, creating awareness about COVID-19 vaccination

Salil K.R. and Rajesh G. Thayyil have covered Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Goa, and are headed to Leh

When a man frantically waved their vehicle down at Gundlupet in Karnataka, Salil K.R. and Rajesh G. Thayyil, two Kochi-based youngsters on a nationwide tour, were apprehensive. It turned out that their SUV sporting stickers of the travel route so captured the imagination of 24-year-old Chetan, an architect and travel enthusiast, that he wanted to meet the duo. The three struck an instant camaraderie as Mr. Chetan served them a local delicacy and even paid in advance the bill of the hotel at Mysore, where Mr. Salil and Mr. Thayyil were headed. “We have been floored by the show of love in the short period since we started our trip from Kochi on September 1. We have with us sixty 50-gram-packets of premium quality cardamom, which we gift to people along the way as a token of our appreciation for their help and to popularise Kerala’s status as the home of spices,” said Mr. Salil.