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Originally Posted by ashbhat2 Going to towards Anjuna so plan to take the NH4 till Belgaum and take the Chorla ghat route |
I got back from Vagator last evening, and would particularly like to warn anyone planning to take the Chorla route of a possible mistake that I made, that could cost you a lot of time and unnecessary risk.
There is an exact parallel route to your planned route, Tillari road, that goes Tillary damn and Doddamarg to meet at Mapusa. On Google, this will show as a grew line, indicating that they haven't yet marked it. You could end up on this route if you happen to miss one turn, at Channamma Circle in Belgaum town towards Sardar ground, and happen to take the Bachi-Raichur highway.
I made the above mistake while attempting to take the Chorla route as suggested by Ampere. I guess this happened while looking around for a restaurant or two for my daughter, post fueling up immediately after hotel Sankem (didn't quite like Sankem from the look of it - looked kind of shady to me).
This route, the Tillari route, is aweful! It's desolate, to the extent that you would not see a soul in miles together. It is full of potholes, there was a thick fog that consumed us, the lone mother and daughter in the Scorpio, in between, and cleared us out at the ghats which were so steep and so broken that one could fear breaking down any minute and extending the adventure indefinitely. Additionally, there is no network for at least 50 km, and it rained like crazy, logging the forest roads to transform into mini rivers instantly!
This route, however, happens to be slightly shorter than the Chorla route, so in terms of distance I didn't lose much. Time taken was much more, and my 2 year old daughter and I were scared to an extent, though we are both mad enough to have quite enjoyed the spooky adventure that the entire package brought us
On my way back I decided to play safe and take the default Gmaps route via Mollem and Hubli. Would like to inform you that the bad patches have reduced from 60 km to 30 km now on addition of a new toll road stretch 130 to 160 km from Vagator (100 to 130 km being bad, though only sporadically and in patches).
Overall this was a good route, scenic, smooth, civilized
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and with basic amenities of dhabas, toilets (unclean though) and a few small fuel bunks - did it (633 kms) in about 10 hours with many bio-breaks
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