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[amolpol]

The beast on India's biggest superhighway @ Little Rann of Kutch . Will try and put up a travelogue soon!

[adc]

Safari Dicor VTT-TMT End Dec 2011 journey [night travel -> Kolkata - Varanasi - Agra - Fatehpur Sikri - Kolkata]


Absolutely safe and much more relaxed travel from Kolkata for an overnight trip to Varanasi, leaving Kolkata at 5 pm and reaching Varanasi at 3 am. Parking right at Dasashwamed ghat.

So if anyone planning, let me say it is absolutely safe to travel via Jharkhand and Bihar at night, this being the second trip at night over these 2 states.

Again left Varanasi at 10 pm for an overnight journey to Agra, reaching at 6 am, morning.

Last day was at Fatehpur Sikri UP tourism Gulistan, fantastic place for the price. Return journey from Fatehpur Sikri [3 pm ] to Kolkata [1 pm ] in 22 hours. Panagarh area is bad, mega jams happening nowadays - jump the truck queue or else stuck for anywhere between 2-6 hours.


Few VTT images.
Removed the jump seats and made a bunk bed for son, for all the overnight journeys involved.




Comfortably fast asleep at 2:30 am somewhere in Bihar



At Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi - 330 am





At Fatehpur Sikri UP tourism Gulistan



Return journey from Fatehpur Sikri to Kolkata in 22 hours, a tea break at Bihar, late night.





Again a no-issue journey by the one and only Safari VTT-TMT. It is now over 4 years old and 80,000 km young. Still it has so many miles to go and places to travel to! Will be updating the ownership thread on the travels done till now.

[anujmishra]

My Safari somewhere in Kerala between TVM and Kochi.

[richie4u]

Originally Posted by adc

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Comfortably fast asleep at 2:30 am somewhere in Bihar

Wow! this must be the first of its kind and the best use someone has ever made with the safari, Must say its really innovative but is it safe enough on the move?

[sierrakamat]

adc what you have made for your son though innovative is a big safety issue for the child. in the event of a collision the effects will be disastrous to say the least i feel you should remove it asap regardless of how comfy it is for the lil master.

[SPEEDY_RACER]

Thats a wonderful mod which you have made for your beast so that atleast you can provide the Comfort to your Son, hats of to you.

there is one more option which might have helped you the roof carrier so that the Luggage goes on room and removing the wooden frame,having a Bed there, which can give more comfort.

i have done this once, and now i have a third row in My Beast.. and now its a 7+1 for me.. with a roof carrier.

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[jkdas]

Nice pic, dr.

adc, At Lolab valley, interior Kupwara, Kashmir, late Oct, 2011 > Loved it the most!

Originally Posted by rrsteer

Accidentally chanced upon my last Safari -which I sold 3 years back - yesterday. And it looked good. Took a few snaps on the go and will load them up soon.

4) Most importantly I remember many journeys taken over the last 6 years, the speedo needle stuck at 90kmph, the air-con blasting away cold-air, the safari drumming down the highway, and me looking at the rear view mirror to find everyone fast asleep and snoring - including the dog!

good one

[amolpol]

The beast at the White Rann during the Rann Utsav in Dec 2011.

[adc]

Originally Posted by richie4u

Wow! this must be the first of its kind and the best use someone has ever made with the safari, Must say its really innovative but is it safe enough on the move?

Originally Posted by sierrakamat

adc what you have made for your son though innovative is a big safety issue for the child. in the event of a collision the effects will be disastrous to say the least i feel you should remove it asap regardless of how comfy it is for the lil master.

Yes thought about this long and hard. It does remain an issue like when if the Safari does a roll, otherwise it has been pretty much tested during emergency braking and swerving, and he remains okay.

On the whole it is as safe as we see sleepers in an overnight bus, may be!

Originally Posted by SPEEDY_RACER

there is one more option which might have helped you the roof carrier so that the Luggage goes on room and removing the wooden frame,having a Bed there, which can give more comfort.

i have done this once, and now i have a third row in My Beast.. and now its a 7+1 for me.. with a roof carrier

Roof carrier of course one used will give me more options, but I have been avoiding the roof option as long as possible due to 1] that it removes that clean look of the Safari and 2] handling would be a problem with the luggage that we carry around during our holidays

Originally Posted by jkdas

Nice pic, dr.

adc, At Lolab valley, interior Kupwara, Kashmir, late Oct, 2011 > Loved it the most!

Thanks much JK. Lolab vallery is one of our all time favourite too! Still though remember about our - "have you been to africa with your safari" comment!!

[PAVAN KADAM]

Random pics of the Beast.

Long awaited 5 screen set-up completed just recently.

40,000 kms mark touched which took 6 years for the Beast.

6 years of Blissful ownership, could'nt have asked for more

[SPEEDY_RACER]

Originally Posted by adc

Roof carrier of course one used will give me more options, but I have been avoiding the roof option as long as possible due to 1] that it removes that clean look of the Safari and 2] handling would be a problem with the luggage that we carry around during our holidays

Now a days you can install the roof carriers and remove them.

but in my beast its always there since i have a pet at home(which is just like a son to me) its there with me from its day 15th of its birth now with my sister as i am not in India, and the rear(i have made it a full seat for him) but can be used for family if required.

when i was blessed with a baby i carried almost half of my car with all the luggage to drop the little fellow in my home town, and it really helped, it helped in other occasions when there were 7 people in my beast and with full luggage in the carrier, and now performance and handling issues. but again its a personal opinion.

but you can look at the options of removing it which would be great(again its a personnel choice as you said)

[SPEEDY_RACER]

Guys,

after a long 5 months, i am back in India for an holiday for 2 weeks, and boy what a fun driving my beast on the beach roads(had visited my home town) for the holidays.

lets the picture do the talking.

Recently my Beast has crossed 1,00,000 --shooted the picture on my mobile at 99,999 will post the picture later

[cool_dube]

Somewhere in Chikmagalur...

[amolpol]

Here's a picture of the beast at Velavdar.

Finally managed to put up the travelogue after three months
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...-paradise.html