Hi,
I am Manish, posting from rudrah's account. Thanks Rudrah for giving me access to account use.
Pretty long time I was discussing with my family to go on to the long trip. And really meant it a LONG one. One day my friend in office shown me the route that can be done in the two weeks time in South india.
So the route was to take the NH4 upto Bangalore and see Mysore, Ooty, Kodai, Coimbatore, Munnar, alleppy, Cochin and back via NH-17. That was the time I decided to see if I could do that. Discussed and had lots of back and forths with parents that it can be done. Finally all of them agreed. I discussed the route on team BHP and got help from you guys.
So the route that got finalised was Panvel - Bangalore - Mysore - Mudumalai - Madurai - Rameshwaram - Munnar - Alappuzha. and back via - NH-17.
All in the 10 days (17 Jan - 26 Jan) was the plan. But I decided to give myself a little room for something uncertain if happened.And decided to leave on 16 Jan.
Day 1
7:15 AM, we started from Home in New Panvel. Fueled the car at our regular HP pump at 7:30AM.
Sun rise at Panvel exit..
Reading at Express way bridge ..
We head south to Pune and reached Hinjwadi 8:50 AM. Refueled at Khed Shivapur BP company outlet. And reached Satara 10:55 AM. Finally reached Kolhapur (344km) at 12:35 PM. Overall 25 min break in between. This was the first time I did to Kolhapur in 5 hours. We went to my aunty at Kolhapur. Spent around 3 hours there, I took the sleep
. We went to Renuka mandir in Kolhapur. We left Kolhapur at 4 PM.
Renuka Mandir at Kolhapur.
I decided to go to out Kuldevi in Saundatti. And we reached there late 7:30. We went via Gokak, the road condition was much better than what it was a year back. We had the darshan and came out by 9 PM. Road to Dharwad was worst patch in my entire journey (36 KM took 1.5 hours) Took the dinner in Dharwad. And searched the hotel but couldnt find one empty. So decided to go to Hubali. reached 12:30 AM. 599 KM. Stayed at Channama circle, one of the lodge. The lodge was clean and affordable. Dont recollect its name.
Day 2
Next day morning Channamma circle, Hubli.
Next day morning left Hubali at 7 AM. Refueled at Ranebennur. Reached Chitradurg 11:50 AM. Did some photography of the windmills. At 1:50 PM we reached Tumkur.
Windmills at Chitradurg..
Finally reached Eskon temple by 3:00 PM. Got the some traffic spots on the way. We took lunch at a nice hotel in close proximity to Eskon temple. Then head towards the temple. Its huge. The monuments and idols created are extremely eyecandy. During night hired an auto to see the Bangalore city, who showed us Vidhan Saudha, Brigade road, Vishweshwarayya College, museum building. We stayed at Hotel Geo. (431 KM)
Night at Vidhan Saudha
Brigade road.
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