My Travel Experience to My Home Town Vijayawada--Machilipatnam

SPEEDY_RACER · 27th January 2010, 15:52

Hi Friends,

Let me Start of in Narrating my travelogue to my home town Vijayawada.

Basically its my Father in Law Place and it was for Sankranthi Festival.

Total Kilometers(1800) (800 + 800 + 200 kms local)

Vehicle : Swift

Participants: Me, Wife , My maid and Lucky(My Pet Lab).

this trip was planned 3 weeks prior and we were all set to start on 8th Jan early Morning.

Unfortunately our plan post-ponned just because of an protest in Andhra that death of YSR(CM) was blammed on Reliance.

so we postponned our plan to Saturday Morning since there was Bandh in several places.

But got a call from F.I.L. on Friday who mentioned that the protest was false. and then we thought that we are all set to start.

we left our house at 9:30 A.M in the morning and crossed K.R. Puram at 11:00

more over i stay in ORR(Marthahalli).

then our next stop was for Break fast near Plamaner, later reached Tirupathi by 1:00 P.M and halted for Lunch.

started from Tirupathi at 2:30 and reached Vijayawada by 8:30 P.M.

there were minor halts for refreshing.

but before reaching vijayawada the Trucks/Long vehicles which carry Cars and some other Tankers were driving them as Flights and i had a tough time in overtaking them since they will come on us all of a sudden.

and fortunately i missed 2 of them but i have stopped the fellow drivers and kicked them and was ready to face any Consequence, since that was my place(My F.I.L brother is a MLA in Krishna Dist).

friends i am finding no time to post the pictures which i will do by earliest.

the trip was for 1 week and it was awsome.

SPEEDY_RACER · 27th January 2010, 23:58

As Promised here are the pictures.

when i was going wifey packed the camera in the suitcase so was unable to take the pictures but few i took.

SPEEDY_RACER · 29th January 2010, 19:37

Place of Visit (Gilkaldindi)-- other words can be called as personnel beach.

we can go with our family to the island and its some kind of personnel beach and the only way is to go in a Boat(we need to hire and they will be with us till evening) when we can come back when the back water flow starts.

some pictures at that place.

you can see the waves in the pictures which made the sand to look like.

these island will be available with Red Crabs, which are harmless and even you can chase them and catch couple of them.

there were some Dead Mammals(Tortoise) which were moved aside.

and even we can see the back bone of a shark(difficult to picture since its strucked in stones) the last picture is when i went to near by Beach where we can take our cars for a ride.

hvkumar · 29th January 2010, 19:54

Gilkaldindi - where exactly is it? And how does one get there?

SPEEDY_RACER · 29th January 2010, 21:08

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Originally Posted by hvkumar

Gilkaldindi - where exactly is it? And how does one get there?

These place is near "Vijayawada--Machilipatnam" where the title is mentioned.

advaitlele · 4th February 2010, 12:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPEEDY_RACER

As Promised here are the pictures.

when i was going wifey packed the camera in the suitcase so was unable to take the pictures but few i took.

You took the picture of the car at over 130kmph? Who was driving then, if it was you who was driving; it was very dangerous thing to drive so fast and take picture at the same time. Totally avoidable. Sorry for being harsh, but most of us (or all of us, I believe) in the forum promote safe driving. Other pics - the sunset one especially - are good.

Keep it coming.

SPEEDY_RACER · 4th February 2010, 14:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by advaitlele

You took the picture of the car at over 130kmph? Who was driving then, if it was you who was driving; it was very dangerous thing to drive so fast and take picture at the same time. Totally avoidable. Sorry for being harsh, but most of us (or all of us, I believe) in the forum promote safe driving. Other pics - the sunset one especially - are good.

Keep it coming.

Hey I knew,

but thanks for the warning. yes when i was driving my wife took the picture.

and more over the pictures were taken when i was returning back to bangalore.

vikram.vns · 7th February 2010, 19:33

Hi Speedy_Racer,

I have been to Manginapudi Beach many times but never heard about this place Gikaldindi. Can you please put some light on this place.

Regards,

Vikram

SPEEDY_RACER · 8th February 2010, 22:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by vikram.vns

Hi Speedy_Racer,

I have been to Manginapudi Beach many times but never heard about this place Gikaldindi. Can you please put some light on this place.

Regards,

Vikram

Vikram,

if you are aware of Bandara kota, from there you need to hire a boat and go to that place it will be charged around 1000 rs. for the boat.

MX6 · 9th February 2010, 00:17

That guy in red looks menacing. Is it dangerous than the ordinary crab, or does it only look dangerous?

ambivalent_98 · 9th February 2010, 13:02

Speedy_Racer - Your Swift is trying to look like an Audi or so in my perception. Nice photos though. Nice crabby photos

SPEEDY_RACER · 9th February 2010, 14:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by MX6

That guy in red looks menacing. Is it dangerous than the ordinary crab, or does it only look dangerous?

It looks dangerous,

but it doesn't hurt. compared to normal crabs.

nickatnite · 15th February 2010, 12:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPEEDY_RACER

It looks dangerous,

but it doesn't hurt. compared to normal crabs.

Has your Swift been given the "kitup" treatnent. It looks nice!.Also, any road pics from this trip?

SPEEDY_RACER · 15th February 2010, 14:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by nickatnite

Has your Swift been given the "kitup" treatnent. It looks nice!.Also, any road pics from this trip?

No it was not given in "Kitup" but worked at my friends place in Bangalore.

small changes in the Bumper..

live360 · 25th February 2010, 09:15

Speedy,
Your Swift looks cool. Can you please advice how to get to Gilakaladindi from Vijayawada (the towns you go through)

Thanks

27th January 2010, 15:52	#1
SPEEDY_RACER BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 423 Thanked: 267 Times	My Travel Experience to My Home Town Vijayawada--Machilipatnam Hi Friends, Let me Start of in Narrating my travelogue to my home town Vijayawada. Basically its my Father in Law Place and it was for Sankranthi Festival. Total Kilometers(1800) (800 + 800 + 200 kms local) Vehicle : Swift Participants: Me, Wife , My maid and Lucky(My Pet Lab). this trip was planned 3 weeks prior and we were all set to start on 8th Jan early Morning. Unfortunately our plan post-ponned just because of an protest in Andhra that death of YSR(CM) was blammed on Reliance. so we postponned our plan to Saturday Morning since there was Bandh in several places. But got a call from F.I.L. on Friday who mentioned that the protest was false. and then we thought that we are all set to start. we left our house at 9:30 A.M in the morning and crossed K.R. Puram at 11:00 more over i stay in ORR(Marthahalli). then our next stop was for Break fast near Plamaner, later reached Tirupathi by 1:00 P.M and halted for Lunch. started from Tirupathi at 2:30 and reached Vijayawada by 8:30 P.M. there were minor halts for refreshing. but before reaching vijayawada the Trucks/Long vehicles which carry Cars and some other Tankers were driving them as Flights and i had a tough time in overtaking them since they will come on us all of a sudden. and fortunately i missed 2 of them but i have stopped the fellow drivers and kicked them and was ready to face any Consequence, since that was my place(My F.I.L brother is a MLA in Krishna Dist). friends i am finding no time to post the pictures which i will do by earliest. the trip was for 1 week and it was awsome.
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27th January 2010, 23:58	#2
SPEEDY_RACER BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 423 Thanked: 267 Times	As Promised here are the pictures. when i was going wifey packed the camera in the suitcase so was unable to take the pictures but few i took. Attached Thumbnails
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29th January 2010, 19:37	#3
SPEEDY_RACER BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 423 Thanked: 267 Times	Place of Visit (Gilkaldindi)-- other words can be called as personnel beach. we can go with our family to the island and its some kind of personnel beach and the only way is to go in a Boat(we need to hire and they will be with us till evening) when we can come back when the back water flow starts. some pictures at that place. you can see the waves in the pictures which made the sand to look like. these island will be available with Red Crabs, which are harmless and even you can chase them and catch couple of them. there were some Dead Mammals(Tortoise) which were moved aside. and even we can see the back bone of a shark(difficult to picture since its strucked in stones) the last picture is when i went to near by Beach where we can take our cars for a ride. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by SPEEDY_RACER : 29th January 2010 at 19:42.
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29th January 2010, 19:54	#4
hvkumar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 7,369 Thanked: 3,466 Times	Gilkaldindi - where exactly is it? And how does one get there?
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7th February 2010, 19:33	#8
vikram.vns BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 89 Thanked: 8 Times	Hi Speedy_Racer, I have been to Manginapudi Beach many times but never heard about this place Gikaldindi. Can you please put some light on this place. Regards, Vikram
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9th February 2010, 00:17	#10
MX6 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: City of seven islands. Posts: 2,878 Thanked: 234 Times	That guy in red looks menacing. Is it dangerous than the ordinary crab, or does it only look dangerous?
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9th February 2010, 13:02	#11
ambivalent_98 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pune-Bangalore Posts: 811 Thanked: 217 Times	Speedy_Racer - Your Swift is trying to look like an Audi or so in my perception. Nice photos though. Nice crabby photos
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25th February 2010, 09:15	#15
live360 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: VJA Posts: 44 Thanked: 4 Times	How to get to Gilakaladindi from Vijayawada Speedy, Your Swift looks cool. Can you please advice how to get to Gilakaladindi from Vijayawada (the towns you go through) Thanks
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