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Polo road trip (Jan’2013): Delhi-Bikaner-Jaisalmer-Jodhpur-Delhi
I was planning for this Rajasthan road trip for quite a long time, finally I made it. My earlier plan was to undertake this road trip in mid Feb’2013 but due to some leave issues I had to pre-poned this trip by a month.
Initial planned itinerary:
Day 1: New Delhi - Bikaner (543KM)
Route: Delhi - Sahapura - Manoharpur - Chandwaji flyover - Jatawali - Chomu (SH8B) - Sikar (via Sikar road) - Fatehpur - Bikaner
Day 2: Spend the day at Bikaner, local site seeing
Day 3: Bikaner - Jaisalmer (331KM)
Route: Bikaner - Udat - Kanji ki sird - Phalodi - Pokaran - Khavolai - Chandan - Jaisalmer
Early morning start from Bikaner to reach Jaisalmer by late morning to spend rest of the day for local site seeing
Day 4: Visit to Sam and Khuri Sand dunes
Day 5: Visit to Tanot, BP 609 and Longewalla
Day 6: Jaisalmer - Jodhpur (285KM)
Route: Jaisalmer - Pokaran - Jodhpur
Day 7: Spend the day at Jodhpur, local site seeing
Day-8: Jodhpur - New Delhi (589KM)
Route: Jodhpur - Bewar - Ajmer - Kishangarh - Jaipur - Jodhpur
Actual itinerary:
Day 1: New Delhi - Bikaner (543KM)
Route: Delhi- Sahapura - Manoharpur - Chandwaji flyover- Jatawali-Chomu (SH8B) - Sikar (via Sikar road) - Fatehpur - Bikaner
Local market and temple visit in old Bikaner
Day 2: Bikaner-Sam sand dunes (372KM)
Route: Bikaner - Udat - Kanji ki sird - Phalodi - Pokaran - Khavolai - Chandan - Jaisalmer - Sam sand dunes
Spend the time till afternoon to visit the Karni mata temple, Bikaner fort and museum reached Sam sand dunes by evening.
Day 3: Sam sand dunes –Tanot-Jaisalmer (246KM)
Route: Sam sand dunes - Damodra - Ramgarh - Tanot - Ramgarh - Jaisalmer
Morning start from Sam sand dunes, visited Tanot and then reached Jaisalmer by late afternoon
Day 4: Jaisalmer-Jodhpur (287 KM)
Route: Jaisalmer - Pokaran - Balesar - Jodhpur
Spend the time till afternoon in Jaisalmer to visit Gadisar lake, Salam singh ki haveli, Jaisalmer fort and Patwon ki Haveli reached Jodhpur by evening.
Day 5: Local site seeing in Jodhpur, visited Umaid bhawan palace, Jaswant Thada, Jodhpur fort
Day 6: Jodhpur-New Delhi (589KM)
Route: Jodhpur - Bewar - Ajmer - Kishangarh - Jaipur - Jodhpur
Late morning start from Jodhpur and reached home in Dwarka by 9:00PM which includes 3-4 Hrs time from Dharuhera to Dwarka due to heavy traffic jam
Vehicle: Polo TDI completed 25000KM in 11months
Travelers: Me, my wife, my mother and my younger brother
Total fuel cost: INR6500 (Approx)
Total Kms: 2300KM (Approx)
Emergency kit: Tow rope, puncture repair kit, foot pump and first aid kit.
GPS Navigation: Note-II inbuilt Google navigation
Camera: Note-II (80% shots), Sony point and shoot 12.1MP
To start with please find below few random shots:
Utilized the every inch of the boot space filled it with three large bags, two laptop bags, one small bag, handbags and some small loose polythene and packets
Place near Jaisalmer
Morning view of Sam sand dunes
On our way to Tanot
Jaisalmer fort view from Salam singh ki Haveli
Explorer-1 looking at Khuri sand dunes
Umaid bhawan palace, Jodhpur
For more details of my planning check this thread: http://www.theautomotiveindia.com/f...elhi-bikaner-jaisalmer-jodhpur-road-trip.html