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Last weekend my in-laws were here in Pune and me and my wife decided to take them to Goa by car. My 2009 Honda City was ready. Yes the same car that I got from Delhi last month via Nagpur. Initially I was planning to start early morning but since my in-laws are aged, I decided its better to travel to Kolhapur in the evening and stay there at night.
Pune - Kolhapur (250 kms):
We started at 5.00 PM from Pune. Since we live very near to Mumbai-Bangalore Highway, we reached the highway in just 10 mins. Also as we were able to start before the office rush, we didn't encounter much traffic on highway as well. We quickly crossed Hinjewadi, Sus Road, Bavdhan, Chandni Chowk and Jambhulgaon. By the time we reached Katraj Tunnel, it was 5.45 PM. We crossed the tunnel and were finally out of the city.
I wanted to cross the small hill-ghat road before Wai as soon as possible as I know I will get lot of traffic of trucks there. We reached Bhor by 6.30 PM and it was still not dark yet. We quickly reached the hill in another 15-20 mins and were amazed to see absolutely no traffic. The roads have been widened and hence the trucks can be bypassed easily. We crossed the hill in just 5 mins and I was feeling very good.
After that we stopped for a tea break and filled up our car to full tank. We again started by 7.00 PM and soon the sun set. The road was pretty good at most points but at some places flyover construction were happening which slowed us down.
We reached Satara by 8.00 PM and soon crossed the Ghat Section. Traffic was pretty smooth and we were easily maintaining an average of 80 kmph. We had crossed halfway mark and my plan was to reach Kolhapur by 9.00 PM. However after half an hour we encountered some good traffic at Karad Toll. It took us 15 mins to cross the toll and finally we reached Kolhapur by 9.30 PM.
We checked into our hotel and rest for the day. Unfortunately as it was dark we didn't take any picture of the roads that day.
Last weekend my in-laws were here in Pune and me and my wife decided to take them to Goa by car. My 2009 Honda City was ready. Yes the same car that I got from Delhi last month via Nagpur. Initially I was planning to start early morning but since my in-laws are aged, I decided its better to travel to Kolhapur in the evening and stay there at night.
Pune - Kolhapur (250 kms):
We started at 5.00 PM from Pune. Since we live very near to Mumbai-Bangalore Highway, we reached the highway in just 10 mins. Also as we were able to start before the office rush, we didn't encounter much traffic on highway as well. We quickly crossed Hinjewadi, Sus Road, Bavdhan, Chandni Chowk and Jambhulgaon. By the time we reached Katraj Tunnel, it was 5.45 PM. We crossed the tunnel and were finally out of the city.
I wanted to cross the small hill-ghat road before Wai as soon as possible as I know I will get lot of traffic of trucks there. We reached Bhor by 6.30 PM and it was still not dark yet. We quickly reached the hill in another 15-20 mins and were amazed to see absolutely no traffic. The roads have been widened and hence the trucks can be bypassed easily. We crossed the hill in just 5 mins and I was feeling very good.
After that we stopped for a tea break and filled up our car to full tank. We again started by 7.00 PM and soon the sun set. The road was pretty good at most points but at some places flyover construction were happening which slowed us down.
We reached Satara by 8.00 PM and soon crossed the Ghat Section. Traffic was pretty smooth and we were easily maintaining an average of 80 kmph. We had crossed halfway mark and my plan was to reach Kolhapur by 9.00 PM. However after half an hour we encountered some good traffic at Karad Toll. It took us 15 mins to cross the toll and finally we reached Kolhapur by 9.30 PM.
We checked into our hotel and rest for the day. Unfortunately as it was dark we didn't take any picture of the roads that day.
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