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In year 2017, I had done road trip to Gangotri in May and another in October to Dehradun, in December wife said lets go to someplace for New Year, checked few places but most of them were packed, after doing Kerala in 2015 Tamilnadu was next in my list, quickly checked few hotels and there was availability. Started research read few blogs and finalized the plan as below:
Day 1 – Mumbai – Salem
Day 2 – Salem – Yercaud - Salem
Day 3 – Salem - Pondicherry
Day 4 – Pondicherry – Mahabalipuram – Ramanathapuram
Day 5 – Ramanathapuram - Rameswaram - Ramanathapuram
Day 6 – Ramanathapuram - Kanyakumari - Tirunelveli
Day 7 - Tirunelveli - Kodaikanal
Day 8 – Kodaikanal
Day 9 – Kodaikanal
Day 10 - Kodaikanal – Tumkur
Day 11 – Tumkur - Mumbai
Service (30,000) of the car was done in June, so done a quick check-up and was ready to roll.
Total distance – 4411 KM
Total passenger – 4
Vehicle – Mahindra XUV 5OO
ODO – 35000 (approx)
Total fuel – 345 Litre
Fuel average- 12.8 kmpl (100% A/C)
Toll: Rs 4483
Day 1 (22 - 23 Dec, 2017)
Route: Mumbai – Pune – Kolhapur – Hubballi – Bengaluru – Krishnagiri – Dharmapuri – Salem
Distance: 1200km
Travel Time: 19hrs (including 2.5hrs break)
On 22nd I worked from home, and in the evening did a full tank. I thought to take some rest as the plan was to start at 12am, had early dinner and went for sleep but could not get any, finally thought to start, loaded luggage and started at 11:20pm, traffic was fine crossed Vashi toll by 11:45pm. Stopped at Khalapur food court on Mumbai-Pune express highway at 12:45am took a 15min break. Found some traffic on bend just before Lonavala wasted some 20min there, crossing Pune was easy reached Khed toll plaza at 3:20am stopped for 10min tea break after crossing toll, there were very few vehicles on road, NH4 is a 4 lane divided highway and is in good condition, crossed Kini toll plaza before Kolhapur at 5:35am and entered Karnataka at 6:15am. Road conditions are even better in Karnataka here NH4 is 6 land divided highway, as it was early morning and very less traffic I was getting good average, crossed Belgaum and stopped at Kamat Upachar for Breakfast before Dharwad, it was decent place with clean bathrooms, weather was little chill enjoyed hot sheera, upma, idli and dosa, total time spent 50min. Started after breakfast at 8:45am, stretch between Dharwad and Hubballi is a 3 lane undivided highway, finally stopped for diesel at Reliance Chitradurg (took exit from highway total time taken 15min) toilets were clean there. Traffic started building up after Tumkur, reached Bangalore by 1:30pm everyone was hungry by now, slowed down car a little and started hunting for good restaurant but couldn’t find any on highway, google was showing some but for that had to take detour which I did not wanted to do, finally stopped at one around 2pm near Electronic city on service lane, parking was problem but guard made some parking space for us, food was really good. Finally started at 3:15pm after Bangalore traffic increased due to holiday season, I was driving slow as was tired, crossed Krishnagiri toll plaza by 4:30pm, in Tamilnadu police had done barricading on highway due to which there were few traffic jams around barricades. Crossed Omalur toll by 6:15pm, in Salem due to barricading there was huge traffic jam, finally reached hotel at 6:30pm. Had early dinner and retired for the day.
Day 1 – Mumbai – Salem
Day 2 – Salem – Yercaud - Salem
Day 3 – Salem - Pondicherry
Day 4 – Pondicherry – Mahabalipuram – Ramanathapuram
Day 5 – Ramanathapuram - Rameswaram - Ramanathapuram
Day 6 – Ramanathapuram - Kanyakumari - Tirunelveli
Day 7 - Tirunelveli - Kodaikanal
Day 8 – Kodaikanal
Day 9 – Kodaikanal
Day 10 - Kodaikanal – Tumkur
Day 11 – Tumkur - Mumbai
Service (30,000) of the car was done in June, so done a quick check-up and was ready to roll.
Total distance – 4411 KM
Total passenger – 4
Vehicle – Mahindra XUV 5OO
ODO – 35000 (approx)
Total fuel – 345 Litre
Fuel average- 12.8 kmpl (100% A/C)
Toll: Rs 4483
Day 1 (22 - 23 Dec, 2017)
Route: Mumbai – Pune – Kolhapur – Hubballi – Bengaluru – Krishnagiri – Dharmapuri – Salem
Distance: 1200km
Travel Time: 19hrs (including 2.5hrs break)
On 22nd I worked from home, and in the evening did a full tank. I thought to take some rest as the plan was to start at 12am, had early dinner and went for sleep but could not get any, finally thought to start, loaded luggage and started at 11:20pm, traffic was fine crossed Vashi toll by 11:45pm. Stopped at Khalapur food court on Mumbai-Pune express highway at 12:45am took a 15min break. Found some traffic on bend just before Lonavala wasted some 20min there, crossing Pune was easy reached Khed toll plaza at 3:20am stopped for 10min tea break after crossing toll, there were very few vehicles on road, NH4 is a 4 lane divided highway and is in good condition, crossed Kini toll plaza before Kolhapur at 5:35am and entered Karnataka at 6:15am. Road conditions are even better in Karnataka here NH4 is 6 land divided highway, as it was early morning and very less traffic I was getting good average, crossed Belgaum and stopped at Kamat Upachar for Breakfast before Dharwad, it was decent place with clean bathrooms, weather was little chill enjoyed hot sheera, upma, idli and dosa, total time spent 50min. Started after breakfast at 8:45am, stretch between Dharwad and Hubballi is a 3 lane undivided highway, finally stopped for diesel at Reliance Chitradurg (took exit from highway total time taken 15min) toilets were clean there. Traffic started building up after Tumkur, reached Bangalore by 1:30pm everyone was hungry by now, slowed down car a little and started hunting for good restaurant but couldn’t find any on highway, google was showing some but for that had to take detour which I did not wanted to do, finally stopped at one around 2pm near Electronic city on service lane, parking was problem but guard made some parking space for us, food was really good. Finally started at 3:15pm after Bangalore traffic increased due to holiday season, I was driving slow as was tired, crossed Krishnagiri toll plaza by 4:30pm, in Tamilnadu police had done barricading on highway due to which there were few traffic jams around barricades. Crossed Omalur toll by 6:15pm, in Salem due to barricading there was huge traffic jam, finally reached hotel at 6:30pm. Had early dinner and retired for the day.
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