The art of travelling between Bangalore - Mangalore/Udupi - Page 47 - Team-BHP

laluks · 24th June 2009, 16:21

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Originally Posted by addyhemmige

Maybe everyone here has finally mastered the art of traveling between Bangalore & Mangalore/Udupi

You stole the words from my mouth.

Samurai · 24th June 2009, 16:52

Give it a month, the roads would change under the monsoon rain and new breakthroughs and discoveries can be made.

lohithrao · 24th June 2009, 17:24

Guess i have already found some updates

Last week my bro came to Bangalore via Shiradi, for now the ghats is decent shuld hold up for a month ot 2 but the road from Gundya till BC road is giving up and i feel this is where we could save/loose some time... also it gets too frustuating when the winding road has pot holes..

StarVegabond · 24th June 2009, 18:59

I was also begining to miss this thread, good that it is back

some update from my side

My Brother travelled to Udupi on Monday morning via Shiradi Ghat.
He is a new driver and this was his first long trip. His family wife and son accompanied him. They left at 7 AM from BTM layout and reached my native place by 6 PM in the evening. they took several breaks on the way for breakfast, lunch plus some breaks because of 3 year old kid.

prince_pervez · 24th June 2009, 19:32

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Originally Posted by Samurai

Give it a month, the roads would change under the monsoon rain and new breakthroughs and discoveries can be made.

Monsoons are arriving late. So travel as much as you can on the BLR MLR roads till atleast a fortnight. After that, the rest as we know...

Daddy · 25th June 2009, 13:37

guys,
Whats the decent route between Madikeri to Agumbe in terms of road conditon? I can see 3 routes(via sulya/karkala/Hebri, via Sakleshpur/Kudremuk/Sringeri, via Sakleshpur/Balehonnur/Koppa) but not sure which one would be in decent condition currently.

ravibhat · 28th June 2009, 19:16

Daddy:: My pick would be via sakaleshpura - kudremukha or sakaleshpura / hassan / chikamagalur / mudigere / koppa / sringeri area. There are many options via these places.

Avoid via Sulya as you need to do descend and ascend ghats to reach agumbe from Madikeri. If you go by Sulya then take via hebri to agumbe or go by kudremukha - sringeri - agumbe.

Ravi.

addyhemmige · 28th June 2009, 21:17

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Originally Posted by Daddy

guys,
Whats the decent route between Madikeri to Agumbe in terms of road conditon? I can see 3 routes(via sulya/karkala/Hebri, via Sakleshpur/Kudremuk/Sringeri, via Sakleshpur/Balehonnur/Koppa) but not sure which one would be in decent condition currently.

I would suggest via Sulya-Karkala-Hebri. This has better roads. But you have to be careful, in a few places there are only single lane roads. It is the faster of all the routes you have suggested

Sakleshpur-Kudremukh-Sringeri route can be taken but the road surface after Kottigehara is not that good.

Sakleshpur-Balehonnur route is very roundabout, so I think you can avoid it.

Daddy · 30th June 2009, 17:42

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Originally Posted by addyhemmige

I would suggest via Sulya-Karkala-Hebri. This has better roads.

thanks addy/ravi for the details.
will update more once i am back from the trip.

aka_iitd · 3rd July 2009, 12:51

Folks I am planning to visit Mangalore in Mid August(13th to 16th Aug). I am planning to take Hassan - Sakleshpur route. Is this route OK wrt to roads and distance
Also any idea of good hotel may not be typical hotel may be some sort of resort etc in Mangalore
Main attraction is visit beaches and relax. Is it worth to visit Udupi also in this trip

gadadhar · 3rd July 2009, 13:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by aka_iitd

Folks I am planning to visit Mangalore in Mid August(13th to 16th Aug). I am planning to take Hassan - Sakleshpur route. Is this route OK wrt to roads and distance
Also any idea of good hotel may not be typical hotel may be some sort of resort etc in Mangalore
Main attraction is visit beaches and relax. Is it worth to visit Udupi also in this trip

Hassan -Sakleshpur is the shortest route, road conditions as on today is fine, can change depending on how heavy the rains are. Run through this thread for details on the road situation

Summer sands is a beach resort and is very much on the beach side, been there few years back and was good during that time, Sorry but I have no recent updates Summer Sands Beach Resort, Mangalore

laluks · 3rd July 2009, 16:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by aka_iitd

Folks I am planning to visit Mangalore in Mid August(13th to 16th Aug). I am planning to take Hassan - Sakleshpur route. Is this route OK wrt to roads and distance
Also any idea of good hotel may not be typical hotel may be some sort of resort etc in Mangalore
Main attraction is visit beaches and relax. Is it worth to visit Udupi also in this trip

You'll get many answers here.
Please check my travelogue, page 4 from post 70 onwards.
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...-8-days-4.html (Goa, Yaana, Jog, Murdeshwar, Maravanthe ...3000Km in 8 days)

Samurai · 6th July 2009, 01:49

Hmm, while you can rely on old travelogues for route information, you can't use them for road conditions.

These days roads are changing on a weekly basis. Since 4 days, it has been raining as if a giant tub has been turned over this place. I don't recall seeing this intensity of rain in the recent years. Imagine the hardest rain in Bangalore and then imagine that staying on for 2-4 hours and this repeating 3-4 times a day. Bangalore would be flooded like crazy with half a day of this stuff. But in the coast we can handle it, but not the roads.

The roads here are precision engineered to give up within a week of monsoon. In June the rain was very light, so the roads held up much longer, got the PWD engineers/contractors worried for a while. But now they can rest at ease, the rains from last 4 days is capable for digging the hell out of most roads here. Yesterday I drove the NH-17 and it broken up in most of the usual places. At Padubidri, they have dumped huge rocks in one deep pothole to warn the drivers during daytime. At night, pray you can see it in time.

So, we are back to monitoring the roads week-to-week, let the art of road flourish.

laluks · 6th July 2009, 13:09

@Samurai - its anybodys guess the travelogue reference was with respect to the attractions he asked around those places.

To be more specific - please refer that for some info around managalore / Udupi. I guess the giant tub of water has not washed away those

Art or not I do not want to debate. Thats not my turf.

Samurai · 6th July 2009, 13:22

laluks, I am not sure what you trying to imply, what kind of debate? This thread has been about road conditions for 3 straight years. And thanks to the government corruption, it will remain so.

I specifically mentioned that while you can rely on old travelogues for route information, you can't use them for road conditions. Is that not so? Why are you so offended about it? Did I make any personal remark to you?

@aka_iitd: Beaches are generally closed during June-August because the sea is too wild. Many beach resorts also close during monsoon for yearly renovation. Also, it is hard to predict the road condition of mid-August right now.

24th June 2009, 16:52	#692 (permalink)
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: KA-20 Posts: 8,138 View My Garage	Give it a month, the roads would change under the monsoon rain and new breakthroughs and discoveries can be made. __________________ Samurai The only Super Car in my book -Bowler Wild Cat

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lohithrao Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Udupi/Bangalore Posts: 1,938 View My Garage	Guess i have already found some updates Last week my bro came to Bangalore via Shiradi, for now the ghats is decent shuld hold up for a month ot 2 but the road from Gundya till BC road is giving up and i feel this is where we could save/loose some time... also it gets too frustuating when the winding road has pot holes.. __________________ " Everyone wants to park their car/bike in the shade(of a tree) but none wants to grow one!, SAVE TREES/GROW TREES"

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StarVegabond BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 595	I was also begining to miss this thread, good that it is back some update from my side My Brother travelled to Udupi on Monday morning via Shiradi Ghat. He is a new driver and this was his first long trip. His family wife and son accompanied him. They left at 7 AM from BTM layout and reached my native place by 6 PM in the evening. they took several breaks on the way for breakfast, lunch plus some breaks because of 3 year old kid. __________________ Honda City 1.5 SMT (2009) FIAT Palio 1.2 ELX-PS (2002) - 62K KM

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ravibhat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,059 View My Garage	Daddy:: My pick would be via sakaleshpura - kudremukha or sakaleshpura / hassan / chikamagalur / mudigere / koppa / sringeri area. There are many options via these places. Avoid via Sulya as you need to do descend and ascend ghats to reach agumbe from Madikeri. If you go by Sulya then take via hebri to agumbe or go by kudremukha - sringeri - agumbe. Ravi. __________________ Blue Alto LXI 2008 Limited Edition My City Car HIGHway vehicle: Safari or Innova (Who win my heart)

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aka_iitd BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 474	Folks I am planning to visit Mangalore in Mid August(13th to 16th Aug). I am planning to take Hassan - Sakleshpur route. Is this route OK wrt to roads and distance Also any idea of good hotel may not be typical hotel may be some sort of resort etc in Mangalore Main attraction is visit beaches and relax. Is it worth to visit Udupi also in this trip __________________ Sx4 - 2008 Getz - 2007 Santro - Sold HH Passion - 2001 Last edited by aka_iitd : 3rd July 2009 at 12:52.

25th June 2009, 13:37	#696 (permalink)
Daddy Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17	guys, Whats the decent route between Madikeri to Agumbe in terms of road conditon? I can see 3 routes(via sulya/karkala/Hebri, via Sakleshpur/Kudremuk/Sringeri, via Sakleshpur/Balehonnur/Koppa) but not sure which one would be in decent condition currently.

6th July 2009, 01:49	#703 (permalink)
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: KA-20 Posts: 8,138 View My Garage	Hmm, while you can rely on old travelogues for route information, you can't use them for road conditions. These days roads are changing on a weekly basis. Since 4 days, it has been raining as if a giant tub has been turned over this place. I don't recall seeing this intensity of rain in the recent years. Imagine the hardest rain in Bangalore and then imagine that staying on for 2-4 hours and this repeating 3-4 times a day. Bangalore would be flooded like crazy with half a day of this stuff. But in the coast we can handle it, but not the roads. The roads here are precision engineered to give up within a week of monsoon. In June the rain was very light, so the roads held up much longer, got the PWD engineers/contractors worried for a while. But now they can rest at ease, the rains from last 4 days is capable for digging the hell out of most roads here. Yesterday I drove the NH-17 and it broken up in most of the usual places. At Padubidri, they have dumped huge rocks in one deep pothole to warn the drivers during daytime. At night, pray you can see it in time. So, we are back to monitoring the roads week-to-week, let the art of road flourish. __________________ Samurai The only Super Car in my book -Bowler Wild Cat

6th July 2009, 13:09	#704 (permalink)
laluks BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 843	@Samurai - its anybodys guess the travelogue reference was with respect to the attractions he asked around those places. To be more specific - please refer that for some info around managalore / Udupi. I guess the giant tub of water has not washed away those Art or not I do not want to debate. Thats not my turf. __________________ Honda Civic 1.8S MT May 2007 (36k) Suzuki Swift ZXi Jan 2007 (22k) Kinetic Honda Dx Sep 1999 (30k) Sold : Esteem, 800, RX100

6th July 2009, 13:22	#705 (permalink)
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: KA-20 Posts: 8,138 View My Garage	laluks, I am not sure what you trying to imply, what kind of debate? This thread has been about road conditions for 3 straight years. And thanks to the government corruption, it will remain so. I specifically mentioned that while you can rely on old travelogues for route information, you can't use them for road conditions. Is that not so? Why are you so offended about it? Did I make any personal remark to you? @aka_iitd: Beaches are generally closed during June-August because the sea is too wild. Many beach resorts also close during monsoon for yearly renovation. Also, it is hard to predict the road condition of mid-August right now. __________________ Samurai The only Super Car in my book -Bowler Wild Cat Last edited by Samurai : 6th July 2009 at 13:28.

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