Re: Palakkad (Kerala) to Indore (M.P.) - Route Query Update:
Covered close to 2000 km and am now in Indore. Day 1- Palakkad- Bangalore [NiceRoad]- Hubli- Dharwad
- Stay @ Hotel Hoysala, Dharwad
Started a bit late from Palakkad. Bad stretch after Walayar and waiting at various toll gates at L&T by-pass meant = slow progress initially.Lunch @ Sarawana Bhavan, Krishnagiri. Wasted half hour or so at NICE road toll gate. Morons on road with no road/civic sense made sure crossing of the gate a nightmare.Reached Dharwad at around 8.00 pm. Hotel Hoysala is in the town, about 6 km off NH-4. Due to the unavailability of AC suits/rooms [did not book earlier], had to settle for an ordinary room. But very happy with the cleanliness, parking and the Veg-restaurant= Recommended. Day 2 - Dharwad – Satara- Kapurhole[ Pune] – Narayanpur- Saswad-Wadki-Fursungi-Magarpatta- Nagar road- Nagar- Shirdi- Manmad- Malegaon- Dhule-Indore
Started off at around 6.00 am. Took off from the Highway at Kapurhole to by-Pass Pune traffic at noon. A bit bumpy + narrow roads via Narayanpur / Saswad and must have avoided some nasty Pune noon traffic. Even after joing the Nagar Road, first half hour was nothing short of crawling, thanks to non-existent civic sense among road users.
Had lunch at a restaurant on the Nagar road = quality of food nothing worth mentioning here.
Nagar Road is 4-Laned and a few kilometers before Nagar turned towards Shirdi. Soon, the newly laid 2-Lane road took us to Solapur-Aurangabad highway. It is somewhat 4-laned and crossed Shirdi easily, beyond which a nice and wide 2-lane stretch took us to Malegaon where we joined NH-3.
Had some light food at Hotel Lajjat at Dhule at around 8.00 pm. Reached home in Indore at around 11.45 pm. Anyone planning on this stretch, do take a break for food/stay at Dhule beyond which there is nothing in there at all. The worst part on this stretch on NH-3 is the speed breakers/ bumps all the way. |