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On a side note, I heard somebody who has been living in Malappuram for a long time mentioning that it's the most dangerous district to drive, in Kerala. Regards Rex | |
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I will look at yahoo maps and mapmyindia to understand this part better. How much can I cut down by deviating vai pandikkad? | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Even I will be driving down from Bangalore to Kollam Saturday early morning ( 2 AM). The following the route I have in my mind: Bangalore -> Kanakapura ->Malavalli->Kollegal->Yelandur ->Chamaraja Nagar -> Satyamagalam -> Annur -> Coimbatore -> Palakkad -> Thrissur -> Cochin -> Kollam. Can anyone tell me about this road? Is it a good and Safe drive? I never been to this route before. Doing this to avoid Bangalore -> Coimbatore stretch, which is really bad due to road widening. OT: Is there anyone driving from Bangalore to Kerala by Saturday(06-sep-2008) early morning ? Last edited by HotChillyPepper : 2nd September 2008 at 19:17. |
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| ![]() Hi HCP, I will be driving to Ernakulam on saturday morning (4AM) in my Getz. I am planning to take Blore-Msore-Nilambur-Trichur-EKM route. |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() [quote=OT: Is there anyone driving from Bangalore to Kerala by Saturday(06-sep-2008) early morning ?[/quote] Me too planning 6th Sept '08 drive home at around 4am (depending on when I can get out of office) Route: Bangalore - Mysore - Nilambur - Edappal - Ernakulam - Alleppey |
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![]() @pgginish & unni Shall we join somewhere at outskerts of Bangalore and go together ? | |||
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| ![]() On 24th Aug, I traveled from Kodungallur to Bangalore via Thrissur P.Manna, Nilambur. Road between Thrissur and Nilambur is good, but narrow with lots of private bus and trucks. Road from Nilambur until TN border is very good, recently done up i think. TN border until Karnataka border is pretty bad and then on its really good. I was surprised to see the quality of roads inside the forest within Karnataka!! |
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| ![]() I just heard that the road from Thekkady to Kottayam , NH220 ( i think so ) is blocked due to heavy rains resulting in landslides, has anybody done this route in the past couple of days ? Any updates ? @ unni.ak and @ hotchillypepper finally which route did you guys take and what are the route updates? Last edited by hellstar : 9th September 2008 at 00:28. |
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| ![]() Not only in Thekkady-Kottayam but also in various parts of Idukkki district, roads were blocked due to heavy rains in the last 2 days (as per local Malayalam TV channels). I had a quick word with unni.ak who drove down to Alapuzha/Ambalapuzha via Mysore, Gudalur, Nilambur and Edappal. He reported bad roads from Gudalur to Kerala border. The ghats leading down to Nilambur have some damages on the curves. But the worst experience was reserved for the drive from Nilambur to Edappal, where he lost considerable time and hurt his car (Ford Fiesta). Very surprising, this entire route was in great form even 3 weeks ago when a friend of mine drove down from Bombay to Pattambi on this route. Let us await a detailed report from unni.ak - he must be busy with his Onam celebrations. |
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I am worried as i too wanna get busy with Onam ! | |
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