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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangy Boy!
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| ![]() Just got back from a trip to Kerala. PLEASE watch out for the stretch from Walayar to Palghat. You have some very deep potholes . Then it get WORSE - the stretch form Palghat till Vadankcherry is positively horrendous. You have CRATERS in the middle of the road!! God help you if you are driving at night - especially in a sedan! After that its smooth sailing all the way till Tcr. |
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BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bangalore
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Is that the SAME truck that's still holding up? ..or do you buy a new scorpio after each trip? ![]() | |
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Most funnily, I blew a tyre doing 15kmph on cubbon road when I missed the kerb on the turn and hit it. I am in love with this truck. Nothing I have owned has taken a beating like this one ![]() Vijay | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Greets all, After a long break I am hitting the road again, driving from Chennai to Trivandrum and back. During the onward journey, I have to stop at Guruvayoor. On the return trip, I plan to make a 2 day stop in Kodai, or any other place around midway between Chennai and TVM. Current route plan is: Onwards on 30th Sept night: Chennai @7PM - Krishnagiri - Salem - Coimbatore - (Thrissur) Guruvayoor @ 3AM - Kochi - TVM. Return on 6th Oct morning: TVM @ 7AM - Nagarcoil - Madurai - Kodai @ 2PM On 8th @ 10AM Kodai - Dindigul - Trichi - Chennai Please let me know any road/route suggestions or changes. How are the road conditions? Are the timing doable given current road conditions? Gears, Red-One. |
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BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chennai
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Are you doing this in your LC? I did this trip in my friend's i10 last month . We started from Chennai around 04:45 PM and reached Guruvayoor at 6:30PM including a 1.5 hour break for food. Just watchout for bad patches ( a lot of them) in the Palaghat-Thrissur stretch . | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kochi, Kerala
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| ![]() Can any one help with this (good hotel(s) around Mettur.. Thanks in Advance.. Quote:
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() There is a mallu hotel cum bakery in mettur (Royal bakes).It is on the left side before reaching mettur (around 2 kms before you take a left turn to go through the thermal plant ) .This is exactly opposite Madras Aluminium Company . Another landmark is that there is one ATM opposite this (don't remember which bank though). Food is good(especially the dosas).I think this is the only decent food joint in that area. |
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BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() Hi, I'll be driving with family from Bangalore to Perinthalmanna next week. This is the route i got after searching the forums. Bangalore - Mysore - Gundlupet - Bandipur - Madumalai - Gudalur - Nadukani - Vazhikkadavu - Nilambur - Perinthalmanna Is this the best route? Any update on this route? Is there a better option? Thanks in advance. |
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Gears, Red-One. | |
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I guess one of the times above should be AM, or you drive real fast ![]() Gears, Red-One. | |
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BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chennai
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More than the bad patches on this road watch out for the buses who drive real fast without caring for the safety of the fellow road users. | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() On the contrary, you should be worried about the traffic (mostly drunk truckers and buses)! Drive safe and take regular breaks (every ~3 Hrs) with a chai, face wash, wind shield wash (clean with news paper). My suggestion would be to leave BLR after lunch so you can escape the peak traffic - I left BLR (by 1PM) to reach Coimbatore (by 8PM) last wk and took the Hosur, Rayakottai (take right after the Hosur fly over), Paparapatti, Mettur, Ammapet, Sathyamangalam, Coimbatore.... loved the traffic (almost nil) but this stretch is better covered in daylight with a full tank and complete tool kit (stepney inc.). |
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Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Trivandrum and Bangalore
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| ![]() Hi folks.. I want to do a BLR-TVM road trip. Pls advise which route will be better.. The blr - cbe - plgt - ekm - tvm or the blr - cbe - slm - mdri - ngrcoil - tvm. Basically its either spend more time in KL or in TN. I am kind of confused abt which route to take and whether i shud do it in the night or day, safety issues etc... I hope to leave at abt 5 in the morning. I will be driving an Alto. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys and drive safetly. |
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