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So, overall, heres what I understand. 1) The Chorla route is better in terms of road quality, but can add 20 more Kms as per google maps. however, Belguam itself could eat up around 45 mins in getting through its traffic since there is no Belgaum bypass to the Chorla route. Also, the hairpin curves on the Chorla ghat will mean you drive slow.(hence more time) 2) The Dharwad route is 20 kms less. But is pothole ridden, which could also eat into your time. So, if you want to hurt your car much, take her through Chorla. If you dont want to save 20 kms on the odo, take the Dharwad route. My brain(with all the rationale) says take the Chorla; but however, my gut(for no rational reason) says take the Dharwad route! I will perhaps toss a coin now! ![]() Pls do nudge me in the right direction, if you are able to see a way out for me. Thanks much again! Last edited by moralfibre : 29th December 2013 at 07:38. Reason: Fixing quote tag | ||||||
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It's not the entire 50 kms stretch, there are maybe 10-15 odd places where you would need to slow down I guess in that stretch, of which around 7-8 of them come more or less together towards the end as you reach nearer to Mollem. I had done the Belgaum route (Amboli) in 2012 and wasted about an hour in town getting lost and looking for the right route to get out back on to the highway. Google GPS was quite useless for it ![]() Since you are going to Baga, this route (Alnavar) might be better. If you do want to take the northern route, you might want to consider post #2460 of raj.barcode which skips Belgaum and Ponda altogether - Kittur (Tumgeri) towards Jamboti, I think that route would have worked well for me since I was headed to Vagator. Have fun! Last edited by moralfibre : 29th December 2013 at 07:40. Reason: Fixing broken quote tag | |
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P.S For google map, refer post number 2460 Last edited by raj.barcode : 28th December 2013 at 16:04. | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: May 2005 Location: Vasco-Goa
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| ![]() Guys, I stay at Vasco and it is almost at the mid section of Goa, It is neither North or South, but somewhere mid. It is about 30 Km (+/- a couple of Kms) from Panjim, Margao and Ponda. So I took it as the reference point, the Mid Goa.. I have always taken the Vasco-Karwar-Ankola-Yellapur-Hubli-Blr route ( the Volvo route) and never bothered to check the distance. I thought that Chorla and the Alnavar-Dharwad route to be longer and least desirable. I just thought so. So I made a distance chart of the routes commonly taken from Goa to Bangalore Here it is. 1. Vasco -Bangalore via Via Londa-Alnavar- Dharwad - 599 Kms 2. Vasco-Bangalore Via Chorla-Jamboti-Tumgeri (Kittur)-Dharwad - 626 Kms 3. Vasco - Bangalore Via Karwar-Ankola-Yellapur-Hubli-679 Kms 4. Vasco-Bangalore Via Karwar-Ankola-Yellapur-Mundgod-Bankapur-Haveri- 625 Kms 5. Vasco- Bangalore Via Karwar-Honnavar-Shimoga- 657 Kms 6 Vasco - Bangalore Via Udupi -Mangalore-Shiradi-hassan 727 Km 7. Vasco -Bangalore Via Udupi - Belthangady-Charmadi-Hassan 725 Kms 8. Vasco-Bangalore Via Udupi-Agumbe-Shimoga-769 Kms 9. Vasco-Bangalore Via Chorla-Jamboti-Belgaum- 640 Kms 10 Vasco-Bangalore Via Karwar-Kumta-Sirsi-Hangal-Haveri - 641 Kms Note: Some distance may not match with your Odo reading as the distances were taken from Google Maps and it calculates the distance from city center or Municipality / Corporation ofc/ bldg ( I am not sure). where as our drive will be through By-pass roads. so there will be slight variation. Further one's place in Bangalore makes a difference in odo distance too. ( I stay at HSR Layout at Blr and my car odo shows 700 Kms when I reach Vasco through the Hubli-Yellapur road and the distance for some one starting from Rajajinagar / Yeshvantpur/ Malleshwaram, the distance will be lesser on odo) So the least distance is via Londa-Alnavar-Dharwar that is 599 Kms and longest is through Udupi-Agumbe-Shimoga - 769 Kms The best roads are the Karwar-Ankola-Yellapur-Hubli (679 Km) and the Chorla-Jamboti-Tumgeri (626 Kms) routes and I plan to take the Chorla route next time to Bangalore. As I mentioned the distances are from Mid Goa (Vasco). Baga/Calangute/Vagator is a good 40 Kms north from here and Colva/ Varca/ Mobor is a good 20-40 Kms south from here.(Just so that you get an idea of the reference point of the distance chart) People planning to go to beaches at Patnem / Palolem / Galgibag at deep south Goa at Canacona (a good 67 Kms south of Vasco) will do well to take the Yellapur road and the people planning to go to northern beaches like Calangute/ Baga/ Vagator/Anjuna/Morjim or Panjim in general will do well to take the Chorla or the Alnavar route. (you can shave off another 25-30 Kms from the above chart if you plan your route based on your end destination as I have mentioned earlier here) This also save them some precious time (In Goa time is very precious ![]() Northern Goa is more crowded, more fun, more activities. Southern Goa is vacant beaches, lazing around doing nothing sort of places. Enjoy Goa and Have a great time here ![]() Last edited by ashkamath : 31st December 2013 at 01:49. |
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BHPian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() Guys, just came back from Goa(Panjim city) this Sunday. Started from Bangalore on 25th and reached back on 29th. It was a short visit for a cousin's shaadi. My ride is XUV. Drove via Belgaum while going to Goa. Stayed in Belgaum overnight as we had a small kid. And then took the Chorla ghat route. Well its safe to say I couldnt even find a single pot hole the entire stretch. But my wife felt a bit uncomfortable in the chorla ghat. There are a few ghats/roads that makes her feel uncomfortable. On the way back drove via Karwar/Ankola/Yellapur/Hubli. Stayed in Hubli. Again fantastic roads. For some reason wife was absolutely ok on this ghat section Drove with wife and a 5 month old son. Son has a good car seat. And he is always in the car seat when he is in the car. Since we had a small baby we had to stop every 2hrs. Feed him for a few minutes and let him stretch his muscles for a few minutes. On a side note. I always used to forget to use the cruise control in XUV. This time made it a point to use it. And I must say it was a pleasure. Brought back memories from US. |
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Thats because the ghats on the Hubli-Ankola section are low on curves. And even if you go through a curve, direction changes are not quite apparent. Hence one may not fall into that motion sickness regime itself. |
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| ![]() I have to drive from Ponda to Bangalore on Sunday, 5th. Although the Karwar-Ankola-Hubli route is best, I am looking for an alternative option which would take around the same duration. I want to avoid Ranebennur stretch. I had an accident there two years ago. The accident was not bad. But the ghost of the mental torture by locals and police still haunts me. How is the road condition for the route via Shivamogga? |
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This route may turn rough in the ghat section and at places you will find just a single road (need to alight from road if a bus or truck comes from the other side). And yes you need to be careful throughout as it is just a double road from Honnavar till Tumkur or so and goes through multiple towns wih plenty of cows and people here and there. Cannot exceed speeds of 60KM. It took me about 12.5 hours with a single break for lunch at Sagar (I think total distance was measured 627KM from Bangalore to Quepem). It is a moderate distance with slow drive compared to other routes that run on NH-4 at 120KMPH or so ![]() |
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Kamath Patrao, you were planning to ride down to Bangalore on your 390. Awaiting to hear your story of the ride. | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: May 2005 Location: Vasco-Goa
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Patrao (meaning "Boss" in Portuguese), I had plans to ride my bike during 3rd week of December to Bangalore from where I had plans to team up with a cousin and drive to Solapur-Shirdi. But then a close relative expired and all plans / celebrations were shelved as we went into mourning. Now I have some work at Udupi tomorrow and may ride my 390 there and perhaps from there to Bangalore. Nothing is firmed up as of now. |
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| ![]() I returned to Bangalore yesterday from Ponda via Madgaon, Karwar and Hubli. The accident that took the lives of a father and daughter (mentioned in Accidents thread) was always on my mind. Karwar-Hubli road is in very good condition now. The road quite broad in the ghat section. The whole ghat stretch is marked with "no overtaking" lines. However, I am pretty sure that 90% of the drivers don't know how to identify a no-overtaking zone. The road is clearly marked with solid white line in the centre. Still, cars and KSRTC buses try to overtake trucks in these stretches. Trucks are a big problem though. They climb the ghat section at 10-15 KMPH, so anyone following them is bound to get frustrated. On Hubli-Bangalore stretch, I did not see any crashed vehicles or major accidents. I feel happy about it. However, I did see a minor accident in Chitradurga. A Swift had rear-ended an XUV5OO. Swift's front was smashed, and I think the radiator was leaking. All that the XUV had was a dent on the hatch door. Even its bumper was still in place! The journey from Ponda to Sarjapur took me 11 hours (5 AM to 4 PM), including half an hour break just after Hubli. And I drove between 80-100 KMPH. I drive like someone twice my age ![]() |
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Look at this way : BLR-Goa: Via Ankola 4AM start from BLR : 8 AM Ranebennur Kamat for Breakfast (~320KM) 8:30 AM start from Kamat Ranebennur to Kamat Ankola for Lunch: 12:15/12:45 AM (~ 190km) 1:30/2 PM Start from Kamat Ankola : Madgaon : 3:15 PM All this at just about triple digit speeds. Last edited by ampere : 6th January 2014 at 09:19. | |
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I did the same route in about 10 hours last 2012 december - as you can see it is not much of a difference. ![]() Last edited by Rehaan : 9th January 2014 at 16:37. Reason: Please avoid promoting high speeds on public roads. Thanks. | ||
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Some highways ( 6 lane roads have a solid white line in the middle of their lane, indicating that overtaking is not permitted even on a straight stretch as the right lane indicate high speed lane and a careless overtaking increases chances of mishap. Cities have Yellow lines which simply means strictly No overtaking ( we find it on bridges etc). But as you rightly said 90% of drivers are not aware of these line signs and some even if they are aware, go ahead and break it with impunity. | |
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