16th September 2009, 16:47
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16th September 2009, 16:58
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| Distinguished - BHPian   | That's a pretty long journey Anurag. I can see that out of those 9 days you will be inside your car 80% of the time  |
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16th September 2009, 17:01
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| Avi, just don't tell that to my wife and we should be good to go  |
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17th September 2009, 11:08
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17th September 2009, 11:53
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| Anurag, My answer will not be complete, but here it is, for whatever its worth! If you take the Pune-Mumbai Expressway, you will land up on the Sion-Trombay Road in Chembur (a suburb). You can either, i. take the Eastern Express Highway ( basically take a right from where the Sion-Trombay Road ends)to go to Thane and continue on the Ghodbunder Road ( bypassing Mumbai) and hit the NH8 and then proceed to Ahmedabad. This implies that you halt for the night ( my assumption) in a hotel in Thane. ii. take the Sion-Dharavi road ( basically take a left from where the Sion-Trombay Road ends) and hit the Western Expressway and proceed straight as this expressay morphs into NH8 as you reach Dahisar. The second route is more crowded at most times ( except at say 5-7 am) and had bad roads and traffic near the Dahisar check naka. As to accommodation on the Western Express Highway, you'll fine lots of hotels near and opposite the domestic airport, starting from the 5 star Sahara Star ( bad food and service) down to 3/2/1 stars in Vile Parle East ( opposite the airport). I hope this doesn't confuse you! If it does, please disregard! Regards Quote:
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17th September 2009, 12:47
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Have a look at this GPS log for my bangalore to north bombay travel. You can easily load this on google maps or google earth. You can actually load this on google map and then calculate the exact distance from turn to turn. | |
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17th September 2009, 12:52
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17th September 2009, 12:52
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17th September 2009, 14:37
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Dont take right here, instead go left and after 4.5 kms or so, you would see a Hotel sunshine on the opposite side. Take U-turn to reach there. This place is just few hundred metes before the Dahisar toll plaza. The phone number of this hotel is 02228453600. I dont know the current rate, but you should get a double AC room at 2000/- or less. Please check availability before you go there. IN the picture below, point 'A' is where you are coming on Godhbunder road and hit NH8 perpendicularly. And point 'B' is Hotel Sunshine.  | |
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18th September 2009, 10:06
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look out for another post for route query in mumbai-hyd thread. ranjitp1 had recently traveled on the route suggested by me and he had posted his feed back. | |
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18th September 2009, 12:38
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18th September 2009, 12:39
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2.Instead of Mumbai you could consider staying at Pune on the Dehu Road Bypass as well.Theres a very good hotel called Pride Biznotel.Pune to Ahmedabad wouldnt take you more than 10hours.The main advantage of staying on Pune bypass is that you can start early and avoid the traffic mess at Mumbai and also you wouldnt lose out on time and patience which you would otherwise lose if you enter Mumbai in the evening.After 6pm entering Mumbai from the EW is pathetic.Best route would be to follow the signboards for Thane after the EW.Once you reach Thane ask for Ghodbunder road.At Ghodbunder junction,take a turn for Surat/Ahmedabad and you are now on NH8.This way you would bypass Mumbai traffic and Mumbai roads. 3.AMD-JDP:Road should be in good condition.We were intending to do this stretch last month,so go details from a friend who did this and he said its good.Avoid night driving as all the stretches are through plain deserts and with no inhabitation around.Rajasthan roads are by default very very good.One of the pluses of the previous government is what the general opinion is. 4.Instead of Mt.Abu why dont you consider Udaipur?It is any day better than Mt.Abu,much more to see as well.Mt.Abu is more or less like any other hill station.Of course you would know more considering home is @ JDP for you OT:The route through Nasik is also equally good to reach AMD.Pune-Nasik-Surat-AMD(from surat you would join the NH8). An equally good idea would be for you to PM Ramky.He stays in AMD and he is quite fluent with the Mumbai-bypass route to AMD. | |
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18th September 2009, 12:54
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for aurangabad route- 1] hyd-nizamabad-nanded-basmat-jintur-jalna-aurangabad-dhule-ahmdbd 2] hyd-nh9-omerga-naldurg-tuljapur-osmanabad-beed-aurangabad-dhule-onwards. | |
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18th September 2009, 13:13
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| Senior - BHPian  | Hai Anurag, Attaching my logs of trip on this route, you'd find this useful, you can consider way back through Dhule. You can also search for my travelogue on my trip and road conditions, happy searching  My answers to your questions in Bold. Quote:
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18th September 2009, 14:29
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