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| ![]() Thanks HVK and Parag. I would be travelling this weekend (friday) to Mumbai for some personal work, was thinking of driving as i am required to stay in navi mumbai for few days. I will finalize by tomorrow. regards, |
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The place is Ane/ Vir. It is 25. Remember to take sufficient change with you. The toll booths marked 46 bucks are famous for giving you toffees in return for change. Good if you have a kid along. Last edited by MX6 : 23rd March 2010 at 16:24. |
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| ![]() I have a hypothetical question. I know it is a difficult question to answer i see that HVK does Belgaum to Dobbaspet in 5 hours 40 minutes and Dobbaspet to yelahanka in about an hour = 6 hours 40 minutes from Belagum (Hotel Sankam) to Yelahanka. I am not HVK for sure, and I do not drive a Scorpio, but a humble ANHC which most likely scrape evey medium or large or mountainous speedbreaker / pothole / moon vally on the way. I can leave Yelahanka in the afternoon 2 PM. As per my current calculations, i need about 460 minutes = 7 hours 40 minutes in my ANHC to cover the same distance. I want to reach Sankam before 10 PM so that we have our dinner in Sankam which closes its resturant by 11 PM It is about 522 KMs for Yelahanka to Belgaum. Is it do-able in 8 hours in the afternoon - evening time ? it would be 65 KMPH average. Any guesses ? opinions ?, advice ? Last edited by StarVegabond : 23rd March 2010 at 17:34. |
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I drove all the way in to Belgaum and stayed at durga residency opp the bus stand. The security guy gave my car a free car wash and it was a great surprise for me. Tipped him 20 bucks (worth more actually). 9 Hours from the wrong end of Bangalore with stops of over 2.5 hours to Belgaum in my Ford Ikon with a 1 year old. You do your maths. | |
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When i did the previous time trip to Hubli, it took be about 7 hours including 2 breaks (30 minutes for Tea and one hour for dinner). i am hopeful of reaching Belgaum in about 7 hours, subject to traffic situation in Tumkur BP, Chitradurga BP, Davangere to Haveri stretch. thanks for your input. | |
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I reached Belgaum at 10:25 am. | |
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This should solve a lot of your problems. The biggest problem is getting out of problem. If you are starting from Yelahanka and take the above route, nothing like and you should be able to cover the rest pretty OK. I have used this stretch couple of times and it works very well. Decent traffic till Dodbellapur and almost none on NH207 till Dobbaspet. |
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| ![]() Thanks Parag for the great post. Leaving early one atleast can get some hours of sleep (3-5hrs) but if I drive through the night I might doze off! I've driven overnight in the US, but am really not comfortable doing this in India and would like to start with some sleep. I am travelling with a 1.5yrs baby this time so I dont want to push it too much. He is comfortable with a 7-8 hour drive during the day. I am hoping for a 3am start so that atleast the first four hours he will be asleep. All depends on how my son reacts to this long drive. I hope to make it to Satara (Hotel Mahendra Exec) or Pune or best Mumbai. Any good hotels around Pune to spend the night? HVK? Quote:
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On Pune bypass, there are some hotels: Viva Inn, Hotel Sadanand Regency, VITS and Sayaji. AFAIK, they are all very expensive, especially the last 2. If you miss Pune bypass, then your next possibility is the hotels in Lonavla (off the expressway, inside town), where there are many hotels. I am assuming that you are not keen on going into Pune city. | |
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I have the rough coordinates of all the hotels on Pune Bypass: Starting from the end of the Bombay Expressway: 7 kms, Ginger, LHS (Left Hand Side) 1 km, Hotel Sayaji, LHS 2 kms, Hotel Sadanand Regency, LHS, after crossing the Hinjewadi Flyover 1 km, Hotel Sadanand, LHS, Hotel VITS, RHS 9 kms, Hotel Viva Inn, LHS, at Chandini Chowk Pune friends, please correct if they note any mistakes, or wish to add any more. | |
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| ![]() HI guys, I have been reading your thread and other threads for the past 2 months, cause I am planning for a vacation in may in my brand new SX4. I have 7 days in hand for the tour, the main places to be covered are as follows: 1. shirdi, 2. Nashik - Tryambakeshwar temple 3. Sidhi vinayak temple - mumbai 4. mumbai sight seeing. can you please suggest the best travel route from Bangalore to Mumbai, keeping in mind, I have never traveled in car outside chennai. this is my first long trip. being the first time is it easy to navigate in the highways, what about the road signs, are they adequate without getting lost in the highway and reaching no where. i have looked the NH4 which connects the Chennai and Pune. its pretty consuming. we are going to take a driver with us, good in driving, but poor in navigation. so please send me the routes and the toll rates between Bangalore and mumbai. is it good to finish shirdi and Nashik first and then proceed to mumbai or its either way around. Let me also know the good eat outs, staying is out of question, we are going to stay only in shirdi, so suggest some good hotels. In short I need the complete travelogues. Note: the most important thing is I need to finish this vacation and come back to chennai on the 8th day. please suggest, will be able to make it to vadodara or rajkot within the same schedule. thanks in advance Uday |
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| ![]() Uday, you can check out the following link, it has lots of info on the Bombay-Bangalore route, including hotels, etc. http://hvkumar.googlegroups.com/web/...DMGhhhZdjQlNAw You can check out the following log book, which has the Bangalore-Bpmbay route on the last sector: GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL 2008 - hvkumar | Google Groups Toll rates are also indicated. NH4 is the simplest highway, one direct road. All towns are bypassed, except Ranebennur, where road widening work is still on. Please check out the various accounts on the current condition of the road. You can do the following route: Bombay-Ghoti-TRiambakeshwar-Nasik-Shirdi-Ahmednagar-Tembhurni-Pandharpur-Sangli-Kolhapur-Bangalore To take a count of teh days: D1: Bangalore-Bombay D2: Bombay D3: Bombay D4: Bombay-Triambakeshwar-Nasik-Shirdi D5: Shirdi-Ahmednagar-Pandharpur-Kolhapur D6: Kolhapur-Bangalore |
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| ![]() Drove from Blr to Chitradurga and back yesterday. The abandoned flyover projects are finally being completed. I was pleasantly surprised to be able to use the Tumkur bypass flyovers. Of course, both lanes have not yet been opened and the road surface is not up to usual NH standards, but it is much better than the usual bumpy diversions indicated by a 'Take diversion' scrawled on a pipe placed in the middle of the road. This sector would normally slows you down terribly and takes 15-30 min extra depending upon when you are driving. The Chitradurga bypass flyovers also are being completed. The highway between Tumkur and Chitradurga is not as smooth as it was a couple of years back. Time for NHAI to use the toll money they have been collecting. Maintenance work on the JAS toll road was done sometime last year and the drive between Nelamangla and Tumkur is smooth. Also, a new Kamat has opened up just before coffee day in Dobbspet so now you do not need to take 2 u turns to have breakfast. Edit: I usually fill up at Shell before driving this stretch, but this is not viable anymore because of their irrational pricing. This time I went to the COCO HP pump on the left after entering the JAS toll road. Pretty good, but the attendants do not know how to set the quantity in Rupees. Obviously, HP has not bothered to train its staff. Also, the staff on the 2 toll booths between Tumkur and Chitradurga are much more efficient now and don't hold you up for long. When the booths first opened, they used to write the receipts by hand. Last edited by Roy.S : 28th March 2010 at 11:41. |
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| ![]() Thanks HV Kumar for the hotel info and others for the updates. The Blr-Mumbai road is seen lots of traffic from team-bhpians. Good to see the updates coming in. Quote:
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