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Even a company like Google might go bankrupt if it were to keep track of our road conditions and periodically update them lol:

Yes, You can take this route too.
Road from Gundya - Ujire, was getting repaired sometime back(around a month back).
Just before Dharmasthala, the road was not in good condition with potholes, hope they have filled the potholes by now

any update on the road conditions through charmadi ? yesterday came to udupi from blr through shiradi. saklespur to gundya took 1.5 hrs. I will be driving back to blr tomorrow, thinking of taking charmadi route. any inputs on the road conditions?

thanks in advance

Charmadi is in good condition, except for 3-4 Hairpin curves.
I had taken my CIVIC to Dharmasthala from Mudigere, I had no issues at all.
Good thing is some of the rough patches were getting repaired 15 days back.

Some pics from the CKM route I shot two days back, scroll down to the second half of the first post: http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/test-d...10-sportz.html

Stupid question, is there not a train from B'lore to west coast??

As a matter of fact there is not one but 2 trains between Bangalore and Mangalore - one in the morning and one in the night.

The daily night train starts from Yeshwanthpur and goes via City Rly Stn - Mysore-Hassan and takes about 11 hours to reach Mangalore (and from thereon it continues to Cannannore), whereas the morning train that runs 3 times a week goes via Tumkur,Arsikere, Hassan and takes 10 hours.

Thanks for your inputs guys! I have decided on the C'lur - Jayapura - Sringeri - Haladi route, at least for the onward journey. Couple of queries:

- Do I necessarily have to go via Chikmagalur to go to Aldur? How about the Belur - Gendehalli - Aldur route?

- Given that I am going to Maravanthe, does it make sense to go via Haladi/Vandse and turn in towards NH17 OR does it make sense to go to Udupi via Hebri and then go North on NH17?

I am considering this route for my return drive, now that Sharath has managed to completely dissuade me against Shiradi :) Also, it has been almost 5 yrs since I did Charmadi. If I do this, which would be the optimal route from Maravanthe?

There is a (twice a day, if I am not mistaken) passenger train that runs b/w Bangalore - Mangalore. But then, we "Live To Drive", remember? :D

No, you can avoid CKM if you want to take the shortest route. But I prefer going via CKM because of better lunch options. The planter's court at CKM is one of the finest restaurants.:D

You can take Someshwara-Haladi-Basrur-Kundapura. Why go via Vandse?

Yeah Charmadi was in good condition but Mudigere to Belur was hell. It took me 1.5 hrs to cover 30 odd kms :Frustrati

And what would the shortest route be? Via Gendehalli? If yes, what would be the distance I save and would it be worth it? I do not intend to have lunch at C'lur.

I reckon I do not need to go via Barsur. I plan to take left at 13.692357,74.760675 (GPS coordinates). Let me know what you think.

The shortest is not necessarily the
fastest. You might save a few Kms, that's all.

That should do fine, you are turning well before Vandse. Don't try these routes in the night, very easy to lose way, very few sign boards.

I save precisely 8 kms if I take the Gendehalli route vis-a-vis the C'lur route. Guess I will take the latter!

Agreed! I have it all laid out in my GPS unit :)

Don't fully depend on GPS either, both satguide and MMI maps are inaccurate for most south Karnataka roads.

I know. Have done my homework so should be ok :) Moreover, have taken this route earlier twice AND plan to be here around 1 PM so shoould be ok. Thanks for all the help :)