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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Monsoon is almost here, it has already started to rain in ghats(occasionally). My advice, try avoiding driving at night. as even drizzle beyond Sakleshpura(towards Mangalore) will make driving difficult and risky. |
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I am taking this route tomorrow, though daytime. Should I be cautious of anything? |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Belur/Bangalore
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Wipers in good condition, driving slower than usual when roads are wet (While and after it has rained), making right use of Pilot Lamps to aide others to notice you etc. Apart from that, you can expect some new potholes too but this is too early. So be wary about waterlogged roads as there can be a huge pothole right below that too. Shiradi is not a Dangerous ghat to drive in rains except that one needs to know the limitations of driving under rainy conditions. | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Chennai
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Drove via shiradi today. Roads are good throughout except for small stretch of potholes just before the cement road starts. Few of them are huge and could be difficult to identify in night and if it is raining. I did not encounter any rain but the ghat section of the road was damp, may be due to early morning showers. Traffic was heavy around Sakaleshpur and took around 45 minutes to pass through the town. | |
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BHPian Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: KA01/KA19/KA20
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| ![]() Bandh in Kalladka (http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsD...?newsID=453804) Section 144 from May 27 till June 2 |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Folks Need further inputs. Can someone post on good petrol bunks between Hassan and Eagle Eye Resorts? Do they accept credit card payments. I don't want to fill up bad fuel, and my range is normally 500 kms on ghat roads with the 1.6 Fiesta. Further, instead of returning directly from the resort to Bangalore (11 am is check out time), I was wondering if I could visit Sringeri, and then drive back to Bangalore. Google maps says it will take 1 hour 20 minutes to Sringeri from the resort, and around 6 to 6.5 hours from there to Bangalore. Assuming our visit to the temple doesn't take more than 90 minutes, we should be leaving the temple for Bangalore around 230 pm. Any comments? I'll take a call only on that day, depending on the weather. Else I'll visit Belur on the way back and skip Sringeri. |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Traveling next weekend to Mangalore from k r pura first thing in the morning. This time with entire family in a Chevy beat petrol. Have traveled umpteen times via shiradi ghat. Feeling itchy to try the Charmadi ghat road for the first time. How are road conditions and scenery? Normally when traveling via sakleshpur there are only veg restaurants for lunch. What options are there in the Charmadi route? Your thoughts guys! |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Belur/Bangalore
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However, there are many (and many more) Coffee Shops that have mushroomed from Belur till Kottigehara (50kms) and quite a few of these are very decent places to stop when with family. At Banakal you have "Fresh Bean Café" attached to IOCL station on your right ( https://goo.gl/maps/Vi7reE2eLa42) after the town ends. Beyond this, hardly a good place (read clean rest rooms for ladies) on this route till you hit Ujire/Belthangady belt. On road conditions, Charmadi remains charming as ever. Good clean roads end to end except small patchy sections on Hair Pin curves. But these patchy sections are not the primary reason not to do Charmadi but others - 11 Hair Pin Curves, Narrower Roads almost till BC Road from Belur and lack of facilties are some of the other reasons travellers avoid this. However, this has been a regular road for the usual lot who either stay here or have stayed here. Not bad and worth a try If you are looking for more scenic and route with lesser traffic. Last edited by paragsachania : 29th May 2017 at 22:00. Reason: Corrected typos due to Mobile device | |
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On my return, I did visit the bunk opposite A2B, but they said they don't accept card payments. So I went ahead and filled Rs 500 fuel near Yadiyur, which lasted till I reached Kodihalli. I tanked up at Kalyan Nagar IOC the following day on my return trip to Hyderabad. And by the way, breakfast at Shark Food Court was awesome! Quote:
As regards the roads, they were awesome and 4-laned till Hassan. From there to Belur was decent, though undivided. Belur to Chikmagalur was a bit narrower with a few spots where narrow culverts are there. Chikmagalur to Aldur was scenic. Aldur to Sangameshwarpet was a ghat road with many twisties. The last 10 kms to the resort was a narrow and isolated road amid thick forest, that took us 30 minutes to traverse. | ||
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| ![]() Back from a trip to Mangalore via Shiradi, a couple of days ago. Roads are good throughout. Shiradi roads are in good condition so far, before the monsoons, barring a few uneven stretches, but no potholes encountered during the trip. So, this remains the best option now. Just hope it stays that way through the monsoons ! |
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BHPian Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: DEL-TN-KA
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| ![]() +1 to Mooza. Didn't find any pothole on Shiradi route. But the downside: Rash and negligent driving. People at least slow down seeing the condition of the road ahead. Saw an Indica, which had turned turtle and lying on a bush. If it was not for the bush, the car would have definitely dived into the stream. Probably the driver got too excited seeing the road condition at Shiradi. Also witnessed the remains of a burnt truck and indica. Ride safe.. |
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| ![]() 4-Laning work to start in September as per the below news report. Hope it happens on time and fast. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/59128409.cms Just feel sad for all the vegetation that we would lose due to this road widening. |
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