[lohithrao]

zteg, guess for now am kind of tilting towards madikeri route have one more day to decide...heheh

Btw (OT) you have on of my fav cartoon character as your avtaar

Originally Posted by zteg

So lohith, Have you decided the route ?
The only thing for me that doesnt work in favour of the madikeri route is that, I have driven on mysore road N number of times and am bored of Bangalore Mysore road.
This time I got my bro for company. I will ask him to do the Bangalore Mysore road if i am taking that route

@Samurai, Sorry for the extra smiley. Didnt notice it. Will take care next time

[dkamath]

Originally Posted by zteg

I was actually wondering "Why am I the only one who is confused?"

No confusion here, guys. The Madikeri route is manageable/will not be much of an issue for utility vehicles. The rest would have to go through the needless suffering of either driving over potholes, or the underbody getting scraped at places where the land below the tyres has deepened, over the Kushalnagar-Madikeri stretch.
As Sandeep says, the 4 lane stretch until Srirangapatna works in favour of the above route, as you can sail along with the traffic here, followed by scarce traffic between Ilvala to Mani. Take a call depending on your own assessment.

[zteg]

Originally Posted by lohithrao

zteg, guess for now am kind of tilting towards madikeri route have one more day to decide...heheh

Btw (OT) you have on of my fav cartoon character as your avtaar

Yeah. Its BUCK for you

Me too going to try the Madikeri route. Moreover I can take the NICE road to mysore. It is very close to my place. I love the mysore to Hunsur stretch. Feels great to drive on that stretch.
Lohith, have fun until Hunsur, after that God save our cars. Will look out for your FIAT.

Originally Posted by dkamath

No confusion here, guys. The Madikeri route is manageable/will not be much of an issue for utility vehicles. The rest would have to go through the needless suffering of either driving over potholes, or the underbody getting scraped at places where the land below the tyres has deepened, over the Kushalnagar-Madikeri stretch.

Kind of used to the potholes, driving to Mangalore over the Shiradi ghats. Moreover similar conditions in Magalore also, thanks to all the flyover construction..

[lohithrao]

hmmm some contradicting info here, according to "Sandeep" the potholes are small...atleast they dint bother the Civic

Sandeep Kamath - Madikeri - Kushalnagar (30 Kms): Poor. Lots of small potholes, but manageable. Progress slow. Plan about 40 Kms/hour

D(short form for dkamath, whcih car do you drive?

Originally Posted by dkamath

No confusion here, guys. The Madikeri route is manageable/will not be much of an issue for utility vehicles. The rest would have to go through the needless suffering of either driving over potholes, or the underbody getting scraped at places where the land below the tyres has deepened, over the Kushalnagar-Madikeri stretch.
As Sandeep says, the 4 lane stretch until Srirangapatna works in favour of the above route, as you can sail along with the traffic here, followed by scarce traffic between Ilvala to Mani. Take a call depending on your own assessment.

[laluks]

Road conditions update around madikeri. You can chose which one to try



Hunsur - mysore -Superb roads.

Hunsur - periyapatna -Byalakuppe - good roads.

Bylakuppe -Hunsur road - harangi dam - good narrow roads, except some patches near the dam, not a major issue.

Harangi Dam - SH88 - good scenic roads, few patches, but not an issue

SH88- Dubare -valnoor-siddapur-chetalli-madikeri - good narrow roads, but small patches through out.

Sidapur - pollibetta -good narrow roads, but small patches through out.

Pollibetta - ammathi -virajpet -good narrow roads, but small patches through out.

Virajpet -kadanga-kakkabe-madikeri - good narrow roads, but small patches through out.

Madikeri-bhagamandala-talacauvery -Mostly good narrow roads, but small patches through out, and near madikeri some rough patches.

Virajpet -kutta - good narrow roads, but small patches through out.

Kutta - nagarahole -murkal -hunsur - good roads except that it is narrow.

On all these narrow roads you can comfortably do 40-60 kmph. Be careful when you get down to allow the oncoming vehicle to pass through.

Completely byepassed kushal nagar - so have no idea what it was like.

Though I took the swift through these roads, there were nothing which could have been a threat to the civic.

[addyhemmige]

Originally Posted by laluks

Road conditions update around madikeri. You can chose which one to try

Kutta - nagarahole -murkal -hunsur - good roads except that it is narrow.

Look out for humps almost every 100 meters. Hunsur-Veeranahosahalli stretch is rough. Once you enter Nagarhole, you have good roads until you leave the sanctuary gate.

Completely byepassed kushal nagar - so have no idea what it was like.

Didn't you pass Kushalnagar on the way to Harangi dam from Bylakuppe??

[rjstyles69]

Planning to drive to Kundapur again like last year,Sharath what do you think ? Right time to travel or postpone . We only need beaches,volleyball and nothing else . Purely for getting away from the monotonous work life.

[Samurai]

Now that you have the Scorpio, bring it on. Roads are really crappy, but who cares. The view is just stunning, and that's the important thing.

[gowda79]

Originally Posted by rjstyles69

Planning to drive to Kundapur again like last year,Sharath what do you think ? Right time to travel or postpone . We only need beaches,volleyball and nothing else . Purely for getting away from the monotonous work life.

Riju, just take your Scorpio and enjoy your drive on this road and enjoy your beach volleyball.

Do not worry about the roads just enjoy.

[rjstyles69]

Originally Posted by gowda79

Riju, just take your Scorpio and enjoy your drive on this road and enjoy your beach volleyball.

Do not worry about the roads just enjoy.

naah !! it aint the roads, its the rains. You know you need a perfect sunny day and then the game starts.

[zteg]

Originally Posted by rjstyles69

naah !! it aint the roads, its the rains. You know you need a perfect sunny day and then the game starts.

Just spoke to my mom sometime back. Its been raining nonstop since yesterday

[laluks]

Originally Posted by addyhemmige

Look out for humps almost every 100 meters. Hunsur-Veeranahosahalli stretch is rough. Once you enter Nagarhole, you have good roads until you leave the sanctuary gate.


Didn't you pass Kushalnagar on the way to Harangi dam from Bylakuppe??

Humps - you are right, but are smaller in height and dia
I took some road before entering Kushal Nagar just after a small bridge to the right.

[lohithrao]

Voila its raining and will be fun driving tomorrow, now am wondering that will it make sense to drive via Kudremukha

Riju now onwards you should stop asking about the road conditions yea beach and sun makes a great combo...

zteg so you will be driving via Mysore? i will make the final decision by today evening.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by rjstyles69

You know you need a perfect sunny day and then the game starts.

Try it in the rains.

The wet sand and the refreshing rain makes it perfect.

For years we played football on the beach during the monsoons. It was sheer fun.

[Samurai]

Originally Posted by DDDHRUV

Thank You both Samurai and dkamath I think I will take the route as suggested by Samurai makes better sense as my native place is Manipal.

If your destination is Manipal, then it will save you 30Kms over the NH17 based route.

Originally Posted by DDDHRUV

In terms of time how much time should we plan for the distance from Manipal to Madikeri. Is this dooable within 4 hours given the condition of the roads.

With good roads, 4 hours is doable. But now not so sure. Keep 5 hours just to be safe.

Originally Posted by zteg

Just spoke to my mom sometime back. Its been raining nonstop since yesterday

It stopped around 1PM today.