7618 kms Summer Road-Trip: Bangalore -> Kausani (Uttarakhand) -> Kanyakumari

arun_josie · 29th May 2015, 09:11

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Originally Posted by arunmichael

Kudos Bro!

I should also say a big thanks not just for this brilliant travelogue but also for giving a confidence booster to undertake such trips. I too am planning to a similar trip (some thing like Trivandrum - Leh - Kanyakumari

) and share your experience with my wife to convince her.

Thanks arunmichael! I am glad that this travelogue is giving confidence to many

We too have plans for Leh, but that will take some time.

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Just one question mate, you and your better half shared the driving wheel or was it you all along ?

It was me 100% on the driver seat.

MorePower · 30th May 2015, 12:57

Thank you Arun for this travelogue. Hats off to your wife and kids too! Amazing enthusiasm and energy!

After reading it, I'm now confident of taking my family along for a 4000+ km long drive that I've been planning for a really long time.

ksakotai · 31st May 2015, 01:31

Wonderful travelogue of an amazing trip. I am impressed by your kids. I was reliving your adventure by reading your travelogue

- Krishnan

arun_josie · 2nd June 2015, 14:46

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Originally Posted by MorePower

Thank you Arun for this travelogue. Hats off to your wife and kids too! Amazing enthusiasm and energy!

After reading it, I'm now confident of taking my family along for a 4000+ km long drive that I've been planning for a really long time.

Thank you MorePower!!
Best of luck for your 4K+ long drive

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Originally Posted by ksakotai

Wonderful travelogue of an amazing trip. I am impressed by your kids. I was reliving your adventure by reading your travelogue

- Krishnan

Thanks Krishnan for your kind words!!

mpksuhas · 2nd June 2015, 17:26

Been planning of reading your travelogue ever since it came live, was able to do that only today.

Amazing drive and travelogue.

Also, been seeing your posts frequently, was surprised on reading that this is your first travelogue. Hope to see many more.

chaith.turbo · 4th June 2015, 12:06

Hi Arun,

One of the best Travelogues I have read!

I'm planning for a drive to Bhutan from Bangalore with a 2.5 year old kid. So wanted your suggestion on Car seat for the kid. Did you use one? If so, which one?
In most of our drives, my son would hardly sit for couple of hours on the seat and my wife ends up carrying him on her lap.
Any suggestions?

arun_josie · 5th June 2015, 09:11

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Originally Posted by mpksuhas

Been planning of reading your travelogue ever since it came live, was able to do that only today.

Amazing drive and travelogue.

Also, been seeing your posts frequently, was surprised on reading that this is your first travelogue. Hope to see many more.

Thanks a lot mpksuhas! This time since this was a very long trip we made sure to capture it in a travelogue

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Originally Posted by chaith.turbo

Hi Arun,

One of the best Travelogues I have read!

I'm planning for a drive to Bhutan from Bangalore with a 2.5 year old kid. So wanted your suggestion on Car seat for the kid. Did you use one? If so, which one?
In most of our drives, my son would hardly sit for couple of hours on the seat and my wife ends up carrying him on her lap.
Any suggestions?

Thanks chaith.turbo for the compliment!

Yes, my kids were using child seat. Elder one has a booster seat and he uses it 100%. Younger one was in child seat most of the times. He preferred to use the car seat whenever he wanted to sleep. But yes, he comes out of it when he is awake. I will post the pic of the child seat later.

Best of luck for your Bhutan trip.

varunanb · 5th June 2015, 15:43

Wow. Must have been an epic journey and loads of experience especially with a young kid. Hats off to you man.

Just showed your travelogue to my wife and trying to convince her to hop on for a long vacation. Hope she does

cooldudesunny · 7th June 2015, 05:03

7K+ and that too with kids, amazing. Keep it rolling my friend :-)

arun_josie · 13th June 2015, 09:08

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Originally Posted by chaith.turbo

Hi Arun,

One of the best Travelogues I have read!

I'm planning for a drive to Bhutan from Bangalore with a 2.5 year old kid. So wanted your suggestion on Car seat for the kid. Did you use one? If so, which one?
In most of our drives, my son would hardly sit for couple of hours on the seat and my wife ends up carrying him on her lap.
Any suggestions?

This is the one we are using for him. Initially it was a rear facing one till 15 months and then we bought this one for him. You can check in shoppers stop/mother care, sometimes they give good discounts as well.

Also, check the below thread,
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/modifi...bies-kids.html

sdp1975 · 29th July 2015, 15:03

Excellent travelogue. I may visit UK next year , in my Punto , when the school vacations start in April. May reach out to you if I need any help or information.

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Originally Posted by arun_josie

[*]Route taken: Ghaziabad-Hapur-Gajraula-Moradabad-Rampur-Kaladhungi-Haldwani-Nainital

I see a direct route https://goo.gl/maps/GrK43 from Kaladhungi to Nainital, any reasons for taking the detour via Haldwani ?

r.praveen · 29th July 2015, 19:12

Congrats on your fabulous trip bisecting India almost in half (TWICE!!) More than your perseverance, I am pleasantly surprised by your kids' enthusiasm.

Thank you for your well-written log. And Good luck on your future travels!!

arun_josie · 30th July 2015, 08:42

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Originally Posted by sdp1975

Excellent travelogue. I may visit UK next year , in my Punto , when the school vacations start in April. May reach out to you if I need any help or information.

I see a direct route https://goo.gl/maps/GrK43 from Kaladhungi to Nainital, any reasons for taking the detour via Haldwani ?

Thanks sdp1975! Sure, you can reach me anytime for queries.
Regarding the Kaladhungi to Nainital route, we took the longer route for good roads.

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Originally Posted by r.praveen

Congrats on your fabulous trip bisecting India almost in half (TWICE!!) More than your perseverance, I am pleasantly surprised by your kids' enthusiasm.

Thank you for your well-written log. And Good luck on your future travels!!

Thanks r.praveen! Kanyakumari was not in the plan and was decided only during the return journey from Nainital. Otherwise, we would taken a different route, may be Nagpur - Hyd - Chennai - Kanyakumari.

rohitchandra21 · 1st August 2015, 16:47

That was quite a road trip. I enjoyed reading it.

NPV · 18th August 2015, 11:02

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Originally Posted by arun_josie

[*]Lunch@Vittal Kamat near Satara,MH around 1:15 PM(We skipped few hotels before this as the kids were sleeping.

Arun, Superb road trip, Excellent travelogue and pictures, amazing family - to do it with young children is never easy

Had a question on your timings - start at 4am from Bangalore and by 1:15pm you were at Satara, that's a lot of distance you covered! The 10 minute break for the packed breakfast was the only stop during this time ?
I'm asking since I wanted to get an approximate idea when one can reach Belgaum if starting at 4am from Bangalore. For a contrast, what if the start is 4pm from Bangalore ? Assume weekdays for both.

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MorePower BHPian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Bangalore Posts: 133 Thanked: 76 Times	Re: 7618 kms Summer Road-Trip: Bangalore -> Kausani (Uttarakhand) -> Kanyakumari Thank you Arun for this travelogue. Hats off to your wife and kids too! Amazing enthusiasm and energy! After reading it, I'm now confident of taking my family along for a 4000+ km long drive that I've been planning for a really long time.
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ksakotai BHPian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 90 Thanked: 125 Times	Re: 7618 kms Summer Road-Trip: Bangalore -> Kausani (Uttarakhand) -> Kanyakumari Wonderful travelogue of an amazing trip. I am impressed by your kids. I was reliving your adventure by reading your travelogue - Krishnan
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mpksuhas Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: KA03/KL11 Posts: 3,936 Thanked: 7,341 Times View My Garage	Re: 7618 kms Summer Road-Trip: Bangalore -> Kausani (Uttarakhand) -> Kanyakumari Been planning of reading your travelogue ever since it came live, was able to do that only today. Amazing drive and travelogue. Also, been seeing your posts frequently, was surprised on reading that this is your first travelogue. Hope to see many more. Last edited by mpksuhas : 2nd June 2015 at 17:27.
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chaith.turbo BHPian Join Date: May 2015 Location: Bangalore Posts: 78 Thanked: 187 Times	Re: 7618 kms Summer Road-Trip: Bangalore -> Kausani (Uttarakhand) -> Kanyakumari Hi Arun, One of the best Travelogues I have read! I'm planning for a drive to Bhutan from Bangalore with a 2.5 year old kid. So wanted your suggestion on Car seat for the kid. Did you use one? If so, which one? In most of our drives, my son would hardly sit for couple of hours on the seat and my wife ends up carrying him on her lap. Any suggestions?
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varunanb BHPian Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Chennai Posts: 232 Thanked: 257 Times	Re: 7618 kms Summer Road-Trip: Bangalore -> Kausani (Uttarakhand) -> Kanyakumari Wow. Must have been an epic journey and loads of experience especially with a young kid. Hats off to you man. Just showed your travelogue to my wife and trying to convince her to hop on for a long vacation. Hope she does
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cooldudesunny BHPian Join Date: May 2014 Location: Chicago Posts: 71 Thanked: 460 Times	Re: 7618 kms Summer Road-Trip: Bangalore -> Kausani (Uttarakhand) -> Kanyakumari 7K+ and that too with kids, amazing. Keep it rolling my friend :-)
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r.praveen BHPian Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Chennai Posts: 37 Thanked: 23 Times	Re: 7618 kms Summer Road-Trip: Bangalore -> Kausani (Uttarakhand) -> Kanyakumari Congrats on your fabulous trip bisecting India almost in half (TWICE!!) More than your perseverance, I am pleasantly surprised by your kids' enthusiasm. Thank you for your well-written log. And Good luck on your future travels!!
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