[streetfighter]

Thank you all for liking this and providing the encouragement. This motivates me to take more such trips.

Originally Posted by Prowler

Wonderful and crisp travelogue StreetFighter. You can add some cost details in a travelogue. It would help others immensely.

Bugget (in Rs):
Fuel 16k
Toll 2k - Fastag paid via PayTM
Hotels:

• Kotagiri (homestay, 4nights) - 16.2k* Davengere (Apoorva, 2 nights) - 6k
• Bandipur (1 night stay, all meals & 2 safari package) - 19k
• Mysore (Ginger, 2nights) - 6k
• Coimbatore (Vinayak In, 2 rooms, 1 night)- 3.5k
• Food and Misc (shopping, etc) - 10k

Total: 78.7k

Originally Posted by karan561

Driving from Mumbai to South India is not common for sure, but seeing that BLUE Fiesta 1.6 S headlining the TEAM-BHP homepage doing so is rare & made me click the link to see it in action

PS - Needed more pics of the car

Enjoy !

Coming soon Sir

[ChiragM]

Thanks for sharing streetfighter. Wonderful pics.

Mysore Palace in all its glory. I took a picture of the palace a couple of years back:


Nice pics of the flora and fauna as well. Leopards in the wild are a rare sight. Lucky to spot one.

You must have enjoyed driving the Fiesta S on the ghat roads. Wonderful place to drive this car . Yeah, even I am waiting for more pics of the car with a stunning background as well.

[vnabhi]

Awesome TL, @Streetfighter. I read it all in one go, and loved the pictures, especially of the car!

Good to know that you also got a chance to explore the potential of the Duratec 1.6. Mine still runs great after 12 years!

I was not aware that the trip meter resets to zero after 1999 kms--I thought it does so after 9999. But I've not had a chance to see that as i invariably reset it when i tank up.

The pics of Mysore Palace at night were awesome. I'll keep it in mind when I next visit.

[streetfighter]

On public demand, I'm adding a few more photos of the Aquarius Sport, some pics are not recent. Being the solo driver and being the photographer at the same time is a bit of challenge

At Isha Foundation, before parking, I walked out to click a pic in front of the statue:




















The dent on the door can be seen here clearly:


Pic from 2012, outside a hotel at Ganpatipule:


In 2014, somewhere near Kamshet:


2014, Tamhini Ghat:




Some great pictures were taken when my car was used for a photo-shoot in 2011 when the new Fiesta was launched, this is the article - https://www.india.com/car-and-bike/c...e-off-3312288/

Reproducing the pics here:

[jazzrockz]

Oh boy! The 1.6S. Beautiful car, great travelogue. Thank You.

[ARAY]

Mumbai to Southern India is a rare yet fun trip from what you have shared.
I have done Alleppey to North Goa and then into Hyderabad Long back, although not the best of stretch but definitely scenic western Ghat.
Keep travelling and sharing such beautiful blogs.

[revver]

Hello streetfighter,

So nice to see 'another' 1.6S road trip.
i did a 5,500 km trip with my 1.6S from Delhi to Chennai in December 2018.
A pure fun car that is remarkably comfortable doing very long distances.
Too lazy to post a travelogue myself.

Cheers

[kskthere]

Beautiful travelogue with stunning pics. Lucky you spotted leopards and other wildlife (not the case in our recent jungle safari). Loved the shade on your Fiesta, looks unique.