Bangalore-Raichak (West Bengal) Jan 2011 Phase 1- Planning
The road trip from Bangalore to Raichak, West Bengal is on the cards during Jan 2011. Objective of the trip- attending a friend's marriage. (or I should say attending the marriage is just a cover up and the main objective is cross country drive) Travelers (Partners in Crime)- Sorabh (aka drive_or_die)- Primary Driver , Krishna (aka Macha)-Navigator and Back up Driver & Krishna (aka Rao)-he wants to enjoy the trip from rear seat Linguistic Capability- Hindi, English, Telugu, Kannada,Tamil & Punjabi (we need different linguistic skills to check on routes with people apart from our GPS enabled mobile phones) Travel Horse- Chevrolet Optra Magnum LT2.0 TCDI (approx 9K on ODO) The Route- The drive to Raichak is planned for 2days. The route would be- Bangalore (0 KM)- Tirupati (A=257 KM)- Nellore (B=A+134 KM=391KM)- Vijaywada (C=B+278 KM=669 KM) Rajahmundry (D=C+155 KM=824KM)-Vizag (E=D+195 KM= 1019KM)- Bhubaneshwar (F=E+440 KM=1459KM)- Kolkata (G=F+471 KM=1930 KM) ( via Cuttack, Bhadrakh, Khargapur)- Raichak (H=G+56 KM=1986 KM) Drive Plan- As mentioned earlier, we plan to reach Raichak by end of 2nd day so we look forward to reach Vizag on Day 1. I understand that our Day 1 target seems agressive so we have Plan B of stopping over at Rajahmundry or even Vijaywada if circumstances force us to do so. As I said teh objective of the trip is to enjoy the drive & we are OK to reach the wedding venue little late (wedding is spread over 3 days & I only hope our friend, the groom, does not read this thread)
On day 1- We plan to start at 5:00 AM and reach Vizag by 10:00 PM, so it gives us 17 hours of drive & break time. The dates: January 22, 2011 -leave Bangalore and come back by January 30, 2011
The plan is in very nascent stage and the same will be refined over the period of time & based on inputs from fellow BHPians.
Please share your input/comments on this plan and any suggestions are welcome in terms of route, hotels to stay & etc.
Thanks,
drive_or_die
Last edited by drive_or_die : 18th November 2010 at 16:41.
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