Wow!! What a ride…!! Well, drive… The story from earlier:
Our fuel was down to half tank and we had decided on not letting it drop to below that before refueling. I had read somewhere that filling fuel when the tank is half full reduces the amount of fuel that gets evaporated hence increasing mileage… Danish refueled for reasons related to paranoia!! :P He is under therapy for the same or at least should be – I honestly think so!!
On a whole different topic, let me tell you something about this boy. On this trip, he not only came up with the entire road map and places to visit for a 2,900 km journey, he also made a list of all Maruti Service Stations for along this stretch (that’s alright) but he also made a list of cops – not cop stations, COPS – for every 20 km of this 2,900 kms!!! And the night before we left he made me go to a hardware store and buy M-seal “in case the radiator ran a leak” and 8 meters of thick nylon rope “in case the car broke down and we needed to flag another vehicle to help us tow it away!!! :D that’s Danish for you!
There is a bad stretch between the km reading of 319 to 322.
Around 76 km from Shimoga we reached Sagar (356.2 km – 9:45 a.m.). It’s a small town but is well known. We crossed a couple of small villages on the way which makes driving through them precarious – watch out for stray cows, kids, dogs and motorbikes! The road, though, was good most places as we averaged a 80kmph.
Stopped at a place called Chaya Sagar for breakfast.
10 30 – 375 km reading: Reached a fork in the road where left leads us to Talguppa. We took the right and continued to Honavar.
10 40 – 381.1 km reading: The Ghat section begins in a section between Talguppa and Gensoppa, around 64 km Honavar.
– 10 57: We took our first sighting of the mention of Panaji on the boards and milestones!
We saw a bad bus accident on the way. A bus had run off the hill and the passengers were sitting on the side of the road – unhurt but in shock. The bus driver was heard saying “if anything was coming from the front, they’d have been killed for sure”! We tried helping out but in vain. So we headed out again, but with a little more caution.
11 30 – 425.4 km reading: The ghats are getting over. It becomes easier to drive without too much caution and breaking.
11 45 – 444 km reading: Ghats are over. There is actually a sign saying “GHATS OVER” :D But this makes the road hot as hell since there is no tree cover.
11 55 – 446.5 km reading: We reached Honavar. We also finally merged with NH 17.
12 15 – 470 km reading: Bad roads!! Potholes!!
12 25 – 475 km reading: We stopped at a “shady spot” to drink tender coconut water and stretch our legs!! Noticed that most places on this entire stretch has got network.
Ankola is 37 km from Karwar. Road is good except for the adhoc potholes. It’s still really really hot!!!
13 20 – 527 km reading: We see the sea!!!
13 25 – 531 km reading: Truck jams due to the approaching border. A/C is needed to keep away the dust, smoke and heat!! Construction on the road makes it worse!!
13 35 – 533 km reading: Its better :)
Our fuel was down to half tank and we had decided on not letting it drop to below that before refueling. I had read somewhere that filling fuel when the tank is half full reduces the amount of fuel that gets evaporated hence increasing mileage… Danish refueled for reasons related to paranoia!! :P He is under therapy for the same or at least should be – I honestly think so!!
On a whole different topic, let me tell you something about this boy. On this trip, he not only came up with the entire road map and places to visit for a 2,900 km journey, he also made a list of all Maruti Service Stations for along this stretch (that’s alright) but he also made a list of cops – not cop stations, COPS – for every 20 km of this 2,900 kms!!! And the night before we left he made me go to a hardware store and buy M-seal “in case the radiator ran a leak” and 8 meters of thick nylon rope “in case the car broke down and we needed to flag another vehicle to help us tow it away!!! :D that’s Danish for you!
There is a bad stretch between the km reading of 319 to 322.
Around 76 km from Shimoga we reached Sagar (356.2 km – 9:45 a.m.). It’s a small town but is well known. We crossed a couple of small villages on the way which makes driving through them precarious – watch out for stray cows, kids, dogs and motorbikes! The road, though, was good most places as we averaged a 80kmph.
Stopped at a place called Chaya Sagar for breakfast.
10 30 – 375 km reading: Reached a fork in the road where left leads us to Talguppa. We took the right and continued to Honavar.
10 40 – 381.1 km reading: The Ghat section begins in a section between Talguppa and Gensoppa, around 64 km Honavar.
– 10 57: We took our first sighting of the mention of Panaji on the boards and milestones!We saw a bad bus accident on the way. A bus had run off the hill and the passengers were sitting on the side of the road – unhurt but in shock. The bus driver was heard saying “if anything was coming from the front, they’d have been killed for sure”! We tried helping out but in vain. So we headed out again, but with a little more caution.
11 30 – 425.4 km reading: The ghats are getting over. It becomes easier to drive without too much caution and breaking.
11 45 – 444 km reading: Ghats are over. There is actually a sign saying “GHATS OVER” :D But this makes the road hot as hell since there is no tree cover.
11 55 – 446.5 km reading: We reached Honavar. We also finally merged with NH 17.
12 15 – 470 km reading: Bad roads!! Potholes!!
12 25 – 475 km reading: We stopped at a “shady spot” to drink tender coconut water and stretch our legs!! Noticed that most places on this entire stretch has got network.
Ankola is 37 km from Karwar. Road is good except for the adhoc potholes. It’s still really really hot!!!
13 20 – 527 km reading: We see the sea!!!13 25 – 531 km reading: Truck jams due to the approaching border. A/C is needed to keep away the dust, smoke and heat!! Construction on the road makes it worse!!
13 35 – 533 km reading: Its better :)
Stopped at Karwar for lunch…Silver Gate. Eating Chinese food – not the best!!
More later :)
Hmm... interesting... though it seems like u were typing/noting down details as opposed to seeing the road leelz.. hehe.. and where are the pics.. dont think they were uploaded..
ReplyDeletePs: will try and read through ur journey... sounds it'll be an interesting read.. :)
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ritika
hey :) hope ur keeping track!! we'll meet (hopefully) when we get to delhi on the 20th. Heard you might be out of town!???
ReplyDeletePS: Pics are coming up soon! or when we get to a faster net connection!
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