5 days ago
1
A circuit of Nepal was connected the anvil for a portion now. It was fixed a superior thought successful 2021 but the Covid restrictions determination dissuaded america and we opted for Sikkim instead. This clip successful 2022, it seemed convenient arsenic we had rainy play which had already started and nary circumstantial unit from the home, workplace and specified different fronts. Car was fixed a regular and thorough work astatine Mangalore and coincidentally each the tyres are present marque new.
A constituent to beryllium noted is that I had done a circuit of Nepal mode backmost successful 2000 October successful a past recently bought Toyota Qualis. At that clip we had six passengers among whom 3 were drivers and it had taken america 20 time to screen Kashi, Pokhara, Kathmandu past Darjeeling, Sikkim, Kolkata, Puri etc..
These days each my erstwhile companions are not lone joined but besides are engaged with their children?s acquisition and specified different activities. Hence Most of my tours of past 5 six years are done with lone 3 passengers successful me, my wife, Sadhana and otherwise abled daughter, Chandini. The car is ever reliable, Innova /crysta.
Usually, we thrust astatine a hectic gait connected the archetypal 2 days to screen the archetypal 2,000 KMs and scope North India similar Udaipur, Gwalior, Puri etc. and past starts our tract seeing. This clip immoderate changes were executed and decided that we volition bash immoderate tract seeing from time 1 itself and question astatine a beauteous leisurely pace. So alternatively of opting for the accustomed Ananthpur-Hyderabad way we opted for Chikmagaluru-Mantralayam- Hyderabad route.
Day 01
Loading of the car was good implicit connected the erstwhile evening with each the paraphernalia. This morning, we started astatine the accustomed wee hours of 4.50 AM. Took the Charmadi- Chikmagaluru route. Which is precise cleanable and creaseless also. We had to enactment successful immoderate effort to find a decent edifice determination to get our breakfast.
Western ghat astatine charmadi
The way was Kadur, Hosadurga, Holalkere, Chitradurga, Challakere with luncheon astatine Ballari. The roads were by and ample 2 lanes but were okayish. We reached Mantralayam premises astatine 3. 45.. We had expected immense unreserved arsenic it was Thursday. But amazingly the assemblage was precise little and arsenic they unfastened the gross astatine 4 PM we entered smoothly and had the darshan. The temple and its premises were cleanable dissimilar erstwhile I had visited determination astir 30 years back. Then we ambled crossed to the banks of stream Tungabhadra and spent fewer moments determination and came backmost to the car.
Just earlier Mantralayam temple
Mantralayam temple
Hyderabad was our adjacent destination but we were not definite if we volition marque it to determination and decided to halt determination successful the middle. The roadworthy takes you to Raichur and arsenic we participate Telangana, we recovered a decent country astatine Mehboob Nagar with bully car parking successful the basement. Despite casual and casual driving, we could screen astir 690 KMs for the day
Day 02
Got up leisurely astatine 7 AM and had complimentary meal successful the edifice consisting of UPMA, Idli and specified different items. Left the country astatine 8.30 and easy caught the Hyderabad highway. The metropolis was 105 Kms distant and we covered the region rather easy and entered the metropolis and google representation took america to Char Minar. The determination is untidy and soiled arsenic well/. However, since it is the marque icon for the city, we took a circular astir it and past went to the Hussain sagar lake. The water and its surroundings are tidy and worthy a visit. Had immoderate juice, crystal pick etc. to dispel the blistery weather. Then we went towards celebrated Golkonda fort Which is again located successful a rushy and congested area. The fort seemed precise immense connected apical of a elevation and each the 3 of were relucted to locomotion each the mode up to the spot. We took a circular successful the car astir the fort, again had foodstuff and each and past decided to proceed further.
Char minar
Hussain sagar lake
On the road of Maharastra
Our adjacent destination was Nagpur and we knew that we would beryllium stopping astatine immoderate metropolis earlier that. We entered the celebrated ORR of Hyderabad and past reached the precocious mode which disconnected people is 4 laned. Had our luncheon successful a roadside Dhaba which was beauteous bully also. The roadworthy goes done Nirmal, Adilabad and we reached Hinganghat successful Maharashtra for our night?s stay.
We had to permission the road to participate the metropolis and enquired astir the availability of rooms. Once we got a affirmative answer, we went wrong and recovered a lodge, rooms were mean but passable. Did 550 KMs lone for the day.
DAY 03
Nagpur was lone 75 Kms from present and we reached determination aboriginal successful the greeting astatine 8.30 AM. We visited the celebrated Amba Zari water were tons of greeting walkers had thronged and were busy. We wanted to sojourn Dhamma chakra stupa. But the google representation took america to obscurity and yet with immoderate trouble we were capable to find that. The stupa is aged and was closed astatine that time. It is besides known arsenic Deeksha mandir and we could conscionable instrumentality fewer photos of it from extracurricular and decided to permission Nagpur and determination towards Prayagraj.
But somehow, we were not capable to re-join the Ring Road and it took america a batch of struggles, crossing immoderate villages etc. to rejoin the road towards Jabalpur. KM omniscient it didn?t widen the region though. Once into the highway, we crossed implicit to Madhya Pradesh and into the celebrated Pench reserve forest. The ghat conception roadworthy of Pench reserve wood is expectedly precise fantabulous with greenish fencing connected either side. We recovered a precise bully edifice successful the wood roadworthy and had our breakfast/lunch. After that we crossed Jabalpur and reached REWA for the night?s stay. The country was wrong the metropolis and was Okay nether the context. We did astir 600 KMs for the day. Food was served successful the country by the hotel.
By present it had dawned connected maine that Indian 500/Rs notes are not acceptable successful Nepal and we had to person those notes to 100/s. So, astatine each petrol pump and edifice I was perpetually doing that. At the aforesaid clip successful consultation with daughter, Padmini astatine Bengaluru, I was capable to get planetary withdrawal installation for my ICICI paper besides done online process.
Day 04
Early morning, near the country and headed towards Prayagraj. But each done the time I was accumulating 100/Rs notes astatine each opportunity. It is different substance that erstwhile wrong Nepal these guidelines were virtually non-existent. We had our meal connected the mode and reached Prayagraj. As soon arsenic we crossed the Yamuna bridge, we turned towards the Banks of stream astatine Sangam. The spot was visited by maine fewer years backmost for Ardh Kumbh mela and present the spot is overmuch better, cleaner, and tidier than earlier similar accidental 10 years.
Sangham astatine prayagraj
We hired vessel to sail to Sangam. Long backmost during my erstwhile visits we had to virtually get into blistery arguments with boatwallas to get a bully bargain connected the terms for vessel ride. Now the govt complaint is 60/ Rs for a rider and if we privation to an exclusive vessel for ourselves, we person to wage 200/ which we did. In fact, I paid different 100/ arsenic extremity to the vessel antheral who seemed precise polite.
sacred bath astatine triveni sangam
I had taken a dip the confluence past clip and was not inclined to bash that again this time. However, erstwhile we reached there, I changed my caput and took the dip successful the river. As usual, pujaris importune connected america to bash poojas, which I refused and sailed backmost to the banks. The place, each successful all, is reasonably impressive. But the upwind was highly blistery and somesthesia was astir 43 degrees.
From the banks we went towards the celebrated sleeping hanuman temple wherever determination was a batch of rush. However, if 1 is decently tuned to each these, the visits marque absorbing and pleasing also. If determination is simply a will, determination is simply a mode besides to bask the unreserved astatine tourer spots. The monolithic Allahabad fort is by its broadside and it, arsenic usual, is closed each the time.
From determination we went to Khusrow bhag which is precise mean and past to Anand bhavan, the location of Nehru and presently a museum. The spot is good maintained and has a batch of tree-cover also. Panditji indispensable person been damn affluent to ain specified a palatial house. To sooth the heat, we had lassi outside.
Just arsenic we were searching for the exit from the city, we recovered a bully edifice wherever we had our luncheon also. Once extracurricular we headed towards Ajodhya which is 168 Kms from here. We transverse the pratapgarh and Sultanpur connected the way
We reached Ajodhya good down evening and went to Rama janma bhumi. The spot was good barricaded and operation enactment was on. Lots of radical utilized to sojourn the spot adjacent astatine that time. The makeshift temple that we had visited fewer years backmost is shifted to immoderate different spot to alteration the operation work. The spot is inactive absorbing and a sojourn present is worthy relishing. The streets determination are precise constrictive and successful the dense postulation connected these lanes we were capable to scope the Sarayu River Banks. During evening times, the spot is fantastic with tons of radical of each assortment thronging here. The stream is precise monolithic and h2o is cleanable also. The poojas are going connected everywhere. The arrangements astatine the Banks are exceptional. One tin easy walk astatine slightest an hours? clip and bask here. Last clip I had gone determination during the aboriginal hours of greeting and it was thing similar this astatine that time.
Ayodhya past and sarayu ghat
From determination we went searching for a edifice country and with immoderate trouble recovered a decent country connected the road to Lucknow. Had to hunt again for a portion to find a edifice to person our meal consisting of Roti, Dal, curds, pickle. We had done lone 275 Kms for the day.
Day 05
Got up aboriginal and gave a bully washing to the car successful the edifice lobby and by past sadhana and Chandni were ready. We had to scope Sonauli, the borderline municipality arsenic aboriginal arsenic possible. So proceeded without anu further delay, had our meal connected the way. We crossed a municipality called Basti and astatine 12.30 PM we reached the cheque station of Siddarthanagar. The Sonauli municipality is the past municipality from Indian broadside and is precise crowded with tons of passer-by lorries and trucks. Once we transverse into Nepal the different broadside has Siddarth Nagar which is beauteous large city.
While successful the queue, a young lad came successful a bike, and asked if we privation him to bash our documentation for a complaint of 300 Rs. I said OK. He diverted the beforehand vehicles successful specified a mode that we could proceed further without overmuch difficulty.
From Indian broadside astatine the cheque post, you request to bash thing but erstwhile wrong the Nepali cheque station and the arch, we request to halt the vehicle, spell to near broadside office, springiness xerox of RC and DL and wage 500/ Rs per time of our enactment and past immoderate introduction fees. There is unreserved and we request to tally present and determination for the xerox and past basal successful the queue. The taut, our cause took america to a question bureau of 1 Mr. Bhandari and took our documents and asked america to leisurely person our luncheon and helium volition bring the papers by then. He successful information did that easy but seemed to person taken astir 1,000/ much from america by confusing Indian rupee with Nepali Rupee (1=1.60). However, since the enactment is hassle escaped it seemed worthy it. In that aforesaid bureau a miss arranged for a Nepali SIM with information for 6 days and we paid 450/Rs. Bhandari wanted to publication our rooms successful Nepal but we conscionable asked him to publication for 1 time astatine Pokhara. I exchanged 10,000 Rs. To 16,000 NPR successful an speech shop.
sonouli introduction into nepal
Nepal introduction roadworthy himalays
The luncheon was taken successful a tiny but neat edifice nearby. The woman showed peculiar involvement successful Chandini and aboriginal told they had a lad who is CP (Cerebral palsy) Food was precise nice. We thanked her and got into the car and went up to Siddarthanagar circle. Normally constabulary halt travelers there, bash checking and inquire for immoderate money. But our cause said helium volition wage for him and hence helium stopped and past told america to spell ahead.
Lumbini was 22 KMs to the near of the circle. But since clip was short, we decided to proceed to Pokhara arsenic we had to scope determination earlier dark. The roadworthy is scenic, ghat section. Road was not precise good. We had Tea and chaumin connected the way. We crossed tiny towns by sanction Basti and Nautwana. By the clip we were nearing Pokhara it was acheronian and it was somewhat raining also. Just earlier we entered the metropolis determination is constabulary cheque station wherever we person to springiness our telephone fig only.
Once wrong Pokhara, I called the edifice idiosyncratic for absorption arsenic google representation was not taking america anywhere. The speech clip successful the telephone was constricted and past edifice idiosyncratic called us, gave america the absorption which successful information was nearby. Hotel was connected the 15th transverse of the Lake presumption roadworthy and had parking abstraction also. The country was good and I paid for adjacent day?s country also. Our meal was served successful the edifice itself.
Even though we did lone 380 Kms journey, we were bushed and had a bully remainder for the night.
DAY 06
Morning, we had our complimentary meal successful the hotel. Then decided to spell for the tract seeing. The roads are precise good, wide and neat here. The Lake broadside roadworthy is precise celebrated and is thronged with foreigners who travel present fundamentally for trekking. Our archetypal destination was Bidyavilasini temple which is nice. Then we headed to Sarangkot, which is for a presumption of crystal clad mountains. The roads are precise steep and since each the 3 had a tummy upset, we were not successful precocious spirits for fractional a day. At the apical of Sarang Kot, we had beverage and snacks. But owed to mist and cloud, nary snow-clad mountains were visible.
Then we climbed down dilatory and visited the celebrated monastery. I parked the car extracurricular and portion taking it retired went implicit a integrative tumbler of the monastery and smashed it. Since I apologized profusely and wanted to wage the cost, they took it lightly and said thing arsenic specified is required. One of the monks adjacent said your repentance has already paid for the mistake. Then went to Ganapati temple, Old Pokhara marketplace some of which are precise ordinary.
Pewa water pokhara and temple
We had our luncheon successful a Marwari edifice and had immoderate remainder successful the room. Later we went to Devis autumn (water fall) which is reasonably spectacular. Then was Gupteshwara temple nearby. You person to ascent down tons of steps to scope the cave. We took immoderate steps and past decided not to spell further and came backmost to the car. Chandini usually dislikes these kinds of hardships.
In the evening, we drove astir the Lake Road astir the pewa water and evening buying country and retired to our rooms. In the edifice itself, we were capable to publication our rooms for Kathmandu also. Did hardly 50 Kms for the day.
Day 07
The region betwixt Pokhara and Kathmandu is 200 KMs. But we had to interruption the travel successful the mediate arsenic we had to ascent the upland to sojourn Manokamana temple aft 100 KMs. So, we near Pokhara precise aboriginal and headed eastwards. It had rained incessantly each done the nighttime and the effects of that were disposable connected the roads. There were galore mini landslides, boulders connected the broadside of the roads. Lots of slush and muddy h2o connected the roadworthy each done that 100 KMs agelong to Mungling. It consumed a batch of clip and vigor of some men and machine.
Parking batch astatine Manokamana temple Nepal
By noon we had reached Manokamana temple cablegram car spot which is connected the near broadside of the precocious way. We remembered our erstwhile travel to the spot successful 2000 successful my Qualis. The spot is immaculately maintained with car parkland facility, caller lavation rooms, cafeteria etc. Ticket terms was 840/ per adults (NPR) and Chandini got 50% rebate erstwhile I showed them her disablement car (UDID Card). There was not overmuch rush. We got into the cablegram car and the travel to the elevation apical is precise scintillating. We could announcement our car successful the parking batch becoming smaller and smaller arsenic we climbed. Once we alighted the cablegram car, we conscionable gazed astir to capable successful the resplendent quality of the nature. After we travel retired of the cablegram car premises, we person to locomotion a batch to scope the temple, which is somewhat tiring. The temple is beauteous and arsenic successful immoderate different lawsuit successful Nepal, it is precise cleanable also. Here radical besides sacrifice lambs to Mataji. We had immoderate snack and beverage determination and past came down the upland successful the cablegram car. After refreshing ourselves successful the lavation country and past with crystal cream, we got into the car and headed towards Kathmandu, passing Mungling town. Somewhere successful the middle, we stopped the car and gave a bully lavation to the car also. The roadworthy which is ghat similar adjacent Kathmandu was successful atrocious shape. However, we reached Kathmandu good down evening clip and without immoderate glitch reached our Hotel astatine Thamel, the metropolis Centre itself. The rooms were good. Weather was pleasant.
Then we went to Pasupathi Nath temple. Which is not precise far. Temple is culturally precise large and we could get a glimpse of the deity arsenic determination was not overmuch unreserved determination also. The temple premises, contempt being old, is good maintained. The main archak determination is Ram guruji who is from Puttur. But we could not conscionable him arsenic helium was disconnected work astatine that time.
Pashupati nath temple
Outside the temple we went down it to the stream banks to spot the spot wherever Hindu cremations instrumentality spot successful ample numbers similar Manikararnika Ghat astatine Varanasi. It is said that those whose assemblage is cremated present person nary different enactment but to spell to eden only.
Then we went to Darbar roadworthy and reached the beforehand of Narayana hiti palace/museum. The roads present are precise rush, but tidy arsenic well. Kathmandu roads are implicit stressed with vehicles and bulk of them are 2 wheelers and erstwhile they come, they travel successful swarms similar chromatic bees. We had our meal successful our edifice itself.
Day 08
After leisurely finishing our meal successful the hotel, we took retired the car and went towards the celebrated Swayambhu Nath temple which is astatine the apical of a elevation and is wrong the metropolis also. It was drizzling by past but we were capable to parkland the car successful a due spot and climbed the steps to the mandir. Quite a batch of radical had gathered determination and we offered prayers to the goddess arsenic good arsenic the stupa which are broadside by side. From the apical of the hill, you tin person a bird?s oculus presumption of the full metropolis also.
Then we headed towards Lalitpur which is the past superior of the empire and it is truly an aged metropolis adjacent now. In the narrowest of the lanes, we were capable to someway maneuver the car and scope the Krishna mandir. It is simply a practice tract besides and it reminds you of the past glory of Nepal. We had beverage adjacent and past went to Darbar square. Darbar quadrate is besides a satellite practice tract and it is not modified truthful arsenic to clasp the past glory. There you person Kumari mandir, the spot wherever king utilized to person his Darbar, a hanuman mandir and galore different past buildings oregon the relics of them.
Then we went to Thamel, Kings spot and each the posh areas of Nepal by roaming astir the streets successful the car. On each the roads successful Kathmandu, you find precise dense postulation and your car volition beryllium swarmed by 2 wheelers each the time. It would a occurrence if you tin travel retired of each these unscathed.
Kathmandu is simply a posh metropolis and tons of foreigners predominant here. There are immoderate fig of Casinos, bars, whine stores, posh hotels, malls and each specified things that you find successful metropolitan cities. People portion a batch present successful the evening and brew is sold adjacent successful tiny stores.
Day 09
This morning, we near Kathmandu and headed towards Lumbini. Lumbini is precise to adjacent India borderline and we person to drawback the precocious mode towards Pokhara and deviate to near astatine Mugling. There was monolithic postulation comprising mostly of trucks and we were virtually crawling connected the road. It whitethorn person taken america much than 5 hours astatine 1 juncture to screen a region of 20 KMs. It is said that the postulation jam had developed since erstwhile greeting and astir of the trucks were successful the melee for the past 36 hours. We expected the jam to beryllium implicit erstwhile we deviate to near astatine Mugling, but it was not to beryllium arsenic the blockage continued for different 50 KMs connected this roadworthy also.
road artifact astatine mungling
However, the question of vehicles present was somewhat amended and reached a spot called dereghat, we stopped and had our luncheon successful a roadworthy broadside resort. After that the gmap diverted america to the eastbound westbound road astatine Narayan gharh which was a mistake to spell to Lumbini. Instead, we should person travel down each the mode to Siddarthanagar and took the close crook to Lumbini. The roadworthy chosen by america turned retired to beryllium successful precise atrocious signifier with operation enactment each through. It was a ghat roadworthy also. And longer than the Siddarthanagar way also. With nary different enactment we travelled and reached Lumbini astatine 8 PM and were capable to find a edifice for rooms arsenic good arsenic foods
Day 10
I got up and went to springiness a lavation to the car with the tube provided by the hotelier. Then we had our meal successful the aforesaid hotel. As suggested by the hotelier, we hired an car rikshaw for 1,000/ (NPR) to sojourn each the practice sites. Lumbini is precise beauteous and frequented by overseas tourists successful precise ample numbers. The practice tract sojourn starts with a sojourn to Mayadevi mandir. This has a temple and much importantly we tin find the ceramic walls of the operation of the 6th period BC erstwhile buddha was calved successful that place. It is akin to Mohenjo-Daro and the tract is beautifully arranged portion retaining the aged glory. We person an Ashoka Pillar, a maya Pond and tons of Buddhist monks chanting their shlokas. The full premises is precise tidy and neat. From determination we are taken to astir 11 monasteries successful antithetic styles built by antithetic countries similar India, China, Japan, Thailand, Germany etc. All are unsocial successful benignant and arrangements are capable successful each of them.
The full circuit of monasteries is expected to beryllium implicit successful 3 hours and we finished it fractional an hr early. Returned to our edifice and decided to permission Nepal done the adjacent borderline cheque station of Kakrawa.
At the cheque station Nepali constabulary inquire this and that expecting immoderate tips and yet erstwhile we inquire directly, they inquire for immoderate thandapani money. I parted with 100/ and past met the Indian cheque post. They besides wanted to extract thing but someway did not bash that and we crossed implicit backmost to India.
Once wrong India we weighed the enactment of going to Lucknow oregon Nainital and decided to spell for the latter. For that we had to question much than 500 KMs much and we did it willingly. The roadworthy is 2 lane and it goes done Lakhim pur city. The roadworthy information is rather bully and scenery is afloat level with paddy fields and mango trees successful plentifulness connected either side.
In astir an hour?s time, we were nearing the aged metropolis of Shravasti. Even though motion boards were displaying the name, we had ignored it. But arsenic we neared the place, we could spot a monolithic Budda stupa and a statue of Budda from precise far. Being curious, we took the broadside roadworthy and reached the gross of the Stupa and recovered that it was closed. Another visitant connected a motorcycle told america that it has been remaining adjacent since Covid-19. Hence, we returned backmost to the main road. I did not use my caput astir Shravasti earlier. But present that we were there, I explored and recovered that it is 1 of the precise important tourer places for Buddhists. Obviously, we recovered that it had a well-developed airdrome also. The spot is historically important for Hindus, Buddhists and Jains also. You find archeological sites relating to aged temples, palaces, stupas determination akin to Lumbini. Shravasti is the spot wherever Budda mostly lived each done his beingness aft helium attained enlightenment astatine Bodh Gaya.
We had our luncheon successful a bully roadside edifice and filled our vessel with diesel determination itself. Made immoderate calls to our location determination adjacent Balrampur, arsenic we were retired of mobile scope for the past six days. Places similar Lakhimpur, hathras etc. are astir this spot and erstwhile we spot those boards, we get excited arsenic they were successful quality for galore incorrect reasons successful the caller past. At Lakhimpur we recovered a edifice connected the roadside and had our nutrient besides there.
Day 11
Left Lakhimpur edifice rather early, hopped connected to a tiny roadworthy and visited the section deity sankatamatha connected suggestions of edifice staff. Re-joined the precocious mode briskly and changeable disconnected connected a beauteous agelong long of road. Passed puranpur, philibhit reserve forest, haldwani, and joined Delhi Road to ascent the ghat to Nainital.
As we were 9 kms to Naini, constabulary stopped america on with hundreds and said Nainital roadworthy is not permitted arsenic determination is nary parking space. If you person a pukka booking of hotel, you tin amusement the impervious to the police. They volition let if the edifice has parking space. This they bash regularly. I recovered an cause who said helium tin suggest a hotel. I made the outgo online; edifice sent the receipt online. I showed it to constabulary and we were allowed to proceed.
Nainital roads were already bursting astatine seems. Our edifice was astatine the apical astir spot of Nainital connected a hill. We stopped the car with large alleviation and completed the formalities. Hotel was precise mean but beauteous costly. Since we were not to instrumentality our car to the city, their car would driblet america connected promenade roadworthy and erstwhile we telephone backmost later, they would travel backmost to prime america up. This 1 travel volition outgo 600/ implicit country complaint of 4,000/. But we had nary option.
We had our luncheon astatine edifice and past their car dropped america adjacent lake. We stayed determination for 3 hours. Visited Naini Mata temple, ambled connected the Thanda road, had vessel ride, had thoroughfare foods connected promenade road. Walked astir the beauteous surroundings. And yet recovered masala dosa...! Nainital connected weekends is highly pugnacious with monolithic assemblage of tourist. It is precise hard to locomotion successful the promenade roadworthy but that itself makes the travel somewhat special. The Lake is unsocial and the vessel thrust is not precise costly astatine lone 200/. Then we Called the edifice and car came and dropped america backmost successful our room.
Naini tal lake
Day 12
This morning, we near the edifice and climbed down the hillock connected which our edifice was situated, drove successful the bare promenade roadworthy and decided to sojourn Bhimtal which is astir 35 KMs away. The roadworthy is scenic and we reached the municipality and went adjacent the celebrated Bhimtal Lake. As expected, the water is immense but is thing other ordinary. The roadworthy continues to re-join the Haldwani Nainital roadworthy astatine an intersection. We had our meal successful a tiny nutrient associated and proceeded towards Haldwani. At the junction we missed the bypass and had to spell done the postulation and wasted astatine slightest fractional an hour. Haldwani is simply a beauteous large city. Similar happened astatine Bareilly besides wherever we again missed the bypass and crawled done the metropolis postulation wasting immoderate clip also.
From Bareilly we opted for Etawa roadworthy and reached Agra without immoderate issues. We had decided not to sojourn Taj Mahal oregon immoderate different tract seeing places connected our instrumentality journey. We could easy articulation the ringing roadworthy of Agra and near it down successful nary time. By nighttime we were successful Morena successful Madhya Pradesh and recovered a edifice for the stay.
Day 13
We near the country and by-passed Gwalior and headed south. Again, bypassed Guna, Dewas, Indore and crossed implicit to Maharashtra adjacent Sirpur. Crossed Dhule and reached Malegaon astatine 8. But someway felt that staying determination is not good and hence proceeded towards Nasik. About 20 KMs down Nasik, we recovered a bully edifice for our nighttime stay. We did 950 KMs for the day.
Day 14
Left the country and proceeded towards Pune and reached determination by 10. Had our meal connected the mode successful a motel cum restaurant. Police caught maine with velocity weapon and asked for a good of 2,000/. I could person him to instrumentality a bribe of 400 without issuing the challan. He happily agreed and near america to go. Without overmuch contented we passed the metropolis of Pune and caught the Mumbai road and turned southwards towards Sathara. Passed Sathara quickly, past Kolhapur, past Belgaum. Instead of going successful the accustomed kalaghatagi roadworthy astatine Dharwad, we decided to instrumentality close crook astatine Kittur to spell for dandeli wood roadworthy towards Haliyala. This roadworthy is shorter by 20 KMs but roadworthy is not precise good. However, the roadworthy passes done the heavy wood each through. We had beverage successful a tiny edifice successful the wood and past reached Yellapur. There we purchased bottles of liquid Jaggery and reached Kumta for our dinner. The roadworthy successful the North Canara was not precise bully and incessant rainfall made it adjacent worse. However, since these are acquainted terrain we continued our journey, passed Kundapur, Udupi, Mangalore and reached location safely astatine 1.00 AM.
Conclusion
We covered 6,350 Kms during this tour. Unlike galore believe, Nepal is nearer to america than accidental Shimla oregon Kashmir. But a overseas state and a travel successful car each the mode there, to find antithetic people, civilization and specified different things makes it precise interesting.
Car, Innova crysta performed excellently without causing immoderate interest what truthful ever and returned a mileage of implicit 13 KMPH consistently. Chandini and Sadhana had nary issues barring 1 tummy upset successful Nepal and precise fewer skirmishes astir whatsapping and photos. Google Map, Phone, ATM cards, Amazon euphony etc. marque the circuit precise comfortable.
I could not load much photos arsenic the bounds is for 30 photos here
All done the tour, the hotels wherever we stayed were conscionable good but the rates are overmuch cheaper successful this portion of the country. Food besides was fine. Later connected successful the tour, we were opting for rice, Dhal fry, curds and pickles implicit Roti. Having done galore specified car tours implicit the years and having visited astir each spot of interest, I conscionable felt that this was conscionable different time successful the office.
