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Noida- Pune journey completed last weekend in my Tata Indigo Petrol. The best part, I did it all alone. Forget second driver, did it without even a co passenger!
Day 1 -
1) Started from Noida at 11:00 AM.
2) Delhi Jaipur stretch is not is not what it used to be some years ago. Too much traffic and six laning work also under progress.
3) Took the alternate road NH-79 & NH-76 Jaipur-Nasirabad-Bhilwara-Chitorgarh-Udaipur. Its a toll road, part of the Golden quadrilateral. Jaipur-Ajmer on NH8 is shorter but takes more time and the road is pretty bad there.
4) Reached Udaipur at 8:30 PM. Total distance covered 700 KMs. Stopped on the way only for fuel. Stopped overnight at a hotel in Udaipur city.
Day 2 -
1) Started from Udaipur at 7:00 AM.
2) Udaipur-Himatnagar drive is amazing with long sweeping curves on the ghat section and amazing scenery all around. Driving at about 100-120 on long curves with beautiful morning sunrise is an amazing feeling!
3) The title for the best road in India has to go to the National expressway no. 1 Ahmedabad-Baroda expressway. The road is not not only straight as an arrow but its an asphalt road as well. Unlike the concrete road of Mumbai-Pune expressway, its much more smooth. I am sure you can even attempt to max Bugatti Veyron here :solid: Overall roads in Gujarat are best in India.
4) Reached Mumbai at 5:45 PM. Only stops along the way, 1 hr for food and fuel.
5) Took the advised Thane route and got stuck in one of the worst traffic jams. Apparently some baba ji had decided that Thane would be a good place to hold his camp/shivar for the day and looked to me as if the entire Mumbai had descended on this stretch of the road. Took 4 hrs to complete a 15KMs stretch. Mumbai is the worst city to drive.
6) More than the physical tiredness, the traffic jam had got to my nerves. So finally decided to call it quits for the night and stopped at a hotel in Thane.
Day 3 -
1) Started at 7:00 AM
2) Crossed Mcdonald's Kalamboli at 7:45AM
3) Reached Pune at 9:00 AM
-->Total distance covered 1600 Kms. Total driving time taken (excluding the 4 hrs being stuck in a jam in Thane, where normally it would have taken only an hour) -- 21 Hrs 30 Minutes.
-->Fuel Cost: 9000 Rs. Overall Fuel mileage: 12.5 Km/l. Not bad if you consider the traffic jam and my F1 driving style on this trip: Thou shalt not let anybody pass, and as much as possible Thou shalt try to overtake everyone else on the road. :tonguesmilie:
-->Total number of Toll Tax booths: 30 with a total cost of 1580 Rs.
At the end of it all, the big question: how was the journey & how tired was i? Journey was amazing! Tired...not at all! Just give me a more powerful car, fuel money & I'll do it right away in even less time :smile_2:
Photographs: All taken while driving, with a crappy Blackberry phone camera.
--> Noida - Pune Road trip - Imgur
PS: If you are feeling very adventurous and thinking of breaking my record, please feel free to ask any queries about the journey/roads etc :smirk:
Day 1 -
1) Started from Noida at 11:00 AM.
2) Delhi Jaipur stretch is not is not what it used to be some years ago. Too much traffic and six laning work also under progress.
3) Took the alternate road NH-79 & NH-76 Jaipur-Nasirabad-Bhilwara-Chitorgarh-Udaipur. Its a toll road, part of the Golden quadrilateral. Jaipur-Ajmer on NH8 is shorter but takes more time and the road is pretty bad there.
4) Reached Udaipur at 8:30 PM. Total distance covered 700 KMs. Stopped on the way only for fuel. Stopped overnight at a hotel in Udaipur city.
Day 2 -
1) Started from Udaipur at 7:00 AM.
2) Udaipur-Himatnagar drive is amazing with long sweeping curves on the ghat section and amazing scenery all around. Driving at about 100-120 on long curves with beautiful morning sunrise is an amazing feeling!
3) The title for the best road in India has to go to the National expressway no. 1 Ahmedabad-Baroda expressway. The road is not not only straight as an arrow but its an asphalt road as well. Unlike the concrete road of Mumbai-Pune expressway, its much more smooth. I am sure you can even attempt to max Bugatti Veyron here :solid: Overall roads in Gujarat are best in India.
4) Reached Mumbai at 5:45 PM. Only stops along the way, 1 hr for food and fuel.
5) Took the advised Thane route and got stuck in one of the worst traffic jams. Apparently some baba ji had decided that Thane would be a good place to hold his camp/shivar for the day and looked to me as if the entire Mumbai had descended on this stretch of the road. Took 4 hrs to complete a 15KMs stretch. Mumbai is the worst city to drive.
6) More than the physical tiredness, the traffic jam had got to my nerves. So finally decided to call it quits for the night and stopped at a hotel in Thane.
Day 3 -
1) Started at 7:00 AM
2) Crossed Mcdonald's Kalamboli at 7:45AM
3) Reached Pune at 9:00 AM
-->Total distance covered 1600 Kms. Total driving time taken (excluding the 4 hrs being stuck in a jam in Thane, where normally it would have taken only an hour) -- 21 Hrs 30 Minutes.
-->Fuel Cost: 9000 Rs. Overall Fuel mileage: 12.5 Km/l. Not bad if you consider the traffic jam and my F1 driving style on this trip: Thou shalt not let anybody pass, and as much as possible Thou shalt try to overtake everyone else on the road. :tonguesmilie:
-->Total number of Toll Tax booths: 30 with a total cost of 1580 Rs.
At the end of it all, the big question: how was the journey & how tired was i? Journey was amazing! Tired...not at all! Just give me a more powerful car, fuel money & I'll do it right away in even less time :smile_2:
Photographs: All taken while driving, with a crappy Blackberry phone camera.
--> Noida - Pune Road trip - Imgur
PS: If you are feeling very adventurous and thinking of breaking my record, please feel free to ask any queries about the journey/roads etc :smirk: