LOGS OF A'BAD - CALICUT-BANGALORE-HYDERABAD-AURANGABAD-AHMEDABAD
				CAR-   SCORPIO CRDE
	LEGENDS: BP = Bypass,  LT = Left Turn, RT= Right Turn, ST = Straight, ODO = Odometer
	Remarks in Red and ;)  indicates caution / worries / pains.
	Remarks in Green and :)  indicates plesure of drive, happiness and joy of the moment / locales.
	1/6/2008
	PLACE	ODO	TIME	REMARKS
	Vastrapur Lake	0	0510AM
	RT -APMC - Vasna	5.8	517
	LT @ Vishala	6.2	520
	Toll booth	7	520
	Naroda Circle	13	520
	RT to Express Highway	18	533
	Entry Express Highway	21	537	Great Expressway for 95 kms :) :) :)
	Express Highway exit	108	622
	Traffic Block @ Baroda BP	120	635	Caught in a huge traffic block, due to a jam, road widening work
	Block Clears	124	830	& switchbacks. Grid-lock for 2 hrs. The road till Surat packed,
	End Baroda BP	140	850	till Godebander very heavy truck traffic. Took 11 hrs to Godebander!!!!
	Nyan Mandir	202	1017
	Toll Gate - Baruich	204	1037	Rs.25
	Pancholi -Off Ankleshwar	226	1113	Diesel Stop - 15 Mts - Crowd in all Fuel stations
	Surat Junction	264	1156
	Toll Gate - Baruich	365	1245pm	Rs.25/-
	Toll gate Bagwada	377	130	Rs.30/-
	Vapi Town	386	135
	Gujarat RTO Check Post	399	145
	Charoti Toll Gate	445	1225	Rs.25/-
	LT @ Hotel Fountan	524	345
	Toll Naka / Godebandar	525	348	Rs.15/-
	Vijay Sales, Off Mumbai	539	400	Met Mr.H.V.Kumar, who gave escort till Expressway. Without this,
	Toll Gate Shilpata-off Panvel	562	445	we have lost lots the way and lots of time.
	Express Highway toll entry	608	520	Rs.140/- Great Expressway till Pune
	Diesel / Food Halt	610	525	Food + Diesel Stop / Food Plaza
	Start		610
	Exit Expressway - Pune end	661	640
	Stop to Meet friend on BP	683	700	Meeting with Sudhir and family on BP
	Start		715
	Toll Naka Shivpur	718	755	Rs.45/-
	Toll Naka Khambutki ghat	758	820	Rs.13/-
	Toll Plaza - Anewadi	791	845	Rs.25/-
	Hotel Mahendra Executive	806	900	Couldn't reach target of Belgaum, had to terminate day here ;)
	TOTAL FOR THE DAY	806
	2/6/2008	ODO	TIME	REMARKS
	Hotel Mahendra	0	0450am	Great 4 track road all the way to Dharward BP :)
	Toll Gate Taswada off Satara	42	630	Rs.44/-
	Toll Gate Kini	104	600	Rs.25/-
	Toll gate Kangnoli	146	628	Rs.25/-
	Toll gate Hattagri	202	700	Rs.30/-
	Diesel stop	205	706	10 Mts. Fuel stop, had to push for 20 ltrs, being rationed in all bunks.
	Toll Gate Bagewadi	257	745	Rs.30/-
	Toll Gate Dharward BP	311	815	Rs.28/- Great Single track, smooth surface for 32 Kms.
	LT towards Hubli town off BP	339	835	Lucky good full tank 2 KMs towards Hubli town, had to persuade.
	Kalgatgi	365	915	NH - 63. Lots of rim-breaking bumps, watch out till here.
	Kirawatti	387	935	Good surface, for 90 %, single track, good signages.
	Yellapur	408	950
	Avoid NH 63 - 10 pm to 6 am - more than 700 lethal mining trucks ply here, police allow them only from 10pm to 6 am
	Bad surface starts	425	1015	Bumpy surface for about 20 Kms on the ghats, pitted roads.
	LT - Join NH -17	478	1100	Lots of slow truck traffic, single track, caution while overtaking
	Kamat Upchar Hotel	480	1107	Good clean food, nice locale.
	Start		1145
	Kumta	520	1240 pm
	Road Junction	540	1254	LT= Jog Falls
	Toll Plaza - Off Honavar	543	1258
	RT to Murdeshwar	563	125
	Murdeshwar car park	566	128
	Start		142
	RT towards Mangalore	570	145
	Batkal Junction	504	202
	RT to Turtle Bay resort	624	240
	Turtle Bay Resort	625	245	Great place and lovely beach to chill out.
	TOTAL FOR THE DAY	625
	3/6/2008	ODO	TIME	REMARKS
	Turtle Bay Resort	0	0605am
	RT on NH 17 towards Udipi	1	615
	Kundapura	16	645
	Diesel Halt	32	640
	LT towards Manipal towan	49	645	Turn off towards Manipal towan to meet Sharat
	Sharat's Office on the hills	59	710	Meeting with Grand Vitera and a mean looking 4WD jeep
	Start		745
	Town roads & LT to Manglore	70	800	Very bad pitted roads, road work in progress, for about 60 kms
	Suratkal	110	845
	RTO Kerala	143	858	Kerala Border, traffic thickens, single track, slow traffic.;)
	Manjeswar check post	150	930	Smooth surface for 26 kms
	Uppala - B'k fast stop	154	935	15 mts B'k fast Gokul Restaurant, Veg. OK place next to bus stand.
	Kasargoad	176	1015
	Bumpy stretch	200	1100	very bumpy section starts for about 25 kms
	End bumpy stretch	235	1120
	Payyannur	245	1125
	Tea Break @ Pilathara	250	1135	Was zapped with the thick traffic, had to take a break
	Start		1145
	Taliparamba	263	1205
	Cannanoor	284	1240	Caught in a jam in the 3 road junction
	Talasseri	306	110	Traumatic bumper to bumper narrow road, good surface
	Calicut	376	300
	Residance near Tali Temple	380	330
	TOTAL FOR THE DAY	380
	4/6/2008	ODO	TIME	REMARKS
	Local Run	45	..
	5/6/2008	ODO	TIME	REMARKS
	Local Ran to the Beach etc.	50	…	Forced stop @ Calicut due to Hartal
	6/6/2008	ODO	TIME	REMARKS
	Tali	0	820am	Smooth surface, well marked all the way to Manarkkad.
	Kallai Bridge	2	833
	Faroke Bridge	11	846
	Road Junction	14	852	RT=Trichur
	Road Junction	26	908	RT= ???
	Kundoti	28	910
	Road Junction	38	923	RT= Nilambur
	Road Junction	50	935	RT=Manjeri
	MSP Camp, Malappuram	53	940
	Perinthalmanna Junction	73	1030	RT=Guruvayur, LT=Nilambur
	Tea Break	74	1005
	Start		1040	Pelting Rains, visibility 20 ft, GPS-great to know curves on road.
	Mannarkad Busstand	104	1117	Road gets bumpy from here.
	Road Junction	105	1122	LT= Silent Valley, Agaly
	Kalladikode	120	1135
	Palakkad Junction, overbridge	170	1150
	Palakkad HPO	144	1200
	Koduvayur	155	1232	Road block due to BJP Dharna
	Detour thro Koduvayur	156	1245	Detoured thro. Koduyavur village
	Nemarah	170	200
	TOTAL FOR THE DAY	170
	7/6/2008	ODO	TIME	REMARKS
	Nemarah - PGT & around	82
	8/6/2008
	Nemarah-Nelliampathy-Nmra	75		Nelliampathy Hills, Great smooth roads, good signages
	9/6/2008
	Nmra-Trichur-Alathur & around	140		Met Manoj @ Trichur / TBHP
	10/6/2008
	Nemarah -Malampuzha-Nmra	120
	11/6/2008	ODO	TIME	REMARKS
	Nemarah	0	535am
	Koduvayur	16	605
	Join NH 47 PGT BP	28	618
	RT @ Chandranagar JN	30	620	Road OK till Coimbatore BP.
	RTO Check Post kerala	50	650
	Diesel Halt	63	700
	Toll Plaza - CBE BP	92	730	Excellent BP, gret surface, 4 check posts, preserve toll tokens, Rs.27/-
	Toll Road ends	119	756
	Road Junction	156	825
	Road Junction @ Signal	174	845	LT= Sathi
	Road Junction	180	858	RT= Salem 57 kms
	Mettur	235	952	Halt @ Relatives Place
	Start	156	1100
	Join NH-7 towards Bangalore	266	1140	Good surfce, by and large, most trees on roadside in red bloom :) :)
	Diesel Halt @ Hosur	380	200
	Hotel Renaissance @ Hosur	387	230
	TOTAL FOR THE DAY	387
	12/6/2008	ODO	TIME	REMARKS
	Hotel Renaissance @ Hosur	0	538am
	Silk Board, Bangalore	33	630	Met Rohit @ Flyover, gave us escort till NH-7, was a great help.
	Stop @ Highway	66	719	Waved good-bye to Rohit
	Penigunta Bus Stand	194	915	Painful switches  all 650 kms, rim-breaking humps, need to be alert.
	Anandpur BP, Junction	256	945	RT = Tirupathi
	Diesel Halt	264	1015	Got only 10 ltrs, Diesel being rationed
	Gooty Town	320	1125
	Diesel Halt	328	1147	Got full tank, premium :) Diesel
	Karnool Town, Lunch Halt	419	130	Hotel Maurya, good. One of the few options to have decent
	Start		200	food on this stretch between Bangalore to Hyderabad.
	Pebberu	480	255
	Jachirilla	555	400	Thunder Storm,  pelting rain, strong cross wind, low visibility,
	Hyderabad outer	605	530	water levels on low side of road 2+ feet high, was scary, most
	Tank Bund road	645	615	cars stopped, road was clear of traffic for 50 kms, only  few trucks.
	Clock Tower, Secunderabad	650	640
	Hotel Basera	651	645
	TOTAL FOR THE DAY	651
	13/6/2008
	Visit to Ramuji's Film City	120		Visit to friends + reltives in the evening.
	14/6/2008	ODO	TIME	REMARKS
	Hotel Basera, Hyderabad	0	530 am	Many sections are desolate, conventional NH, sharp turns, without
	4 track ends 0- NH-9	52	630	any facility, not safe to run @ night, breath-taking vistas in daytime :) :)
	Sadashivpet	68	637
	Zaheerabad	107	710
	Bidar Turn off Junction	110	713	RT=Bidar - 26 km
	Karnatka Border	125	720
	Manneikhalli	136	730
	B'Kfast halt + Diesel tank up	189	815	Vittal Kamat Restaurant + Good HP petrol pump.
	Start		900
	Omerga	225	930
	Rd. Junction	229	935	RT=Lathur, LT=Gulbarga
	Small Ghat Section	265	1000	Beautiful Fort on right side, Naldurg Fort (?)
	RT to Aurangabad @ Naldurg	267	1005
	Toll gate	285	1020	Reportedly, from toll gate to Tuljapur, 15 kms unsafe to drive @ night.
	Break on a desolate section	294	1025	Great mountain country, ravines and  lots of whistling wind.
	Start		1035
	Tuljapur Junction	300	1045
	Osmanabad	326	1110
	Beed - Bus Stand	447	1240	Heavy city traffic
	Coffee Stop	448	1245pm
	Start		100
	Gevraji	479	130
	Pachod Bus Stand	521	200
	Adul	545	215
	Diesel Halt	567	240
	Hotel Windsor Castle	583	300
	TOTAL FOR THE DAY	583
	15/6/2008	ODO	TIME	REMARKS
	Hotel Windsor Castle	0	0855am
	Daulatabad	20	930
	Ghrishneshwar Temple	36	1000	One of the Jyothirlingas
	Start		1030
	Ellora Caves	38	1045	For Rs.150/- Autos takes you near almost all important caves.
	Start		115pm
	Daulatabad Fort	51	130	Long climb to the fort, went up 25% of the way.
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