Bangalore Delhi Bangalore Drive – An epic road trip described in Tweets!
We did an epic road trip recently (finished it this afternoon). Most of you following me on twitter/FB page are aware of it. This is the compilation of tweets of the trip. Hopefully will do a detailed post(s) later. Tweets are in reverse order though 😛 too lazy to do otherwise 😉
Delhi – Blore Trip : The Upwards Journey.
Upwards journey.
Dilli ki khushboo #win#backtoroots
The queue at the toll booth on Sunday evening is so long I am wondering what would the condition be on weekdays ? #gurgaon#Drive2Delhi
Now hoping the last leg gets over fast mum has made kadhi chawal at home 🙂 #Drive2Delhi
Finally reached Gurgaon about 2hrs later than planned.. All thanks to horrid highways from Jaipur #Drive2Delhi
“Airtel welcomes you to Delhi” just received as SMS… Time to celebrate #Drive2Delhi
Ohoo just came to know that bikes don’t have to pay toll on highways.So unfair damnit, it’s been the biggest expense on this trip after fuel.
Full of diversions and potholes… The worst roads till now post Jaipur, after all something has to go wrong sigh#Drive2Delhi
The best thing about highway drives – kadak chai on the road side tapri.. Yes I know I have said it before :)… http://fb.me/1BqpqOMPI
The best thing about highway drives – kadak chai on the road side tapri.. Yes I know I have said it before :)… http://fb.me/1BqpqOMPI
Last leg of the journey, just crossed jaipur. 2268 done. 250 to go #Drive2Delhi
Last leg of the journey, just crossed jaipur. 2268 done. 250 to go #Drive2Delhi
An early lunch – aloo parantha at a dhabha on the highway #win#drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SKTv7skQTC/ http://fb.me/wZepyiaz
“Rajasthan is a wrong country, everyone is driving wrong side” says the child 😉 #Drive2Delhi
“if you are bad, I am your dad” #TruckQoutes#drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SJ2SSkEQX-/
That should have been day3 #Drive2Delhi
Day 2 begins drinking chai before we start #drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SJxQX3EQSF/
But met few friends and took it easy and happy today 🙂 calling it a day now.. Good night folks #Drive2Delhi
End of day 2 – total kms done till now 1857, todays kms clocked 835… Lesser kms today but more time on the road #Drive2Delhi
Golden bridge at bharuch, 120yr old bridge that too 3yrs to make #drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SIZb8IkQVg/
Followed by a kadak chai http://instagr.am/p/SIZDjYEQVJ/ http://fb.me/21p9HVimb
Passing through gujarat can’t be fun without tasting the fafda 🙂 #drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SIYv_ekQVB/ http://fb.me/vYG6o4EB
Just crossed ahemdadbad… Time for tea I guess 🙂 #Drive2Delhi
Golden ball on fire #sunset#drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SIV6KGkQTU/
Had a brilliant home cooked Gujarati meal at a friends house in bharuch, one of the best veg meal I have had in a… http://fb.me/28uIoI07n
Also the man and me complete 8 yrs of married life today.. Happy anniversary darling.
And my bestest friend, behena from Another mother, the darling @kiranmanral feeling terrible exiting without meeting her.
What I am missing in Bombay this time is meeting some lovely people that I wanted to @Saeek@euphoRHEA@SassyFork@RushinaMG & others.
Finally met @Finelychopped thank you so much for dropping in so early 🙂 http://lockerz.com/s/262027690
Day 2 journey begins from Bombay, hoping to reach udaipur tonight #Drive2Delhi
Brilliant breakfast at a friends house before we head out http://instagr.am/p/SHV2gdkQd8/ http://fb.me/2aJdCsPdM
Day 1 close – 1022.2 kms, 18.5 hrs on road.. Been a good day #Drive2Delhi
Bombay . Now better be nice to me specially u traffic :p #Drive2Delhi
Gave in and had the vada pav at joshi vadawalla at pune, the vada was good but the pav was disappointing to say the least.
The child is super excited about the tunnels on the express way … Almost jumping in his car seat 🙂 #Drive2Delhi
Sometimes only crossing state borders makes so much difference to the highway scene, where we struggled to find… http://fb.me/Cc3PUGTL
Sunset always amazes me #skywatching#drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SFxkRHEQaJ/
The glorious colors of sunset just outside pune #drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SFwC2hkQZV/
Boiled peanuts on the way #drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SFt6fcEQYK/ http://fb.me/1ZMshnQ7Z
Drinking chai 🙂 #drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SFt2HgEQYG/
This is how one should enjoy ice cream 🙂 http://instagr.am/p/SFW1paEQfa/
Rice with kolhapuri dal, takes spiceness to a different altogether wipes sweat#drive2delhi… http://fb.me/2feF36VOA
Dal , baingan bharta and roti at roots just ahead of #drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SFS62iEQdz/ http://fb.me/1KPzFltxP
Now having belgaum special Kunda while searching for a place to eat lunch #drive2delhi… http://fb.me/1TONXnjJR
Yeah we are all cool 🙂 #drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SFKeOykQas/
Lunch in belgaum, so what’s a good place to eat ? #Drive2Delhi
The land of wind mills – chitradurga #drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SFEVSeEQXc/
Hubli 425 kms done since morning and it’s been such a lovely drive… Fab roads #Drive2Delhi
The chai shop? Fantastic chai #drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SEyqKNEQbR/ http://fb.me/2dW102BCL
#highwayBreakfast with a cutting chai #drive2delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SEvY1uEQYV/ http://fb.me/18wwV0DtB
Blue skies and brilliant roads 🙂 #Drive2Delhihttp://instagr.am/p/SEtlGMEQWl/
2 hours ,149kms now wondering whether to find a place for breakfast or make a cheese tuna sandwich #roadtrip#Drive2Delhi
And off we go, like the say Bhagwan ka naam first … Jai Mata Di #roadtrip
Delhi – Blore Trip : The Return Journey.
Tweets of the delhi – blore trip, return journey.
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And we are home, 2.5 days – 2556kms and about 5500kms in last 10 days & yes loads of memories #return2blrinstagr.am/p/ShwVwQEQeX/
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And there was a person on a Scotty with pillion behind doing wheeling on the NICE road, we just don’t care about life #Return2Blr
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And we are catching Bangalore fm now 🙂 at neelmangala #Return2Blr
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Tumkur yay #Return2Blr
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In another news, the husband told me I drove brilliantly in the last stretch #IHaveArrivedfaints with happiness#Return2Blr
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Crossed hiryur, final leg of the journey this is 🙂 clocked abt 2359kms till now #Return2Blr
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And some for dada 🙂 #return2blrinstagr.am/p/ShJxi2kQYT/
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Finally a breakfast stop has been found , now for some hot hot idlis 🙂 #return2blrinstagr.am/p/ShJMotkQX4/fb.me/PezoZggE
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Belgaum to hubli – not a single eating joint 🙁 #Return2Blr#bussinesOppurtunity
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Agree in our 5000km road trip we saw two patrol cars #Return2Blr RT @pragmatic_d: A call for highway police for India: indianexpress.com/news/highways-…
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2 hours and 197kms… Brilliant brilliant roads and they come with a beautiful countryside too #Return2Blr
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Hunger crankiness is happening reaches out for a murkku and yes I am talking about myself and not the child 😉 #return2blr
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A beautiful looking and huge building in the middle of nowhere #return2blrinstagr.am/p/Sg_c7vEQeZ/
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child just announced that he is sad that the road trip is ending, so all those who thought I am torturing him can stop worrying #Return2Blr
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And it’s out… Good morning people 🙂 #sunrise#return2blrinstagr.am/p/Sg8_7UEQbW/
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Orange ball of happiness peeping out of the clouds #sunrise#return2blrinstagr.am/p/Sg8BetEQZ9/
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And the last leg of the journey begins on a slightly foggy day, 600km to home.. #return2blr… fb.me/1vvSTJYrC
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And halt for the day at kolhapur, today for some strange reason I am feeling very very tired, clocked about 1000kms today #Return2Blr
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Is looking for Hotels reco closer to highway in kolhapur and belgaum, pls RT #Return2Blr
Retweeted by @fiddlesticks83 26 Nov 12
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Salute to all Mumbaikars on my TL, god knows how you manage the distance and traffic.. I would have lost in 2 days #Return2Blr
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Drove on the Pune – Mumbai expressway <3 <3 though traffic on both sides more than makes up for it, an hour both sides #Return2Blr
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Is looking for Hotels reco closer to highway in kolhapur and belgaum, pls RT #Return2Blr
Retweeted by @Sairee 26 Nov 12
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Is looking for Hotels reco closer to highway in kolhapur and belgaum, pls RT #Return2Blr
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And Mumbai special custard couldn’t have missed this #return2blrinstagr.am/p/SfNaVCkQc1/fb.me/1mVEsXkDy
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And mutton biryani for the biryani purist husband 🙂 #return2blrinstagr.am/p/SfLsxgEQcN/fb.me/2ncMNFbxZ
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Prawns biryani at fountain for lunch today #return2blrinstagr.am/p/SfLcZ-kQcJ/fb.me/1dIh5RNzQ
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Mumbai why you so hot ? #Return2Blr
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Look what I am eating – swad #youRemember#nostalgia#return2blrinstagr.am/p/Se6mx7EQWI/fb.me/1J1s9jh0g
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Want to reach Mumbai by lunch , any place on the highway I can grab a quick bite ? #Return2Blr
Retweeted by @SulekhaTravel 26 Nov 12
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Me and the child at chai break 🙂 #return2blrinstagr.am/p/SerBIakQay/
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Stylish Gujarat – this is the best looking toll booth I have ever come across in India 🙂 #return2blrinstagr.am/p/SeoWJkEQYT/
Retweeted by @HimnitS 26 Nov 12
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Stylish Gujarat – this is the best looking toll booth I have ever come across in India 🙂 #return2blrinstagr.am/p/SeoWJkEQYT/
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Want to reach Mumbai by lunch , any place on the highway I can grab a quick bite ? #Return2Blr
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The kind of roads I love, crossed baroda at 8:44 thats like 100km from start in a little over an hour 🙂 #Return2Blr
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Dear neck, please behave yourself till I reach back to Bangalore. Yours, Monika #Return2Blr
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The beautiful cross section #return2blrinstagr.am/p/SecyLzkQb5/fb.me/2ynLH3bhK
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Ice cream cake that we had for dessert yesterday night 🙂 #return2blrinstagr.am/p/SeclZ_kQbx/fb.me/NIdpvaz0
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Farsaans that welcomed us – Gujarat #return2blrinstagr.am/p/SdccyukQT-/fb.me/vwfV4Rfe
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And we are done for the day phew 🙂 980.4 clocked #Return2Blr
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1.5 kadak masala chai on the highway and we start for the last leg for today… 195kms to Ahemdadbad #Return2Blr
Retweeted by @alpesh4ever 25 Nov 12
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1.5 kadak masala chai on the highway and we start for the last leg for today… 195kms to Ahemdadbad #Return2Blr
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Btw we did make up for sometime we lost in the morning. Crossed udaipur sometime ago… 740kms clocked till now #Return2Blr
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Traversing Beautiful ghat roads at dusk #pleasuresOfRoadTrip#Return2Blr
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Mom’s rock – just finished the lunch that mum packed for the way 🙂 paranthas sabji and achar 🙂 #return2blr
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Hills on the horizon and car on song.. Now feels like my kind of journey #return2blrinstagr.am/p/SchHN3EQfe/
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Hoping will now catch up on the average and do some good kms #Return2Blr
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Phew finally crossed Jaipur sometime ago, by this time day 1 upwards journey we had done 500kms, currently at 320 #Return2Blr
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Highway breakfast – paranthas and curd .. First stop on our journey back to Bangalore #return2blr… fb.me/24pCOhl2G
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And the guy at the breakfast break just told us that there might be more two more jams ahead faints#Return2Blr
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This is become like jam to jam travel, we avoid one and get stuck in the next..what kind of a highway is this 🙁 #Return2Blr
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The traffic jam continues on the highway till as far as I can see And I have travelled 3.5kms on the service road already #Return2Blr
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This is mother, father, grandmother of all traffic jams… We have taken the service lane on the opposite side #Return2Blr
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Now heading to Jaipur, the only strech of bad roads we encountered in the upwards journey fingers crossed#Return2Blr
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Packed, belted and ready in what the child calls as night morning to start the return journey back #Return2Blr
Woah must have been one funfilled trip. Do post pics if any. Take care. 🙂
Congratulations!! I followed it on twitter..
We had been planning a similar trip to Calcutta… But I soo lack the guts to do it!!
Hi, my husband, my 20month old daughter and I are planning a trip from Delhi to Bangalore in our humble maruti Alto. Only my husband drives. Is there any advice or suggestions you could share? I’m a bit anxious. Also what is the budget we should keep in mind.
Tanya