Bombay to Udaipur
Date : 24th December, 2010
Persons : One
Odo reading : 19679
Trip (computer) reading : 0.0
Fuel tank - distance to empty : 810 kms
Outside temperature at start : 19.5 Celsius* * Temperature in pics # 1 & 2 shows the reading in the basement which was higher than the reading just outside my building
Tyre pressure : 32 psi on all five (four plus one) tyres
Time
S. No. Sector / Point Trip reading (24 h) Remarks
1 Start from home, JVLR 0.0 6.40 Delayed start, by 40 minutes
2 Dahisar TP on WEH 14.7 6.58 Rs 30/- [Time stamp on toll receipt is 6.40:21 am]. Heavy truck traffic.
4 Khaniwade TP (Dahisar- Surat leg) 47.3 7.42 Rs 47/- [Time stamp on toll receipt is 7.44 am]. Heavy fog about 15 kms before Khaniwade TP, heavy truck traffic.
Breakfast ( One idli sambar, one medu wada & 1 tea=Rs 85/-) Time stamp 8.22 am. Temp 15 C.Restarted at 8.42, was stuck at
5 Breakfast at Kamat's Hotel on LHS(NH8) 71.6 8.05-8.42 Kamat's due to traffic jam at 8.55. Accidents ahead-possibly a bike thrown clear in the stream from the opposite side, going to Bomb
6 Charoti TP (Dahisar- Surat leg) ~ 97.4 9.43 Rs 42/- [Time stamp on toll receipt is 9.42 am]. Fog : visibility about 15 m.
7 Boriach TP, Navsari ( Dahisar-Surat leg) Rs 41/-[Time stamp on toll receipt is 11.59 am] Fog : visibility about 40 m.
8 240.2 12.20 Hoarding shows Surat 40 kms away, heavy and chaotic traffic continues
9 Choryasi TP ( Surat -Bharuch leg) Rs 50/- [Time stamp on toll receipt is 1.14:07 pm]. Fog cleared.
10 Bhagwada TP (Dahisar - Surat leg) Rs 47/- No time stamp on receipt
Rs 16/- [Time stamp on toll receipt is 14.00:14 pm]. Both lanes toward Baroda blocked with truck & taxi traffic; took shoulder-
11 Bharuch, Zadeshwar Chowk TP( Narmada bridge section) leftmost, squeezed past hulking multi-axled semi-articulated trucks, friendly cop waved private traffic on the shoulder through!
Refuelled at BPCL COCO on LHS, opp a gurdwara, four kms after the Narmada bridge in Bharuch ( 22.84 ltrs, DTE 780 kms). Also tasty
12 Refuel at BPCL COCO+AG Bharuch 336.6 14.12 - 14.52 dhaba lunch ( moong & chana dal, rotis & lassi, followed afterwards by tea-Rs 52/-)
Rs 65/- [Time stamp on toll receipt is 15.12 pm]. Messaged lightining95 in Baroda that I unfortunately couldn't meet him as I was
13 Karjan TP ( Bharuch - Vadodara section) running late; felt bad since he had been concerned about my slow progress till then. But NE1 beckoned to press on at full throttle!
14 NE1 TP ( Vadodara - Ahmedabad leg) Rs 81/- [Time stamp on toll receipt is 15.58 pm]
LT for Rajkot [20 kms after the Reliance PP]. Messaged hvk - 16.45 pm, exited NE1for Himmatnagar, 83 kms in approx 47 mins.
15 TL from NE1 for Rajkot, Himmatnagar & Udaipur Touched 175 kmph, overtook an A6, a Jetta, a Vento and two Altises.
16 Ramol TP ( Ahmedabad Ring Road) Rs 19/- [Time stamp on toll receipt is 16.58:14 pm], took a small ( ~ 7 min) break here.
17 Chillodamoda roundabout -TR for Himmatnagar-Udaipur Undivided, narrow, rough surfaced two lane NH8, overtaking difficult for about 10 kms.
Rs 30/- [Time stamp on toll receipt is 17.49:27 pm]. One of the best stretches- surface, signage, limited access to the highway; the
only downside is that private jeep-taxis do not make way for faster traffic from the rightmost lane, so you have to swerve to the
18 Kathpur TP left/middle lane to overtake -irritating. Did 120-130km kmph on some stretches.
Vegetable sandwiches, tea. Nature break. Windscreen & ORVM cleaning. Was dark by now. Overtook a truck with a separate six axled
19 Tea break at Hotel Landmark, Himmatnagar (TR for Udaipur) 585.8 18.10- 18.50 trolley carrying what looked like a mammoth turbine-very difficult for any car to overtake on the four lane divided NH8 highway
20 Vantada TP Rs 25/- [Time stamp on toll receipt is 19.30:43 pm]
21 Ratanpur/Kherwara TP Rs 20/-. No time stamp on receipt
22 Paduna TP Rs 35/- [Time stamp on toll receipt is 20.37:37 pm]
Rolled in in Rajdarshan (0294-2526601) at 21.51. Had entered Udaipur at 21.00, searched and located Mor & Sons, BPCL PP for
23 Udaipur-Hathipol - Hotel Rajdarshan 765.9 21.51 refuelling tomorrow, re-confirmed directions for hotel and so lost some time. Temp 17.5 C.
Legend
LHS; RHS Left hand side; Right hand side
TL Turn left
TR Turn right
TP Toll plaza
Ch Chowraha
NH 8/NE 1 National Highway 8/National Expressway 1
SH xy State Highway no. xy
BP By pass
NR Not recorded
BPCL COCO BPCL COCO
BPCL COCO +AG BPCL COCO plus Apna Ghar dhaba
BPCL PFS BPCL Pure For Sure (non COCO)
IOC COCO Indian Oil PP COCO
IOC PP Indian Oil PP non COCO
CC Credit card
PCP Police check post
FO Flyover
L Road on the left goes to kms
R Road on the right goes to kms
S Road straight ahead goes to kms
RLX Railway level crossing
PP -xyz Other petrol pumps
PP 24 -xyz Petrol pump open 24 hours
Rest Restaurant
Db Dhaba
Lav Lavatory/Toilet
ATM -xyz ATM with bank's name
NS No signage
RQ 1 Highest road quality,super smooth
RQ 2 Good road, average speed 50-70 kmph approx.
RQ 3 Poor road, bad surfacing, average speed 20 kmph
TC 1 Light traffic conditions, orderly, predictable
TC 2 Moderate traffic with chaotic conditions, drive at moderate speeds with caution
TC 3 Heavy traffic,drive with extreme caution
0 Cold; temp range 0-10
11 Pleasant; Temp range 11-20
21 Warm; Temp range 21 plus
Fz Fog with near zero visibility
F25 Fog with visibility upto 25-35 feet
F75 Fog with visibility upto 75 feet
Cl Clear visibility
UPH Uphill
DWH Downhill
TWS Twisty road (with curves)
JVLR Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road