Though a big fan of road trips in movies and in life was not fortunate enough to go on many such trips. This weekend completed my third road trip and this one is the longest.
My first one was from Chennai to Cuddalore and it was close to 200 Kms each way. The second one was Chennai to Trichy which was 300 Kms each way. The last one was Chennai to Dindigul and it was 400 Kms each way.
Me and my friend started from Palavanthangal at 8:30 AM. After filling the tank to full and checking Nitrogen in tyres we hit the road. The plan was to pick up another friend in Chengelpat. After a brief stop at Chengelpet we were on the highway. There was close to 5 to 6 tolls and each one costs a lot. There were huge queues in each of of the tolls.
We had a brief stop for restroom and snacks around 1130 closer to Villupuram. Then we made our biggest mistake by taking Trichy bypass and were on our way to Madurai. We had another brief halt for lunch and didn't realise were on wrong route until we checked google map. By that time we were closer to Madurai and we had to stop and take a different route through Thuvarankurichi. And there were took the route through Elamanam to connect to the NH which will take us to Dindigul. We lost closer to an hour and 40 KMs because of this. By the time we reached Dindigul it was nearing 5 PM.
The next day we started early at around 8:15 AM for the return trip and took the right route. We made just couple of stops one for Elaneer and another for restroom. We also bought big Jackfruit. I was more confident during the return trip and mostly hovered around 100 in the speedometer. We dropped the friend at Chengelpet and was back in Palavanthangal by 245 PM.
The trip was really a good stress buster.
My first one was from Chennai to Cuddalore and it was close to 200 Kms each way. The second one was Chennai to Trichy which was 300 Kms each way. The last one was Chennai to Dindigul and it was 400 Kms each way.
Me and my friend started from Palavanthangal at 8:30 AM. After filling the tank to full and checking Nitrogen in tyres we hit the road. The plan was to pick up another friend in Chengelpat. After a brief stop at Chengelpet we were on the highway. There was close to 5 to 6 tolls and each one costs a lot. There were huge queues in each of of the tolls.
We had a brief stop for restroom and snacks around 1130 closer to Villupuram. Then we made our biggest mistake by taking Trichy bypass and were on our way to Madurai. We had another brief halt for lunch and didn't realise were on wrong route until we checked google map. By that time we were closer to Madurai and we had to stop and take a different route through Thuvarankurichi. And there were took the route through Elamanam to connect to the NH which will take us to Dindigul. We lost closer to an hour and 40 KMs because of this. By the time we reached Dindigul it was nearing 5 PM.
The next day we started early at around 8:15 AM for the return trip and took the right route. We made just couple of stops one for Elaneer and another for restroom. We also bought big Jackfruit. I was more confident during the return trip and mostly hovered around 100 in the speedometer. We dropped the friend at Chengelpet and was back in Palavanthangal by 245 PM.
The trip was really a good stress buster.
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