Day 3 - April 5, 2013
Guna to Karnal
3:55 pm to 3:55 am
Me, Apsara and Amrita stayed in the hotel room. I took the
time available to post my first day’s post on fb.
It was 2:30 pm and Ashok called to tell us to have lunch. We had packed and were all set to leave. So we went to the restaurant and had very tasty lunch and also got some lunch packed for Ashok. We checked out of the hotel and brought all the luggage downstairs and sat down to wait for Ashok. Ashok returned with the car at 3:50 and we finally set out of Guna at 3:55.
It was 2:30 pm and Ashok called to tell us to have lunch. We had packed and were all set to leave. So we went to the restaurant and had very tasty lunch and also got some lunch packed for Ashok. We checked out of the hotel and brought all the luggage downstairs and sat down to wait for Ashok. Ashok returned with the car at 3:50 and we finally set out of Guna at 3:55.
Again we were driving through the crazy MP roads. The two-laned
roads that had no road divider. People walking on the roads, sitting on the
roads. Trucks and buses. I noticed that the number of private cars was very
less throughout MP as compared to other states. I wondered whether the state of
roads was the reason for hte less number of private cars or the less number of
private cars was the reason for the state of the roads.
We encountered quite a few traffic jams that were very
peacefully sorted out by the MP walas. Whenever there was a traffic jam, there
was no honking as is common in Bangalore, no shouting, no fights, did not see
any traffic policemen or regular policemen. The people, usually a tempo driver
or a truck driver or an auto driver took the initiative and the traffic jam
would get moving slowly but surely.
5:45 pm :
Gwalior 117 km away
6:00 pm :
Gwalior 105 km away
1st Fuel fill up stop : 43.87 lts :
Rs. 2349.67 Trip metre 1995 km
8:40 pm :
Crossed Gwalior : roads are
still bad : Agra 104 kms away
9:20 pm :
Agra 64 kms away : Roads are amazing
now. 4-lane with divider.
Finally we were back on 4-lane roads. The roads had road
divider. There were signs at regular intervals and reflectors and early warning
systems. We were finally relieved to be out of the mess that we had inadvertently
got into from Adilabad and were in for the past 48 hours.
10:00 pm :
Agra 27 kms away
10:20 pm :
Had very tasty Kulfi at Agra
we were so happy to finally be o good roads that we decided to celebrate by eating some Kulfi. We found a very nice Kulti cart and had two Kulfis each as a mark of victory over uncertainty and unpredictability.
we were so happy to finally be o good roads that we decided to celebrate by eating some Kulfi. We found a very nice Kulti cart and had two Kulfis each as a mark of victory over uncertainty and unpredictability.
11:15 pm :
Entered Yamuna Express Highway :
Delhi 197 kms away
11:20 :
Toll Stop : Rs. 320
When it became really unbearable, he stopped at the exit
point. We ate the left-over food from Hotel Sara. It was still tasty and the
kids also woke up to have a share of their bite as well. Suddenly three dogs
came charging out of nowhere smelling the food and we had to keep shooing them
away continuously. It was surprising to see dogs on Yamuna Express Highway.
We started again and soon entered Delhi at 2:15 pm.
2:30 am :
Fuel fill up : 34.74 lts : Rs. 1684 : Trip mileage 2418
Navigating through Delhi was tough as we had to drive
through Delhi to reach the Karnal – Chandigarh highway. We crossed Delhi at around
3.30 pm and drove on the Karnal road. We started hunting for a hotel to stay
and found that all the ones on the highway were full and did not have any
rooms. Ashok was really sleepy and could not drive any more. After the Shock
absorber spring breaking episode at Bangalore and the Alloy wheel breaking episode
at Guna, we had the third road trip experience. Ashok drove into a petrol bunk
and parked the car under bright lights. At 4:00 am we closed all the windows
and locked the doors and slept in the petrol bunk.
On this day Ashok became ROADAASURA from Monster Driver.
