Our recent adventure

[vijay...@gmail.com]

 Dear All.

Poonam and I have just returned after driving from Mumbai to Orissa ,returning via Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. This was a long standing ambition after earlier road trips that we'd done.

 

We drove 4814 kms sharing the driving load equally.

 

It was an amazing journey .We did sixteen destinations in 21 days.And  each day was magical.

 

We are proud that we could could do this with Vijay's diabeties, blood pressure,a stent and osto arthiritis in his broken ankle. Poonam just had cataract done in both eyes and has a problem which restricts her to home food largely. BUT We had no health problems . Thus proving the adage that " it's all in the mind.

Our state of being actually improved!

 

We had made pious resolutions of good behaviour before we left, like not driving beyond 80 kms per hour and eating fruits and salads mainly .Most of the time we drove at 110-120 and ate all kinds of stuff in fancy restaurants and  Dhabas on the Highway.Due to a long experience of denial we blamed this irresponsible behaviour on the children.They have not brought up the parents right.

 

 For me the journey straightened my back and I felt physically more  agile.Some unconscious  processes also calmed me down significantly and I hope it lasts. Also a special thanks to Vajpayee for creating such fantastic Highways.Grateful to my investor friends who are busy improving GDP while I enjoy driving on the roads they create.(Vijay).

 

For me this was a journey of exploration at several levels. From the West coast to the East coast the landscape changed, the colour of the soil changed, crops changed , faces and clothes changed.... a beautiful experience. And since we were in such a positive frame of mind we enjoyed each moment. We experienced the wonders of nature -- Borra caves , Chilka lake , Marble rocks , Dhuandhar falls and the mighty Narmada and Mahanadi . We drove through our fabulous forest reserves at Debrigarh, Achanakmar and Bandhavgarh. Experienced our rich culture and history at Puri, Konarak and Sanchi. We also met such wonderful people . I realised how blessed we are . On a personal level we realised that we are much stronger and resilient than we thought and often miss out on things because we think only of what may go wrong.  (Poonam )

And we enjoyed exploring and learning GPS.

 

Here are our stops

 

 

Date	From	To	Distance-Kms	Cumulative Distance kms.
28 February 2016	Nerul	Solapur	397	397
29 February 2016	Solapur	Vijaywada	611	1008
01 March 2016	Vijaywada	Vizag	424	1432
02 March 2016	Vizag	Borra caves/Araku Valley	129	1561
03 March 2016	Araku	Gopalpur	299	1860
04 March 2016	Gopalpur	Rambha-Chilika	50	1910
05 March 2016	Rambha	Puri	136	2046
06 March 2016	Puri	Satpada-puri	110	2156
07 March 2016	Puri	Konark	46	2202
08 March 2016	Konark	Bhubaneshwar	178	2380
11 March 2016	Bhubaneshwar	Debrigarh -Dhundukusum	403	2783
12 March 2016	Debrigarh	Bilaspur	293	3076
14 March 2016	Bilaspur	Bandhavgarh	354	3430
15 March 2016	Bandhavgarh	Jabalpur-Bedhaghat	197	3627
16 March 2016	Jabalpur	Sanchi	274	3901
17 March 2016	Sanchi	Maheshwar	334	4235
18 March 2016	Maheshwar	Bhandardhara	419	4654
19 March 2016	Bhandardhara	Nerul	160	4813.9

 

This album

 captures most of our journey. Solapur and Vijaywada were pit stops so there are no photographs.

 

Click on the photo to open.To see comments on the photo click on the icon "i"

 

https://goo.gl/photos/GHDd5HAFyT2Kgksp6

 

 

Regards

 

Poonam and Vijay

 

[Venkat Krishnan]

Dear Poonam and Vijay,

Great chronicle. Very good pictures indeed!

Hope you will have more trips in future.

Best regards
Venkat

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[Sanjay Kumar Shrivastava]

Dear Vijay and Poonam Sarup

Thanks for sharing your journey chronicle and photos. Loved it.

May be someday I also scout various destinations on wheels.

Where is your next destination??

Best Wishes

Sanjay Shrivastava

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[Mahesh Mathur]

Dear Vijayji,

Very well documented and photographed trip ! Thoroughly enjoyed reading about it !

You are an inspiration ! Any other trips planned ?

Thanks and Regards

M

Brig Mahesh Mathur ( R ) , SM
F 701 , Army CHS , Sect 9 , Plot 6
Nerul East , Navi Mumbai 400706
India
+919769353877

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Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:11:41 +0000
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