November 10, 2013
This
was my third time travelling by Car from Delhi to Vadodara, We had made it in a
single day two times earlier, hence we expected to make it happen again.
We
started little late from Delhi, and We finally took off from Dhaula Kuan at
around 0800, with tank full of my Dezire-VDI, Due to Sunday the traffic was
easy till Gurgaon and so on. We hit NH-8 and moved towards Jaipur. The road is
not as good as it was some years ago, as many Bridges were under construction,
and it took almost four and a half hour to reach Jaipur Bypass, There you have
company operated Pump where we filled up our tanks again so we had enough fuel
to reach and cross Udaipur. From Jaipur Bypass the road was little better and
once we hit the Toll at Jaipur-Ajmer Stretch, the road was good till next 250
kms or so, We passed Kishangarh, Ajmer Bypass, and then stopped for Lunch at a
restaurant around 450 kms from Delhi. It was around 1400 and we again hit the
road at 1430, and after Beawar, the road was single, 2 lane road with very less
traffic, hilly terrain. We drove and reached Nathdwara around 1630 hours, and
kept on driving, the traffic increased as we passed Nathdwara, and we had to
drive terrifically slow from Rajsamand (Before Nathdwara) till Udaipur Bypass,
and this stretch of 100 kms took almost 3 hours, as there was a jam at Udaipur
Bypass, and road condition was not also as good as it should be,
After
passing Udaipur bypass around 1900, we started moving towards Ahmedabad, We
again stopped to get Diesel and after that we drove till Himmatnagar without
stopping where we had dinner at 2130. We started again from Himmatnagar and
road was neither good nor bad, and we hit Ahmedabad Ring Road around 2250 and
moved towards NE-1 on ring road, and hit NE-1 around 2300, and after that road
was smooth, and fast too.
We
finally reached Vadodara at 0015….too tired. It took almost 16 hours to drive
1030 kms, almost Rs. 700/- for Tolls, and Rs. 3500/- for Diesel. The road is
good, but it is recommended to have a co-driver for ease. In total it was great
experience once again.
