Road Trip to Pondicherry Feb 2018

[Punter]

Hello Folks, we school friends go on Road Trip once/twice in a year and mostly we visited Goa or Konkan for last few years.

Now we are planning Long Distance trip and finalized Pondicherry

We will be driving my Adventure 1.6 :Italy.

Below is Road Trip plan however we may visit Dhanushkodi first and while returning to Pune we will visit Pondicherry and stay 2 days there.

On Day 1 we will target Dhanushkodi as we have 3 drives (out of 4) who has good experience of long distance driving.


Please suggest road from Banglore to Dhanushkodi.

Suggestions for must visit places are welcome.

[Punter]

This will be our route as we want to cover most of the parts of South India. Though it is not possible to cover everything in one go but this will help us to explore the coastal route.

[Rudrah]

Please suggest road from Banglore to Dhanushkodi.

Suggestions for must visit places are welcome.

I asked this on our MFW group chat where Pradeep suggested to go through this route:

Bangalore - Madurai - Dhanushkodi.

Its a Highway all along. Advised to avoid going via Pondy.

[Punter]

Thank you Rudrah.

Our target is to reach Dhanushkodi by Saturday evening (We will be leaving on Friday Evening from Pune). So this will be non stop drive to Dhanushkodi via Banglore Madurai as you mentioned above.

The updated plan is as below.

Day # Point A Point B Date Day Distance Stay? Travel Time as per Gmaps Comments
1 Pune Banglore 8/2/2019 Friday 841 No 14 Make Sure pass Banglore before day time.
2 Banglore Dhanushkodi 9/2/2019 Saturday 626 Yes 11 Search Hotel and Enjoy the day.
3 Dhanushkodi Dhanushkodi 10/2/2019 Sunday 50 Yes Explore Dhanushkodi, Rameshwaram
4 Dhanushkodi Pondicherry 11/2/2019 Monday 409 Yes 8.5 Reach at Pondi, Search Hotel and Rest.
5 Pondicherry Pondicherry 11/2/2019 Monday 20 Yes Explore Pondicherry
6 Pondicherry Chennai 12/2/2019 Tuesday 166 No 3.5 Reach Chennai and meet Basant if possible
6 Chennai Pune 13/2/2019 Wednesday 1368 No 24 Drive via Nellore Chennai to Pune

[Rudrah]

Thank you Rudrah.

Our target is to reach Dhanushkodi by Saturday evening (We will be leaving on Friday Evening from Pune). So this will be non stop drive to Dhanushkodi via Banglore Madurai as you mentioned above.

The updated plan is as below.

Day # Point A Point B Date Day Distance Stay? Travel Time as per Gmaps Comments
1 Pune Banglore 8/2/2019 Friday 841 No 14 Make Sure pass Banglore before day time.
2 Banglore Dhanushkodi 9/2/2019 Saturday 626 Yes 11 Search Hotel and Enjoy the day.
3 Dhanushkodi Dhanushkodi 10/2/2019 Sunday 50 Yes Explore Dhanushkodi, Rameshwaram
4 Dhanushkodi Pondicherry 11/2/2019 Monday 409 Yes 8.5 Reach at Pondi, Search Hotel and Rest.
5 Pondicherry Pondicherry 11/2/2019 Monday 20 Yes Explore Pondicherry
6 Pondicherry Chennai 12/2/2019 Tuesday 166 No 3.5 Reach Chennai and meet Basant if possible
6 Chennai Pune 13/2/2019 Wednesday 1368 No 24 Drive via Nellore Chennai to Pune

Great, incase of any emergency or issues, you can reach out to our Bangalore MFW team.

Happy journey and do post your travelogue and pics

[Punter]

Thank you Rudra.

We are leaving now from Shivaji nagar Pune. Targetting to cross Bangalore before daytime tomorrow.

Teaser.

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[Punter]

We have crossed Bengluru at around 7:30-8:00 AM.

Now after Hosur stopped for breakfast @ Reliance Petrop Pump, Adhinath Bhavan.

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[Rudrah]

Do share the pictures and any info on the stay, food, sightseeing at Pondicherry etc.