We finally hit the highway at around 10:30 am. The wrong route cost us precious time but took us through some of the most beautiful transfixing scenery I’ve ever seen. I felt India has so much of unexplored untapped natural beauty. This particular stretch comes close to the hill stations of Khandala and Lonavala near Mumbai. Wonderfully wonderful! It was probably the best I’ve ever seen. It was sad that our camera decided to die out at this very important time.
Once we reached the NH we averaged between 80 and 90 kmph on the Satara to Belgaum stretch. The impeccable concrete roads made us go for miles at 100 kmph continuously. We entered Belgaum at 1:00pm and went straight to my cousin’s place for a sumptuous lunch. We took a rather long time there and left at 3:30pm. From then on it was like a race against time. We wanted to make it back to Bangalore as soon as possible. The superb road helped us reach a max speed of 115kmph. We don’t consider ourselves Rossis but speed definitely thrills! We had to cover the bad leg this time at night. It proved to be the most difficult stretch because of dust and poor visibility. We broke for tea at Harihar and continued after the stop with one break in between for dinner. The road after Chitradurga was smooth. The gigantic wind mills with twinkling lights lit the horizon beautifully. We made it back to Bangalore by 12:00pm.
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