Absolutely not!!! A well planned trip works perfectly great.🚗😃
It was the best road trip ever, given the scenic beauty that we drove through, the different climates that we saw and felt, the uniqueness of the geographical formations, the food drinks...JUST AMAZING.
Before you start:
1. One needs to understand the terrain and climate that you are gonna see and feel. Based on that you can do the packing. But in general travel light. Take multiple tshirts and tops but just 2 or 3 pairs of jeans. Helps a lot.
2. Do a little research on the places that can be visited on the way to our destination. I have added what ever I could but there are more places and options.
3. Load your trunk with water cans, dry snacks, a kg of newspaper, carry bags, paper plates and paper cups.
4. Take all types of basic medicines from first aid kit to tablets for all ailments and even volini spray or any balms that you prefer for muscle pain.(My trips usually has a lot of walking and trekking involved and hence need these).
5. Your travel kit should consist of accessories for both cold and warm climates. Adequate shampoos, soaps, perfumes etc.
6. Invest on a good equipments if you are a techy traveller or if you love photography. I generally carry a good power bank for my mobile and an extra battery for my camera. Believe me you will not find what you want during such road trips.
As the title says, 10 days road trip by car - Hyderabad - Bangalore - Mysore - Coorg - Ooty - Coimbatore - Salem - Hyderabad.
Hyderabad To Bangalore - 569 KMS
We usually start for our road trips by 4 AM or 5AM after a good nights sleep. This keeps the day time traffic behind us and that is a big relief. You can also capture some colourful and mystic pictures of nature. You will understand that these are lovely things found by chance.
We started from Hyderabad to Bangalore at 5AM. By 8AM we reached Food Pyramid, a neat and busy place, good for breakfast and lunch too. Before this place came up, we used to just stop at small food joints(neat ones) and have hot dosas or idlies and tea. We four have been travelling since long and much before all these sophisticated food joints had come. We can manage our travel with just anything.
My kids are usually BUSY...sleeping or eating snacks or even beating each other. We just raise the volume of our player and enjoy the view and drive. My kids enjoy it more when I drive, as I play all english and hindi albums and my husband prefers old Illayaraja songs.
You can reach Bangalore by 1PM if you do not take much breaks. Remember to look out for this special fruit, GRAPE FRUIT or we call it bamblimas. It is a citrus fruit and is a nutrient dense fruit but little bitter in taste. Watch out for cheaters as the vendors try to sell the unripe fruit which we cannot eat all. Buy the ones which will have pink pulp and not white.
Once you are in Bangalore, you can just have lunch in any of the restaurants. Each and every food joints in Bangalore are tidy and offer affordable tasty food of many varieties.
If this is your first time in Bangalore take a few days to go around. I will be writing in detail about my trip to Bangalore soon and you can refer to that too.
We stayed overnight at Bangalore. Had my fav BUCKET BIRIYANI at Kammanahalli for dinner and sponge cake from local bakery for snacks. Don't miss these mouth watering delights. People say eat light while travelling.....OH COME ON!! Being a die hard fan of Anthony Bourdain, I can't suppress my love for food or my humongous hunger pangs😆
Bangalore to Mysore - 144KMS
Mysore is a small city, with strong history and beautiful architecture. I have been visiting Mysore since my childhood and yet the city has never stopped to amaze me. As a child I remember the sandal wood fragrance floating all over the market place and the beautiful huge Mysore Maharaja Palace. Have wondered how it would feel to be the Maharaja. As I grew I understood, IT WAS NOT EASY AT ALL FOR HIM. Thats life!!😇
The entire day till about 3PM was used to check out the palace, Chamundeshwari temple and Nandi hills. The Indian gooseberry served in the traditional way with the combination of Chillipowder and salt is my respite for the sunny day and also brings back nostalgic memories of my childhood.
Please don't judge me, because lunch was again biriyani. Hanumanth biriyani house is a tiny place but you need to wait in line to get a table. I was not very happy about the cleanliness of the place but the food was very tasty and this biriyani tasted very different from all the biriyani's I have had.
Mysore to Coorg - 119KMS
By 3AM, we met our family friend who joined us to Coorg. His wife belonged to Coorg and so for obvious reasons other than hanging out, he became our guide too. On the way to Coorg we took a break for tea. Me and my kids had cold coffee at Cafe Coffee Day while the men went to the local chai wala.
We reached the top by around 6PM and it was already late. The last part of travel was trecherous as there was not light. It starts to become dark by 5PM. But our friend knew the place and roads so well, we did'nt find it much difficult rather adventurous.🚵🚗.
Stay at Coorg is very easy and comfortable. Almost every other local houses offer bed and breakfast. We booked an entire house for ourselves as we were joined by my friends family too. My lovely friend met us with a traditional home cooked dinner, steamed rice balls with chicken stew. What else can I ask for.
The night was filled with laughter, food and drinks of all varieties of Coorg cuisine, courtesy our friends. We talked for hours about their college days, other friends and sweet memories of our past travels.
Coorg Diaries.....coming up in my next blog. Keep reading for me to keep blogging.😊
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