LOGS OF - AHMEDABAD - DELHI - UTTRANCHAL- AHMEDABAD - 2006
LEGENDS: BP = Bypass,  L = Left, R = Right,  S = Straight, ODO = Odometer, fts= height in feets
			KMs RUN
PLACE	ODO	TIME	& HEIGHT	REMARKS
13/102006
Vastrapur Lake, Ahmedabad	16410	0515AM
Round turn Gandhinagar	16430			Excellent Signage / 4 trak
Took L. Turn to Himatnagar	16449
Toll Gate  khatpur	16472	610		Toll Rs.30/-
Himatnagar round turn		625		S= Udaipur 174
Motara toll gate	16527	641
Shymalaji toll gate	165444	650		Toll Rs.25/-
RTO check post	16555	655
Toll Gate Khervada	16595	728		Toll Rs.20/-
Toll Gate Padmna	16631	754		Toll Rs.35/-
Toll Gate Udaipur bypass	16665	815		Rs.5/-
Took R.Turn to Chittaurgarh	16677	837		No. proper signage, look out for  Chittaurgarh turnoff.
Toll Gate Mangalwad	16728	913		Nice 4 track Road for a long distance
4 lane ends near Ch'garh	16771	938		Work going on for 32 KMS, slow traffic.
Circuit House, Ch'garh	16785	947
Took LT towards Bhilwara	16786	952
Railway underpass	16798	1006		Gutted Road, slow traffic
4 lane starts- work going on	16803	1015
Toll gate Ganganagar	16808	1019		Toll Rs.40/-
Toll gate ????	16891	1109		Toll Rs. 55/-
Bandanware	16933	1132
Turn off to Nasirabad	16955	1144		L-turn to Nasirabad
Kishanarh bypass	16985	1202pm
Lunch Break	16995	1220		Caution: Need to take R.Turn on the flyover towards Jaipur
Hotel Panghat, Nasirabad		100		Decent place, decent food.
Toll gate Kishangarh	16997	112		Rs.55/-  6 lane highway starts
Toll gate exit	17070	203		Same receipt for exit, no fees.
????	???	214		Turn from Bridge - L= Delhi, R=Agra
Toll Plaza	17110	235		Rs. 20/-
Jaipur by pass/ toll road ends	17131	247
Toll Plaza / Manorpur	17140	258
Shahpur/ traffic block	17150	308		Lots of truckers on both sides / chaotic traffic
Kotputli / traffic block	17195	343
Haryana Border	17244	421
Toll gate / Bilaspur	17290	453		Toll Rs.55/-
Gurgaon	17313	510
Star Mall	17320	600		Got lost in traffic, took lots of wrong turns and somehow
Ghaziabad / Dabur	17375	830		reached Gaziabad
Total for the day			965 kms
14/10/2006				Rest @ Gaziabad
Local run
Total for the day			10  kms
15/10/2006
Dabur / Ghaziabad	17385	630am
Took L.turn to Meerut	17401	710
Railway Crossing	17402	712
Took R. turn to Meerut	17407	718
Murad Nagar	17416	726
Modinagar	17426	736
Took L. turn to Haridwar	17438	749
Railway Crossing	17454	805		R= Meerut City, 4 track road begins
Mawana turn off	17464	825		L = Mawana = 25 kms , 4 track ends
Khatwali	17481	848
Stop @ Cheetal Park	17484	855		B'fast break, Very Good 2/3 B'kfast options around.
		936
Took R. Turn to Haridwar	17499	1009		Railway Crossing Stop
		1015
Bijnur turn off	17504	1027		R = Bijnur = 50 Kms.
Took R. Turn to Haridwar	17515	1037
Unmarked Humps	17531	1052
Durkaji	17535	1056
Uttranchal Border	17538	1105
Roorkee Cantonment	17556	1126		L=Dheradun 71, R=Haridwar = 12
Bahadarabad	17577	1154
Haridwar / Mayadevi Parking	17591	1230	982 fts	Halt to Hotel Haveli Hari Ganga / Haridwar
Total for the day			206  kms
16/10/2006
Mayadevi Parking	17591	920 am
Chandi Bridge	17592	933
Took L. to Rishikesh	17593	934
Rajaji National Park	17594	936		Entry fees for car - Rs.100/-
Chittapur House	17600	948
Took L. Turn to Swarghashram	17622	1020		Sight Seeing &  lunch @ Chootiwala
Took R.Turn 2 Parasu Barrage	17639	203 pm
Dherdhoom Chowk	17645	230		R=Rishikesh, L= Devprayag
Shivpuri Bridge	17664	304		Bad roads for 35 kms, road work going on
Biasi Village	17681	322
Camp Site	17683	330	1700 fts	Camp 5 elements, 3 Kms before Kaudiyala Village
Total for the day			92  kms
17/10/2005
Rest @ Campsite
Total for the day			0  kms
18/10/2006
Camp site	17683	805
Kaudiyala Village	17686	811
Alaknanda/Bhagirati Sangam	17717	855		Devprayag = Sangam view point / must photo stop
		910
Kirtinagar  Bridge	17748	954
Srinagar - stop to meet friend	17750	1000
		1030
Khakhra Bridge	17773	1118
Photo stop	17785	1135		Beautiful, rolling hills, hanging bridge and river deep down
		1145
Rudraprayag City	17786	1158
Took L. Turn to Guptkashi	17787	1211pm
Tilwara	17796	1234		Enter NH- 109
Agastyamuni	17804	1246		Heavy rains start, temp 10 Degrees.
Chandrapuri bridge	17804	105
Bhiri	17816	121
4 Dham Camp / Guptkashi	17831	145
Local Run	17831	600		Local run to Viswanath Temple
	17836	700 pm
Total for the day			153  kms
19/10/2006
4 Dham Camp	17836	556 am
Phatak	17847	618
Rampur	17858	635
Sitapur	17860	640
Sonprayag	17861	643		Bad stretch of road, boulders and rocks, landslide clearance
Gaurikund	17867	702	6500 fts
Rambara		1100am	9000 fts
Kedarnath Temple	14	0100 pm	11924 fts	From Gaurikund the trek goes up almost 5500 feet up, 14 kms.
Rambara		400	9000 fts	There was snow fall and rain.  Temp 4 Degrees. One can walk up,
Gaurikund	14	600	6500 fts	use phony or hire a  "DHOL" (4 people carrying you on  a
	28kms			chair strapped to bamboo contraption)
				Car Battery drained off  due to alarm being on,  left car
				at  Gaurikund for the night, police were very co-operative.
Total for the day			31  kms
20/10/2006
Gaurikund	17867	1000am		Arranged spare battery and started car, great help from jeep drivers.
4 Dham Camp,	17897	1130
Guptkashi	17899	1232 pm		Petrol Stop
Took L.T to Chopta	17906	1254		Need to take Left turn on the bridge here for Joshimath & Badarinath
Ukhimath	17912	103	4500 fts	Roads OK, secondary roads.
Dugalbitta	17934	143		Look out for local Jeeps doing Shumi stunts.
Mandal	17969	305
Gopeshwar	17982	338
Chamoli	17992	357	960 mtrs	LT to Joshimath =50 kms. NH - 58 here onwards
Birahi	17998	406		Beautiful conifer country, river on one side and nice twisted climbs.
Pipalkothi	18008	422
Helang	18028	459		Road work going on in patches
4 Dham Camp, Joshimath	18041	530	6150 fts
Total for the day			174  kms
21/10/2006
4 Dham Camp	18041	0615 am		Caught the 0630 Gate to Badari, Light traffic
Stop at Gate		620
Gate opens		635
Vishnuprayag Bridge	18051	658
Pandukesar Gate stop	18064	725	6450 fts	Road work going on in patches
Gate opens		740
Hydroelectric Project Cross	18070	754		Some sections of roads  are only stones and boulders
Hanumanchatti	18075	805	8000 fts	Steep, twisty, uphill roads  from here to Badarinath
Badarinath	18087	830	10432 fts	Light rain, snowfall and heavy fog, had to use fog lamps and drive
				very very slow, temp  outside was 5 degrees.
				Visit to temple, Break fast etc
Mana village and local run				Mana is the last village in India this side.
Badarinath Gate	18090	200 pm
Hanuman chatti, Stop	18102	215		Stop at Temple. (Here's where Bhim had to lift Hanumanji's tail and
Start		225		failed as per Mahabharat )
Lambagarh powerhouse	18114	235
Pandukesar - Gate stop	18118	248
Gate opens		310
Vishnuprayag Bridge	18128	328
4 Dham Camp, Joshimath	18138	350
Total for the day			97   kms
22/10/2006
Local Run - Auli Ropeway		1100 am	10323 fts	GMVN Rope way goes up 1000 ft + near to the Auli Skiing Camp,
& Sankar Acharya temple etc	18145	300 pm		Rs.400/- per person. Good SUV can drive almost up to the camp.
				New Ice Skating ring being built buy GMVN
Total for the day			7   kms
23/10/2006
4 dham camp	18145	730 am
Helang	18158	804
Pipalkoti	18179	840
Barahi	18188	858
Chamoli	18195	908		RT to Chopta
Maithana	18200	918
Nandaprayag	18206	930
Lamgasu	18217	953
B'kfast stop	18218	1020		Stop by river side for packed b'kfast
Start		1030
Karnaprayag	18225	1040		To go to Nainatal, need to take OLD BRIDGE and LT to GWALDHAM
Took LT to Gwaldham	18234	1108		RT takes you to Ghaarsan, one can get easily lost here.
Nagav	18248	1129		From here on, sharp, narrow twisties, level roads.  Watch out for
Narayanbagar	18254	1138		buses/ jeeps on blind turns, deep gorge and river on one side
Bad Stretch of roads starts	18255	1145		Bad Stretch of roads for 10 km starts here
Tharali	18272	1209 pm		Beautiful mountain country all the way from Chamoli to Kasauni
Bad Stretch ends	18283	1235		Relatively good roads here on
Gwaldham	18294	1255
Sirkote	18301	119
Dhanoli	18311	144
Baidyanath Temple Stop	18316	210		Beautiful old temple. Man sized fishes on the river near temple.
start		240
Sun n Snow Hotel, Kasauni	18334	330
Total for the day			189  kms
24/10/2006
Sun n Snow Hotel, Kasauni	18334	1046am
Took RT to Almora				RT to Almora = 56 KMS
Someswar	18347	1108		Exceptionally smooth and  good roads for 21 kms from Kasauni
Koshi bazaar	18375	1153
Petrol Stop @ Amlora entry	18383	1214 pm	5481 fts	IOC pump, 3/4 petrol pumps here, Almora By pass also starts here
start		1220
Suyalbadi	18405	1250		NH - 87 Extension - Excellent Roads all the way to Nainital
Kaligarh	18410	100		RT - Raniket -31 kms
Khaina	18420	112
Garm Pani	18421	115
Kainchidham	18431	127
Bhavali	18438	138
Stop to meet Mr.Kumar	18440	142		Met Mr.Kumar & family on his  Scorpio going up to Uttranchl
start		155
Naini Retreat	18453	245	6453 fts
Total for the day			119  kms
25/10/2006
Local Run	18453	1100 am		Local run to Zoo, lake etc.
	18464	0500 pm
Total for the day			11  kms
26/10/2006
Naini Retreat	18464	855 am		NH 87 - Excellent roads till Kothagodam
Jeolikot	18485	940
Kothagodam	18502	1009
Took RT towards Delhi	18508	1013
Railway Crossing- stop	18514	1019
Start		1025
Took LT towards Delhi	18515	1020
Lalkua	18527	1037
Pathar chatta	18542	1051
Rudrapur Round Turn	18549	1059		Rudrapur Bus stop on the Left
2nd round turn, Rudrapur	18550	1101		Look out for Signage, pot holed roads
Railway Crossing	18553	1106
Sales tax check post	18555	1110		R- Kashipur= 55KM, L-Kacha =15 Km
Unmarked bumps	18563	1111		Look out for these, hits you when you pick up speed
Traffic Block	18565	1121
Bilaspur	18565	1122		Thick unruly traffic, narrow pot holed roads; lost 10 mts in block
Rampur	18589	1149		Another patch of very vary bad roads for about 7 Kms
Took RT towards Delhi	18593	1159
Railway crossing - stop	18599	1211
start		1222
Moradabad by pass	18610	1230		17 kms of excellent toll road
Took Left fork on the BP road	18612	1234		The  BP road forks off, take L.Turn to Delhi
Toll Gate	18622	1240		Toll Rs.10/-
Toll Gate	18629	1243		Caution needed; 4 lining road work going on all along
Overbridge work going on	18631	1247		Chaotic, unorganized traffic.
Joya ( Amroha)	18652	112		RT - Bijnur
Gajrola Junction	18675	130
Gadh Mukeswar	18693	156		R-Meerut, S- Gaziabad
Dasna Toll Gate	18752	258		Toll Rs.55/-
Took R-turn -Gaziabad @ signal	18753	300
Took L. Turn  @ Highway	18762	313
Took L. Turn @ Dabur	18765	320
Supertech Residency, Gaziabad	18766	325
Total for the day			402  kms
27//10/2006 & 28/10/2006				Rest @ Gaziabad
Local Run	18853
Total for the day			87  kms
29/10/2006
Suppertek Residency, Gaziabad	18853	905 am
LT to Ghazipur	18855	907
Ghazipur Red Light	18858	915
Nizzamudhin Bridge	18863	923
Moolchand underpass	18871	933
Gurgaon	18880	943
Manasar	18917	1027
Bilaspur toll gate	18929	1038
LT to Bhiwandi	18940	1052
Rajastan RTO chek post	18980	1117
Behror	19001	1130
Kotputli	19025	1149
Toll Gate Manoharpasa	19079	1230 PM
Daulatpur toll gate	19109	1253
Bagroda, Jaipur	19124	117		10 mts/- Petrol Stop
GVK Expressway	19135	140		Excellent Expressway
Toll Gate check out	19223	218		Need to show receipt at exit, preserve toll token
Took LT to Nazirabad	19227	218		4 track road - NH - 79
Nazirabad BP- Turn off	19262	240
Bandanwara	19286	304
Vijayanagar	19309	317
Toll Gate Kanwaliyas	19329	330
Bhilwara	19367	353
Gandhinagar Bhilwara	19378	419
Local Run	19398
Total for the day			545  kms
30/10/2006
Bhilwara- Gandhi Nagar	19398	*230 pm		* Had to follow an ambulance from Bhilwara to Ahmedabad
Chittaurgarh	19450	450		and chek on the patient on and off ; took 9 hours of slow drive
Udaipur BP	16570	650
Shymalaji check post	19691	830
Gandhinagar	19805	1030
SAL HOSPITAL, AHMEDABAD	19822	1100
Vastrapur	19825	0100am
Total for the day			427  kms
TOTAL FOR TRIP			3415 kms
3415 kms / 260 ltrs of petrol = 13.13 km/ltr ( People + Luggage Load = about 325 KG) A/C on 50% of times
Was driving at high speeds with the taco most of the time above 3K. 1400 Kms of  mountain  roads with  steep up hill roads,
down hills with low gear driving.  On 1400 Kms of hills, could use overdrive for about 50 Kms only.