{"id":1578,"date":"2012-05-04T16:15:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T10:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/blog\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2023-04-21T12:09:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T06:39:14","slug":"bombay-to-goa-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/2012\/05\/bombay-to-goa-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombay to Goa: Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please Note: This is an extension of my earlier post on a road trip from Bombay to Goa<\/a>. Read that to get additional dope on this subject.<\/em><\/p>\n

This April, we made a second road trip to Goa and back. This time around, however, we were far more experienced about what to expect. (For the record, the Mumbai-Pune-Kolhapur-Nipani-Ajara-Amboli-Sawantwadi-Mapusa route is still the best route to take.) I’m sharing my log file with you since many of you have written in about how helpful you found those pointers…<\/p>\n

Bombay to Goa<\/p>\n

We decided to get a two hour headstart by starting off from Pune early morning. So we ended up staying over in Pune one day prior to departure. In hindsight, that didn’t help much since the time on road (including breaks) from Pune to Goa also ended up taking 12 hours.<\/p>\n

0545,\u00a00 kms\u00a0– Started from Pune (near Baner) via Katraj bypass
\n0625, 36 kms\u00a0– Passed by McDonald’s @ Khedshivpur
\n0711, 80 kms – End of Khandala (Satara) ghats
\n0750, 96 kms – Clean loo, Petrol pump n Restaurant
\n0950, 208 kms – Passed by Sai Food Court
\n1000, 217 kms\u00a0– Kini Toll Plaza
\n1025, 240 kms – Passed by\u00a024-hr McD (Kolhapur)\u00a0on the opp side
\n1123, 283 kms – Turn off NH4 towards Goa @ Hotel Kavery\u00a0(very clean Indian-style loo for ladies)
\n1245, 325 kms – Hotel Minerva Paradise. Very clean loos + Lunch break 1 hr
\n1430, 362 kms – Passed by Kamat’s @ Amboli just before the ghats begin
\n1500, 378 kms – End of Amboli ghats<\/p>\n

(Then we took a left for a shortcut to Mapusa, but you should avoid it as it’s an unpaved\u00a0narrow that bypasses Sawantwadi; Go via Sawantwadi instead)<\/p>\n

1545, 395 kms – Turn on to NH 17
\n1622, 426 kms – Turn right for Mapusa city
\n1645, 440 kms – Reached Hotel in Baga<\/p>\n

Goa to Bombay<\/p>\n

On the way back, we decided to split the journey at Kolhapur which is almost midway in terms of time taken.<\/p>\n

0835, 0 kms reading – Started from Baga towards Mapusa, then onto NH17 for Sawantwadi
\n1020, 59 kms – Sawantwadi ends
\n1045, 72 kms – Amboli ghats begin
\n1140, 88 kms – Ghats end @\u00a0Kamat’s. (Loos not too functional)
\n1240, 120 kms – Hotel Minerva Paradise about 1 km before Ajara town
\n1345, 160 kms – Turn onto NH4
\n1430, 210 kms – Reached our Hotel in Kolhapur<\/p>\n

Next day…<\/p>\n

0915, 00 kms – Started from Kolhapur
\n1125, 137 kms – Anewadi Toll Plaza
\n1150, 166 kms – End of Satara (Khandala) ghats – bypassed through tunnel
\n1210, 187 kms – Big Kamat’s for lunch stop upto 1 pm
\n1325, 212 kms – New Katraj tunnel to enter Pune city
\n1415, 249 kms – Turn onto Pune-Mumbai Expressway
\n1520, 342 kms – Expressway ends @ Kharghar
\n1610, 371 kms – Airoli Toll Booth
\n1645, 382 kms – Home<\/p>\n

Special thanks to the missus for logging in all this info on her cellphone throughout the drive. Have a safe one…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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