ROAD UPDATE AS OF NOV, 2014 - - Mumbai - Bhutan - Mumbai: 7300 kms. 19 Days. Day 1 - Mumbai - Nashik - Dhule - Manpur - Ratlam - Neemuch - Chittorgarh Distance: 845 kms. Road Condition: Excellent 4 Lane highway from Mumbai to Manpur. From Manpur to Neemuch, good 2 lane highway. But Last 40 kms to reach Chittorgarh is extremely bad. Road construction work going on and lot of loose gravel, slush at certain places and oncoming traffic makes riding very difficult. Dust is soo much you will look like construction workers after you reach Chittorgarh. Day 2 - Chittorgarh - Kota - Jhansi - Orcha Distance: 532 kms Road Condition: Excellent 4 lane highway (concrete) from Chittorgarh to Kota. If you start the ride early you can get out of Kota city without much of traffic hassle. Post Kota till Jhansi is excellent roads again. We halted at Orcha for night halt based on HVK sirs recommendation which is around 18 kms from Jhansi. Day 3 - Orcha - Kanpur - Lucknow - Ayodhya Distance: 471 kms Road Condition: Good 4 lane highway from Jhansi to Kanpur. From Kanpur to Lucknow is Extreme bad roads. Feels like you are riding on Moon land surface & the road is full of pot holes. Extreme caution is required in this strecth. Lucknow to Ayodhya is a super fast 4 lane highway. Day 4 - Ayodhya - Gorakhpur BP - Muzaffarpur BP - Purnea BP - Dalkola - Kishanganj - Islampur - Bagdogra - Siliguri Distance: 852 kms Road Condition: Majority of the roads have excellent 4 lane highway. Very bad roads when u enter Bihar border for 20-30 kms and while exiting bihar border bad roads for 20 kms. Day 5 - Siliguri - Sevoke - Baintgoorie - Binnaguri - Birpara - Jaigaon - Phuentsholing Distance: 152 kms Road Condition: Hill roads and full of twisties. Two lane highway. Odd bad patches at multiple places. Day 6 - Phuentsholing - Gedu - Chapcha - Chuzhom - Thimpu Distance: 190 kms Road Condition: Complete hilly ride. Occasional potholes throughout the ride. Last 45 kms before Thimpu the good roads start. Day 7 - Thimpu Sightseeing Day 8 - Thimpu to Paro Distance: 51 kms Road Condition: Fantastic roads and full of twisties. This ride can be completed in 1 hour. Day 9 - Paro - Chele La - Haa Valley - Chuzom - Paro Distance: 171 kms Road Condition: Paro - Chele La - Haa valley has moderately bad roads but manageable. Haa valley - Chuzom - Paro has good roads overall and faster but 30 kms more than Chele La route. Day 10 - Paro - Thimpu BP - Simtoka - Dochu La - Punakha - Wangdue Distance: 135 kms. Road Condtion: Excellent roads as mentioned above from Paro to Thimpu. Do not enter Thimpu and turn towards Simtoka. Check the road open & close timings as road widening work is going on after Thimpu. Decent roads from Simtoka to Dochu La. Extreme bad roads after Dochu la till Punakha. Day 11 - Wangdue - Phobjika Valley - Pele La - Trongsa - Yotong La - Jakar - Bumthang Distance: 220 kms Road conditions: This ride a mix of good roads and bad roads. If travelling in winter expect lot of wind chill and some distance of riding in clouds. Day 12 - Bumthang Sightseeing Day 13 - Bumthang - Thrumsing La - Mongar - Trashigang Distance: 280 kms Road Condition: Overall good roads. Bad roads start around 15 kms before Thrumsing La and lasts till Namaling. Post that fantastic roads all the way till Trashigang. Day 14 - Trashigang - Samdrup Jonkar - Tamulpur - Rangiya - Guwahati Distance: 290 kms Road Condtion: Extremely bad roads & no roads at all for long distances for 150 kms once you start the ride from Trashigang and last 40 kms is excellent. The 150 kms of bad roads will easily eat up 7-8 hours of the day. Samdrup Jonkar to Guwahati has good roads. Day 15 - Guwahati - Boko - Goalpara - North Salimara - Ghauripur - Boxirhat - Tufanganj - Cooch Bihar - Falakata - Birpara - Chalsa - Sevoke - Siliguri Distance: 520 kms Road Condition: Overall good roads however from Bongoigaon till u cross WB border be careful of Bodo land as it is a high risk zone as of now. CRPF police everywhere in this area for support, stop wherever you are stopped by CRPF as they will be guiding you in case of any danger expected, Google for Bodoland to learn more. Extremely bad roads in border area till you reach Falakata. From Falakata to Siliguri via Birpara and Chalsa was excellent. Day 16 - Siliguri - Islampur - Purnea - Naugachia - Khagaria - Begusarai - Bihar Sharif - Rajgir Distance: 450 kms Road Condition: Excellent 4 lane highway till you reach 30 kms before Begusarai. Extremely bad roads 30 kms before Begusarai and 20 kms after that. Day 17 - Rajgir - Bodh Gaya - Varanasi - Allahabad Distance: 440 kms Road Condition: Excellent 4 lane highway. Day 18 - Allahabad - Kanpur - Jhansi - Lalitpur - Sagar Distance: 660 kms Road Condition: Excellent Roads. 4 Lane highway all the way till Sagar. Day 19 - Sagar - Vidisha - Bhopal - Indore - Dhule - Nashik - Mumbai Distance: 930 kms. Road Condition: Slight bad stretch on outskirts to enter Sagar and then fantastic roads all the way till Mumbai. Keep in mind to bye pass Bhopal, Indore and join NH3 some 5 kms before a place called Dewas.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:47:44 +0000