My Travel by Road
The following are the road journeys done by me by year.
Note: Road journeys of less than 400 Kms are not included in the below list
- Vehicles: Ford Fusion and Toyota Qualis
- Period: May-June 2011
- Distance: 7,000 Kms
- Time: 33 days
- Passengers: Aradhana Asawa, Archana Jaju, Family Members, Fredrick D'Souza's Family, and Rita (Ankita) Jaju, Rohan Asawa
- Route: Jamshedpur - Tiring - Jashipur - Kendujhar - Pallihara - Deoghar -Sambalpur (Night Halt) - Bargarh - Sohaila - Pithora - Aurangga - Raipur - Rajnandgaon - Deori - Bhandara - Nagpur - Khusrapar - Telegaon (Night Halt) - Amravati - Akola - Khamgaon - Malkapur - Bhusawal - Jalgaon - Sillod - Aurangabad - Ahmednagar - Pune (Night Halt) - Nalgaon - Shirwal - Mahabaleshwar (Night Halt) - Panchgani - Kudal - Satara - Karad - Kholapur -Gaganbawra - Vaibhavwadi - Kokisare - Kasarde - Kankavli - Kasal - Kudal - Sawantwadi - Banda - Chikali - Mapusa/Goa (Night Halt) - Panjim - Sanquelim - Kankumbi - Habbanatti - Belgundi - Belgaum (Night Halt) - Yargatti - Lokhapur - Jamkhandi - Banetti - Babaleshwar - Bijapur (Night Halt) - Zalki - Mangalwedha - Sholapur - Tuljapur - Latur - Mukhed - Narsi - Biloli - Dharmabad - Basar (Night Halt) - Nizamabad - Armur - Nirmal - Dharmabad - Sarangpur - Kamareddy - Ramayampet - Hyderabad (Night Halt) - Bhongir - Yadgirgutta - Jangaon - Nallikodur - Mahbubabad - Yellandu - Paloncha - Bhadrachalam (Night Halt) - Kukunuru - Vutlapalli - Aswaraopet - Koyyalgudem - Rajahmundry (Night Halt) - Dowlaiswaram - Pasalpudi - Draksharamam - Yanam/Puducherry - Kadiam - Rajahmundry - Yarravaram - Annavaram - Tuni - Boddavaram - MB Patnam - Narsipatnam - Tallapalem - Ankapalle - Visakhapatnam - Rushikonda - Bheemunipatnam - Visakhapatnam - Simhachalam - Srungavarapu Kota - Anantagiri - Araku - Borra Caves - Visakhapatnam (Night Halt) - Srikakulam - Narasannapet - Ichhapuram - Berhampur - Khalikot (Chilka lake) - Khordha - Bhubaneswar (Night Halt) - Pipli - Nimapada - Konark - Bhubaneswar - Sakhigopal - Puri - Satapada (Chilka lake) - Puri - Nagapur - Gop - Bhubaneswar - Cuttack - Bhadrak - Soro - Chandipur (Night Halt) - Balasore - Baripada - Baharagoda - Ghatshila - Jamshedpur
- Vehicle: Ford Fusion
- Period: March 2011
- Distance: 650 Kms
- Time: 3 Days
- Passengers: Family Members
- Route: Jamshedpur - Tamar - Khunti - Torpa - Kolebira - Simdega - Rourkela (Night Halt) - Chandiposh - Barakot - Kendujhar - Jhashipur - Rairangpur - Tiring - Jamshedpur
Vehicle: Maruti 800 || Period: October 2010 || Distance: 400 Kms || Time: 3 Days || Passengers: Family Members Route: Pune - Saswad - Jejuri - Nira - Lonand - Phaltan - Dharampuri (Night Halt) - Shikar Shinganapur - Dahiwadi - Phaltan - Lonand - Jhejuri - Pune
Vehicle: Maruti Zen || Period: October 2010 || Distance: 500 Kms || Time: 3 Days || Passengers: Family Members Route: Chandigarh - Chandi mandir - Zirakpur - Derra Bassi - Shehzadpur - Nahan - Poantha Sahib - Dehradun - Mussoorie - Dehradun - Saharanpur - Chandigarh
Vehicle: Tata Indica || Period: July 2010 || Distance: 400 Kms || Time: 2 Days || Passengers: Family Members Route: Pune - Saswad - Shirwal - Satara - Mahabaleshwar (Night Halt) - Panchgani - Shirwal - Pune
Vehicle: Ford Fusion || Period: May 2010 || Distance: 4,300 Kms || Time: 16 Days || Passengers: Aradhana Asawa, Family Members, and Rohan Asawa Route: Jamshedpur - Balrampur - Jhalda - Gola - Bokaro (Night Halt) - Phusro - Bagodar - Barhi - Dhobi - Bodh Gaya - Gaya (Night Halt) - Dhobi - Dehri-on-Sone - Mohania (Saw a freshly smashed women's body lying on road) - Banaras - Jaunpur - Sultanpur - Ayodhya (Night Halts) - Kurebar - Bilaspur - Chanda - Jaunpur - Banaras - Sangam Allahabad (Night Halt) - Fatehpur - Kanpur (Night Halt) - Etawah - Shikhohabad - Firozabad - Agra (Night Halt, One passenger suffers Diarrhea) - Hathras - Aligarh - Khurja - Bulandsahar - Hapur (Night Halt) - Ghaziabad (vehicle gets dented) - Sonipat - Panipat - Kurukshetra - Ambala - Chandigarh (Night Halts) - Raipur rani - Shehzadpur - Chandigarh - Karnal - Sonepat - Delhi (Night Halt, Drove through Sansad Marg) - Ghaziabad - Faridabad - Vrindavan (Vehicle tyre gets cut) - Mathura (Night Halt, tyre puncture) - Agra- Tundla - Etawah - Auraja - Mussanagar - Banda - Tikri - Chitrakoot (Night Halt) - Mau - Naini - Pausa - Mirzapur (new tyre puncture) - Varanasi (Night Halt, tyre purchased & another puncture) - Durgavati - Dehri-on-Sone - Sherghatti - Barhi - Hazaribagh - Ramgad - Ranchi - Tamar - Chandil - Jamshedpur
Vehicle: Ford Fusion || Period: November 2009 || Distance: 800 Kms || Time: 7 Days || Passengers: Family Members Route: Jamshedpur - Baripada - Balasore - Chandipur (Night Halt) - Balasore (Night Halt) - Bhadrak - Baharaghora - Jamshedpur
Vehicle: Ford Fusion || Period: June 2009 || Distance: 500 Kms || Time: 2 Days || Passengers: Family Members Route: Pune - Satara - Karad - Islampur - Kolhapur (Night Halt) - Kirloskarwadi - Karad - Pune
Vehicle: Ford Fusion || Period: March 2009 || Distance: 800 Kms || Time: 3 Days || Passengers: Family Members and Fredrick D'Souza Route: Jamshedpur - Purulia - Adra - Chittaranjan (Night Halt) - Jamtara - Deoghar (Night Halt) - Godda - Dumka - Rampurhat - Siuri - Ranigunj - Bankura - Manbazar - Jamshedpur
Vehicle: Toyota Qualis || Period: January 2009 || Distance: 2,000 Kms || Time: 3 Days || Passengers: Fredrick D'Souza and Self Route: Jamshedpur - Baharaghora - Sambalpur - Raipur (Night Halt) - Nagpur - Dongargarh - Rajgangpur - Raipur - Saraipalli - Bargarh (Night Halt) - Sambalpur - Barakot - Kendujhar - Kiching - Kumardungi - Chaibasa - Jamshedpur
Vehicle: Ford Fusion || Period: September 2008 || Distance: 2,500 Kms || Time: 8 Days || Passengers: Family Members, Fredrick D'Souza, and Tiwari Aunty Route: Jamshedpur - Balrampur - Baghmundi (Road damaged & returned back) - Balrampur - Purulia - Gola - Ramgad - Hazaribagh (Night Halt) - Dhobi - Bodh Gaya - Gaya - Sherghatti - Sasaram - Banaras (Night Halt) - Jaunpur - Sultanpur - Ayodhya (Night Halts) - Kurebar - Pratapgarh -Sangam - Allahabad - Mau - Karvi _Chitrakoot (Night Halt) - Satna - Maihar - Umaria (Night Halt) - Shahdol - Dhanpuri - Rajendranagar - Amarkantak - Gaurella - Pasan - Jatga - Darri (Night Halt) - Korba - Dharamjaygad - Pathalgaon - Bandar Chua - Kunkuri - Jaspur - Gumla - Bero - Ranchi - Ramgad (Night Halt) - Rajrappa - Jhalda - Baghmundi - Chandil - Jamshedpur
Vehicle: Ford Fusion || Period: June 2008 || Distance: 800 Kms || Time: 4 Days || Passengers: Self and Rubal Route: Jamshedpur - Dalbhumgarh - Jhargram - Kharagpur - Kolaghat - Haldia (Night Halt) - Kulghachia - Kolkata (Night Halt) - Ranghat- Mayapur (Night Halt) - Kolkata - Kharagpur (Night Halt) - Bahraghoda - Ghatshila - Jamshedpur