Goa to Mysore on February 2021 by Barry Smith

Drive report Panjim (Goa) to Mysuru in early February 2021 by Barry Smith in the first person: 

Left Panjim at 12.00 noon and drove via Old Goa, Ponda to reach Molem. Decent roads, not much traffic. Molem to Hubli roads are decent expect for 10 kms from border inside Karnataka very bad roads. From Ramnagar to Dharwad  toll road and.  not much traffic. Reached Dharwad by 4.30 pm..Dharwad to Davengere good road except a few diversions  for road work. Reached Davengere by 7.30. Took a 2 hour break  . Davengere to Chitradurga was horrifying because every few kms  you have diversions. From Chitradurga to Tumkur it's a beautiful 4 lane way . I was able to cover in 2 hours. Took the deviation from Tumkur to reach maddur via kunigal. It's a state highway but a very smooth road with one toll. From maddur to mysuru speed slows you down because of road widening. Reached Mysuru by 3.00 am. Overall I prefer this route to drive from Goa to Mysuru.