ROR = Road on Right.
ROL = Road on Left.
NH = National Highway.
SH = State Highway.
NE = National Expressway.
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In a diverse country like India, road travel is the ideal way to rejuvenate the mind, health and thought process. Indian Roadie is an ode, a celebration to our romantic country, India. Indian Roadie is for all car, bike and road travel enthusiasts. There's a lot to learn from every km of Indian roads. Indian Roadie is an initiative by Marketingpundit.com (the virtual space identity of Deep Banerjee).
An IndianRoadie follower with wife and another couple drove to Nepal from Kolkata and back for a relaxed 12 days trip in their Maruti Swift Dzire Petrol in early November 2017.
Day 1: Kolkata (5.30am Dankuni toll plaza) - Muzaffarpur (6.30pm) via Asansol, Topchanchi, Barhi, Nawada, Biharsharief, Patna, Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Hajipur.
Day 2 : Muzaffarpur (6.30am) - Motihari - Raxaul border - Birganj - Chitwan (2.30pm).
Day 3 : Elephant safari + Jeep safari.
Day 4 : Chitwan (7.00am) - Pokhara (3.00pm).
Day 5: Pokhara sightseeing.
Day 6: Pokhara local.
Day 7: Pokhara (7.30am) - Kathmandu (3.00pm).
Day 8: Kathmandu and surroundings, viz. Bhaktapur, Patan, Sunset point.
Day 9: Kathmandu local sightseeing.
Day 10: Kathmandu (6.00am) - Birganj - Raxaul - Motihari - Muzaffarpur - Patna (7.00pm).
Day 11: Patna (6.30am) - Bodh Gaya (12 noon) .
Day 12: Bodh Gaya (9.30am) - lunch at Topchanchi - Asansol - Durgapur - Kolkata (7.30pm).
Note:
NH19 is in excellent shape all along.
NH31 after the Tilaiya Dam upto Biharsharief is in very bad shape with huge craters. They found atleast 6 - 8 trucks with broken axles in that stretch.
Bakhtiyarpur to Patna is toll road and a great pleasure to drive on.