Abhijeet Kale, a resident of Thane, Maharashtra is the proud owner of a beautiful blue KIA Seltos (HTX Diesel MT) which was delivered to him on 26th October 2019.
Abhijeet completed a round trip of Rajasthan with family from Mumbai (Thane).
It was a total of 2951 kms of drive in 7 days.
Day 1: Started from Thane on Wednesday, 25th December 2019 at 7am and reached Udaipur at 8pm. Total distance 760 kms.
Day 2: 26th December, visited Chittorgarh Fort and back to Udaipur for overnight stay. 250 kms drive. It took whole day for visit.
It's a great comfort if one can actually drive own car and visit all places. While returning had Daal Bati Churma at famous restaurant Sharma Bhojnalay.
Day 3: 27th December, visited City Palace in Udaipur and left for Jodhpur via Haldighati.
Since it was peak holiday season, there was a huge rush every where in Udaipur and therefore decided not to waste any more time in Udaipur since he had to reach his pre-booked desert camp in Jaisalmer on 28th.
Udaipur to Jaisalmer is approx 490 kms and the navigation system showed a 9 - 10 hrs drive. He decided to break journey and visit places enroute.
With proper planning, one can visit Haldighati, then Kumbhalgarh and halt at Jodhpur.
However, they had to give Kumbhalgarh Fort the miss as it was already past 4 pm at Haldighati.
He directly left for Jodhpur for overnight stay. Reached Jodhpur around 7.30 pm.
Day 4: On 28th December morning visited Mehrangarh Fort and started for camp site in Jaisalmer. Reached Jaisalmer by 4pm. Road was superb. He could use the cruise control without any worry.
Warning: Beware of police with speed guns 40 - 50 kms prior to Jaisalmer. Our friend got fined for overspeeding at 90 kmph while the permissible speed limit was 80 kmph. He had paid ₹400 with valid receipt and moved ahead.
The family had an amazing stay in Vinayak Desert camp in Jaisalmer. Evening sunset is a must see in the desert. He suggests going for a jeep ride, and also a camel ride. The evening cultural program at camp was enjoyable. The temperature was 6 degrees Centigrade that night.
Day 5: On 29th December they left the camp by 10am for Tanot Mata Mandir and Longewala border.
One has to take prior permission from BSF office in Jaisalmer for visiting the border post.
He recalls the amazing experience of visiting the border and speaking with our jawans there.
After the border visit he started towards Longewala Museum.
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After visiting all the Must See/ Must Visit locations, it was past 6pm. They left for Jaisalmer city for night stay.
Day 6: On 30 December morning, they checked out from hotel, visited Jaisalmer Fort. Personally he didn't like the fort at all as there was nothing much to see. The entire fort looked like any local market. Started back for Ahmedabad for night stay. Reached ahemdabad around 10.30 pm.
Day 7: On 30th December at 8.30 am started for home in Thane. Reached home by 6 pm.
During the total of 2951 kms of drive single handedly, he faced 2 issues during the trip:
1. Low Tyre pressure
2. Engine check light started glowing during the return journey, about 120 km prior to reaching Mumbai.
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* Mumbai to Udaipur
* Udaipur to Jodhpur
* Jodhpur to Jaisalmer
* Jaisalmer to Ahmedabad
* Ahmedabad to Mumbai
* Kia Seltos

