Road trip from Kolkata to Kausani, Munsiyari, Pilbhit and back by Indian Roadie Sajjan Tailor in May 2019

Road trip from Kolkata to Kausani, Munsiyari in Uttarakhand and Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in UP and back Ford Endeavour. 

The drive was planned on 8th May 2019, we were on the road on 12th May 2019. 

Indian Roadie Debashis Mukherjee, his colleague in Navy Harsh Bhargava flew in from Hyderabad to join us in the drive.

We all three were 60 plus years of age and grandfathers. 

Day 1, 12th May 2019, Kolkata-Varanasi, 690 kms, 13 hrs.

We started at 4.30 AM and reached at 5.30 PM. We stayed in Army officers mess.

Day 2, 13th May 2019, Varanasi-Bareily, 550 kms. 11 hrs.

We started at 6.00 AM and drove via Jaunpur - Machli shahar - Pratapgarh - Raebareli-Lucknow - Hardoi. We stayed in Army Officers Mess.

Day 3, 14th May 2019, Bareilly - Kausani, 250 kms. 7 hrs 29 minutes.

We stayed at Kausani in KMVN Rest House. This is ideal place to stay with panoramic view of mountain peaks Trishul and Panchchuli.

Day 4, 15th May 2019, stay in Kausani.

We enjoyed the sun rising through Panchchuli peak, visited Anashakti Ashram, Pant Musueam and Stargate Observatory.

Day 5, 16th May 2019, Kausani - Munsiyari, 165 kms, 7 hrs 30 mnts. 

Our route was Bageshwar - Chaukori - Thal - Birthi water fall - Munsiyari. We stayed at Munsiyari in KMVN Rest House. Amazing view of Panchchuli peaks from our room in the Hotel. We enjoyed the sun set over Panchchuli peak.

Day 6, 16th May 2019, Munsiyari - Chanpawat, 202 kms, 10 hrs.

In the early hours we enjoyed the sun rising through Panchchuli peak and after breakfast we started. Our route was via Pithoragarh. We checked in to KMVN Rest House for overnight stay.

Day 7, 17th May 2019, Champawat - Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, 123 kms, 3 hrs 15 mnts. 

We reached Pilibhit via Tanakpur. We checked in to THARU BAMBOO HUTS at Chuka Eco tourism spot inside the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. Chuka beach is called GOA of UP and is amazing beach on bank of Sharda river and Sharda sagar dam. We had pre booked an evening Tiger Safari and we're lucky to have had 2 Tiger sighting. Chances of sighting tigers in Pilibhit is very high.

Day 8, 19th May 2019, Pilibhit - Varanasi, 547 kms, 11 hrs.

We started early at sunrise and due to some urgency Mr Harsh had to fly to Hyderabad from Lucknow. We dropped him at Lucknow Airport and proceeded to Varanasi. We stayed in Army officers Mess.

Day 9, 20th May 2019, Varanasi - Kolkata, 680 kms, 14 hrs.

We started at 6.00 AM and reached home at 8.00 PM. 

Source: Drivelog posted by Indian Roadie Sajjan Tailor in the Indian Roadie Facebook 'group'. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianroadie/permalink/2024844477673653/ 

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Road trip from Bangalore to Bidadi for Thatte Idli and Filter Coffee by Nitin Sinha on 2021-12-11

This post is dedicated to all those who love Idli. 

Date of Journey: 11th December 2021
Car: Ford Endeavor 
 
Bangalore - Bidadi - Bangalore 

Bidadi is a small town on the outskirts of Bangalore on the Mysore Road. The place is famous for what is called as “Thatte Idli” 
This is different form regular Idli in the sense that it’s larger in size (circumference) and a bit thicker too.
On the road one will find numerous shops selling Thatte Idli. 

On 2021-12-11 morning we thought of going to this place and taste the mouth watering Idli. We started around 7:00 in the morning. Took the regular MG Road, Hudson circle, city market, Kengeri route to Bidadi. Took around an hour in the morning to reach this place.
It has a huge parking space and that’s an advantage with the ongoing road widening work on the BLR-Mysore route.
The taste of Idli and Chutney is amazing! The Idli was so soft that it would as if melt in the mouth 😋😋. It was looking so nice while served that before taking the pic itself we had one bite of it 😊 
Post Idli, it’s customary to have the steaming filter coffee and we had that too. 
On return, we took the NICE road to reach Bangalore. The longer route took around 1:15 mins. Concrete work on the NICE road is ongoing for some portions between Mysore Road entrance to Electronics City/ Hosur Road exit. Otherwise it’s a pleasure to drive on this road. 
Courtesy: @Nitin Sinha
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Ford Endeavour HR06AN0016 crashed into truck from behind in Haryana on 2021-08-19, driver died

A Ford Endeavour bearing registration number HR06AN0016 (Panipat RTO registered) driven by one Chirag Miglani crashed from behind into an Ashok Leyland container truck (HR65A6989) in broad daylight on 2021-08-19 on a 4 lane wide flyover on national highway (erstwhile, G.T.Road) in Gharaunda, Haryana. 

The owner driver of the severely mangled SUV died on the spot. Even while the mishap was being reported, the dead driver remained trapped in the SUV. A lady (wife of the deceased) and two more male youngsters (reportedly, their children) who were in the car were severely injured and were sent to a private hospital in Karnal. 

The family was on their way from Panipat to Chandigarh to attend a birthday party. 

We wonder what the new age, supposedly tech savvy, educated in 'Detroit' roadies with lots of cash in the bank but bereft of grey matter in the top storey and still breathing, with a mobile or laptop keyboard in front of them would say to this. Their intolerant and know-it-all behavior when it comes to road travel and automobiles would invariably make them point all fingers at the sedate truck driver who must have been on an errand to earn just about enough money to feed himself and his dear ones! 

Just shut up with your born in the footpath knowledge of poor/ strong build quality and illegal lane driving by heavy commercial vehicles. 

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All-new Ford Bronco retro-SUV from Ford is based on the Endeavour platform

All-new #FordBronco retro-SUV from Ford is based on the Endeavour platform. However, no news of this SUV making its way to India:

Ford has been teasing its upcoming retro-SUV the Bronco since quite some time. A first image of the upcoming production-spec Bronco has surfaced on the internet. The source claims the image was clicked at a dealer meeting held by Ford where the company showed a few visuals of its upcoming retro-SUV.

For those who don't know, the Ford Bronco SUV has been an iconic off-roader that was on sale from 1966 to 1996. The company has revived the Bronco name with this new SUV twenty two years since the last Bronco rolled off the production line. While the earlier Bronco range sat on a much larger platform that also spawned popular models like the Ford F-150, the upcoming Bronco will sit on smaller underpinnings that are also shared with the Ford Ranger pickup and the Ford Endeavour (Everest) SUV which is also sold in India and many other markets.

The new Bronco is a five door SUV and not a three door model like its previous iterations. It flaunts the retro-look with some stylish design cues that makes it stand out. Upfront the round LED daytime running lamps are similar in design to the ones seen on the first-gen SUV that came out back in 1966. The grille has "FORD" written on it bang in the centre which also looks to be illuminated on the new SUV. The model's side profile is boxy but has unique character lines and blackened bits to make it look attractive. The SUV gets a contrast white roof and has an upward kink on the shoulder line just aft of its C-pillar. While there are no pictures of the rear, one can get a glimpse of large vertical LED tail lamps in the leaked image. The SUV gets black alloy wheels with chunky tyres and decent ground clearance for its off-road ready nature.

While there is no news on the powertrain options, expect Ford to equip this new SUV with a 2.3-litre EcoBoost turbo-petrol mated to a six-speed automatic sending power to all four wheels. There are chances of a petrol-hybrid version as well.

While there is no news of this SUV making its way to India, Ford is readying a mid-cycle update for the Endeavour which will reach showrooms sometime next year. The company is also working on an all-new SUV that will share underpinnings with the next-gen Mahindra XUV500.

Source:
Text - AutocarIndia
Photo - Off-Road Dot Com dated 13th November 2018.

South East Asian Odyssey (India to Indonesia) 'Record Drive' wef 28th February, 2015.

Mr.Suresh Joseph (Facebook@suresh.joseph.771) started his South East Asian Odyssey 'Record Drive' from India (Kerala) to Indonesia wef 28th February, 2015 in his Ford Endeavour.
After driving back to India, Mr.Suresh Joseph will start his Himalayan Expedition covering Bhutan, Nepal, Jammu & Kashmir.
Photo credit: Record Drive