Showing posts with label Mussoorie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mussoorie. Show all posts

Saturday, 4 January 2020

Gwalior to Dehradun to Mussoorie, route and itinerary by Anoop Sawant in December 2019



Anoop Sawant, a resident of Gwalior drove 1200 odd kms covering Gwalior - Delhi - Dehradun - Mussoorie - Noida - Gwalior in his Nexon XM petrol during the first week December 2019.

His son was passing out from Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun.

Day 1: He drove on Mumbai - Agra highway up to Agra, a stretch of 120 odd kms. Then on Agra - Noida Yamuna Expressway for another 160 kms. From Noida he drove on Eastern Peripheral Expressway up to Meerut. Thereafter, it was single road for 30 odd kms via Hans Canal Road. Finally it was Saharanpur - Dehradun Highway.
The 557 kms was traversed in 10 hrs.

Day 2: After finishing the passing out program in Dehradun they went to Mussoorie, an hour's drive on a hilly terrain.

Day 3: Mussoorie.

Day 4: They stayed in Mussoorie for 2 nights and drove back to NOIDA and stayed the night at Noida. 

Day 5: Drove back home from Noida to Gwalior.
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* Gwalior to Dehradun
* Gwalior to Mussoorie
* Indian Roadie Preferred Route
* Itinerary

Thursday, 18 September 2014

1969 North India drive in a Standard10 car with Baba Ma

In 1969 (hopefully, I'm getting the year right), when I was barely 7 years old, my parents took me out on a 3000+ kms drive from my hometown Barakar (near Asansol) to Allahabad, Agra, Faridabad, N.Delhi, Haridwar, DehraDun, Mussoorie, Nainital, Lucknow, Varanasi and back to Barakar in September/ October (during the Durga Puja vacation) in this miniature Standard 10 car that you get to see in the pic.
There was no Golden Quadrilateral and NH2 (popularly, known as the GT Road) had more potholes than bitumen on the road surface. I fail to fathom how 5 adults and 2 kids including my younger brother and me fitted into this matchbox
Thank you baba and ma for making me the Indian Roadie that I am today and for whatever professional success I've achieved in life.