Rajahmundry-Pune

This was my last leg of the journey. I was really sad this 1 week spent at village was really good with no tension of work and good food through out the day. The ceremony went really well and my dad was free from the responsibility. Finally he went to temple after 1 year as it was the custom that he should not go to a temple in the first year after my grandma died. The D-day arrived and was shocked to see that the front fork was leaking oil. The oil seal got damaged and I didn’t saw that. There were tensions around Andhra because of the separate Telangana movement and I had to leave AP asap. So went to one of the hero Honda service stations and he said that I can drive the bike without issues for the next 2000 kms as the oil leak was took minimal. Go changed the engine oil and got the tank full as I might not get fuel because of the disturbance going around.


2:00 pm: After having lunch and some rest got back on the bike. Started back and the plan was to reach pune by 7 or 8 in the morning. Again as it was almost 1000 kms ride I took my first break after crossing Vijayawada at 4:15 pm and after 200 kms. I saw the amazingly big lord Hanuman idol and took some snaps.

6:45 pm: Reached Suryapet and it was time to have food as it’s known for tasty food. It was dark by the time I finished my so called dinner and as the entire section till Hyd was a single lane I knew that the journey will be a little tougher. By this time I covered exactly 300 kms and more 140 kms to go.

10:15 pm: Reached Hyd and then felt that I should take a break as my little sister called me and wanted me to spend the night at her place. So took rest at night as the next day was Sunday and I can afford that. So the plan was to leave early morning 4 am for pune and reach by 12 noon. but got up at 5:30.

6:15 am: started back, but the traffic has already started and I knew that I have to cover the first 300 kms in the least possible time as the road from Sholapur was not in a really good shape. So covered the first first 100 kms in 2 hours and had breakfast in Zaheerabad.

Some where after zaheerabad

11:00 am: Reached Sholapur after covering 293 kms with the bike ripping between 100-120 kms/hr. But because of the traffic it was really tough to maintain a constant speed. But still I did well and took a tea break there. After covering another 130 kms saw an accident which got the shivers run down my spine. 2 guys were on the bike and it slipped, one of them died on the spot and the other was serious. After this my speed reduced and the was driving more cautiously. Also the road conditions helped me as the last 150 kms before pune was in a really really bad shape with lot of bigggggg pot holes. Finally saw that the govt has waken up and the 4 laning of the road has started because of lot of accidents happening.

3:15 pm: Finally reached Pune (hadapsar) and met Chaitanya whom I had to return the tank bag which was really helpful during the journey and reached home at 3:45.

Covered a total of 998 kms in this final leg of the journey covering a total to 2698 kms on the entire journey.

Route taken
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Rajahmundry—Vijayawada—Hyderabad: 445 kms
Hyderabad—Sholapur—Pune: 575 kms

Time taken: 17 hours and 45 mins (night halt in Hyd)
Avg speed: 58 km/hr
Total: 998 kms