It was Christmas holidays and we wish to celebrate Christmas in Kerala because my home town was Trivandrum and my spouse was from Thrissur. How we are going to kerala? my wife asked. I have no plan in my mind I replied. Then she started explaining different possible options. A flight from Bangalore to Trivandrum, Train from Bangalore Thrissur and then to Trivandrum or by car from Bangalore to Thrissur and then in train from Thrissur to Trivandrum. We will go by car this time I announced my decision. But route till Thrissur was not clear for me but I was sure that some of my friends or cousins will be travelling to Kerala by car on Christmas holidays.
Road was narrow but traffic was very less in Whitefield Sarjapura Main Road so we managed to reach Hosur in 45 minutes. From Hosur the road was becoming wider and more smoother. Now we are driving in NH44(Previously known as NH7) four lines with wide divider and service road it looks like roads in developed countries.
Another attractive aspect of this route was the scenery around the road. The view of hills and colour of sunshine in the morning made it unique. The distance from Hosur to Salem is 163 km which can be covered in 2 hours if we drive in a single stretch but I decided to break my drive in Two stretch. By 8 am in the morning we stopped to take breakfast and relaxed approximately 45 minutes in a restaurant. Approximately by 10:30 am we reached Salem.
From Salem to Thrissur we drove in NH-47 which is wide and 4 line road with wide divider. You can find toll booths in this route but the quality of road is good. Road quality deteriorated after Palakadu and we took almost 1-2 hours to reach Palakadu to Thrissur. Traffic was high because of Christmas season and we reached home finally by 7:00 pm. The travel was good and refreshing.
Finally we decided to travel on 23rd December at 6:00 am early morning. I filled petrol and checked air pressure in tyres of my Honda Amaze. We started by 6:45 am and my cousin was also accompanying us in his car. He usually travel in his car in the same route.The route will be Whitefield-Hosur-Salem-Palakadu-Thrissur. We took Sarjapura Main Road to reach Hosur from Whitefield to avoid heavy traffic.
Road was narrow but traffic was very less in Whitefield Sarjapura Main Road so we managed to reach Hosur in 45 minutes. From Hosur the road was becoming wider and more smoother. Now we are driving in NH44(Previously known as NH7) four lines with wide divider and service road it looks like roads in developed countries.
Another attractive aspect of this route was the scenery around the road. The view of hills and colour of sunshine in the morning made it unique. The distance from Hosur to Salem is 163 km which can be covered in 2 hours if we drive in a single stretch but I decided to break my drive in Two stretch. By 8 am in the morning we stopped to take breakfast and relaxed approximately 45 minutes in a restaurant. Approximately by 10:30 am we reached Salem.
From Salem to Thrissur we drove in NH-47 which is wide and 4 line road with wide divider. You can find toll booths in this route but the quality of road is good. Road quality deteriorated after Palakadu and we took almost 1-2 hours to reach Palakadu to Thrissur. Traffic was high because of Christmas season and we reached home finally by 7:00 pm. The travel was good and refreshing.
