Discovering Goa (in October): A 5-Day Travel Diary
Day 1: Arrival in Goa Started early from Hyderabad, around 4 AM, embarking on a long drive to Goa through highways and deserted roads (at times) with long stretches. Our plan was to take a breakfast pitstop at Hotel Nisarga, Manvi, but to our surprise that day it wasn’t open around 8:30 AM. Thus, dropping the breakfast plan, we sped to our next pitstop for lunch at Sugar N Spice, Hubli (slight detour). Non-stop drive except for fuel breaks (& toilet) and lunch, at decent speed, deserted to manageable traffic, helped us cover ~700 Kms in around 12 hours, reaching Club Mahindra, Varca. There are 2 major road routes from Hyderabad to Goa, 1) via Raichur - Hubli; 2) Solapur. We took Route 1 while going to Goa. It had long stretch of highways, especially NH 67 that was deserted for stretches. However quite a few areas on this route were rough and bumpy. Watch out for high-speed bumps on this road, multiple times our car's bottom was tested putting shock absorbers at play. On the w...