I've never been much of a fan of driving holidays though i love driving... Max of 5 hours and i am fine but anything more and i start getting cranky!! And driving anywhere in India means at least 3-4 hours because of the roads and all the crazy suicidal people on them!!
Driving through a highway in India is like a video game...there are lots of obstacles and things jumping out at you from all sides and you have to avoid hitting all that and try and maintain a decent average speed!! In fact, someone should make a video game out of it...it'll definitely be one of the most difficult road games!
That said, the most amazing things and sights I've seen are during our drives. And if you are driving in the monsoons, the whole roadsides are beautiful and green and clean...and the skies you see are some of the best ever!!
We have not been taking too many driving holidays since Ally was born but the few we went on have been beautiful...its all the rains...makes everything so fresh and beautiful....
We drove through a forest reserve to get to the Annapoorneshwari Temple in Horanadu and the drive was beautiful....saw a peacock, elephants and wild deer....its amazing how they have all adapted so well to the traffic. The ECR is an amazing drive....peeks of the beautiful Bay of Bengal and fabulous antique shops all the way to Pondicherry. But my all time favourite drive will always be the Bangalore-Mysore highway en route to all other destinations....have seen the most beautiful skies and scenery on this road and the drive itself is so smooth....
Till my next drive through the truly incredible Indian roads i'll sign off with one of my favourite shots from our recent drive....a beautiful laser show in the sky...
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