Now that we were on GQ, the drive from Davangere was easy. For the first 50-60 kms, it was a bit slow as the highway was under construction, but beyond that, it was very fast. We took a Brunch stop and from there on, I drove non-stop to Pune - the road was good and swift had finally started to eat kilometers. This drive in someways restored back our confidence of completing 10,000 kms on this trip. We got good roads all the way through to Pune.
At Pune, we took a snacks break and took a few pics with the wind mills around.
Closer to sunset, we reached the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. It's always a pleasure to drive on this expressway. It's a tough terrain and the expressway has made life very easy here. It used to take 6-7 hours to drive from Mumbai to Pune, now it takes just 2.
I was doing this drive for the second time in Swift and third time overall. I thought, the quality of the expressway had probably dropped a notch. It could just simply be a result of heavy rains this year, but the expressway wasn't that smooth as it had once been. Given that it was dark and raining, I kept to my 90-100 kmph for most of the drive.
We wanted to bye-pass Mumbai and thought of a few different options. Finally, a call with Abhishek (K) made things clear and he suggested we drive through Thane, make a night halt there and then continue to Vapi next morning - very good advice in deed as we figured it out on Day 5.
Overall, a good driving day - we did 711 kms and overall it was very comfortable.
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