Kolkata to Hyderabad
Total: 1550 KM
Although the journey from Kol to Hyd didn’t complete at one go and was not that exciting but I learnt another lesson of my life. Never ever drive when it’s dark and always be extra cautious while driving at night. Never lose sight of the road, not even for a fraction of a second.
Total: 1550 KM
My career takes me to Hyderabad from Kolkata. A new job in
Hyderabad, brings in a lot of planning and vacation time for me and my colleague. We decided to drive down to Hyderabad from Kolkata. Enroute we
planned our stay in Vizag and a breakfast break in Bhubaneswar at a friend’s place.
I picked up my friend from his residence after his day
completed on Friday. His shift used to end at 2 am so we planned to leave
latest by 3 so that we can reach Bhub by morning, plan was to drive and reach
Vizag before lunch. Just 100 kms before Bhubaneswar, an unfortunate accident
happened with us. We ran over a diversion having a huge bump of soil and sand.
That time my car was okay enough to run till Bhubaneswar, there were a few
minor glitches here and there, so decided to get it checked in workshop in
Bhubaneswar.
Came to know from Ford people that it was too risky for us
to drive to Hyderabad in that condition. So my friend flew back to Kolkata and I
went to Hyderabad by flight. Came back to Bhub after 10 days and resumed the
journey from Bhubaneswar to Hyderabad. Left Bhubaneswar around 4 AM in the
morning and reached Hyd 9 PM. Went straight to my cousin’s place in Secunderabad. There was
some disturbance happening in HYD due to telengana activity that day. Luckily I found
the roads all clear when I reached hyd because of that reason.
Although the journey from Kol to Hyd didn’t complete at one go and was not that exciting but I learnt another lesson of my life. Never ever drive when it’s dark and always be extra cautious while driving at night. Never lose sight of the road, not even for a fraction of a second.
