Delhi to Jaisalmer Road Trip 2012

We planned a 4 day road trip from Delhi to Jaisalmer. Failing to plan is planning to fail. In order to be ready for any unplanned situation in the unknown land of Jaisalmer, we even watched Bobby Deol starring Nannhe Jaisalmer. Jokes apart (if you consider that a joke), here is our plan (email excerpts):-

We shud try this:-
4 day trip 29 sep - 2oct
Delhi - Jaisalmer (750km) Direct w/o stopping at bikaner.
Jaisalmer - Sam sand dunes (50km)
1. Saturday nyt at camp Sam sand dunes.
Sam - Jaisalmer (50km)
Jaisalmer - Tanot (120km)
Tanot - Longewala (40km)
2. Sunday Tanot, BP609, longewala.
Longewala - Khuri (150km)
3. Sunday nyt at Khuri

Case #1:
Khuri - Jodhpur (320km)
4. Moday to jodhpur (nyt stay there)
5. Tuesday morning to delhi. (2nd october, national holiday, travel time should reduce drastically on NH8)
Jodhpur - Delhi (600km) via NH8 w/o stopping at ajmer or jaipur.

Case #2:
Khuri - Jodhpur (320km)
4. Moday to jodhpur
Jodhpur - Bikaner (310km)
5. Moday afternoon to Bikaner, nyt stay here.
Bikaner - Delhi (450km)
6. Tuesday morning to delhi.
Total Travelling distance covered (not including roaming around in city areas after reaching city checkpoint.)
Case 1 : 2080km (520km per day, spread over 4 days)
Case 2 : 2240km (560km per day, spread over 4 days)

After some discussion, case #1 was agreed upon.

It's very important to carry all the necessary items while on a road-trip. So we compiled a list of all the must-have items. This is a generic list, applicable for any road trip. Checklist Doc

Here are some generic rules devised by us (Devesh, Shikhar and Me) that will help you to successfully complete any road trip. These rules were designed specifically for bachelors, who are usually short on money but high on enthusiasm:

• When needed, all will contribute equal share (Rs.1000) in common money a/c, which will take care of all the spendings done during the whole trip. Like, food, snacks, toll-tax, entry tickets, hotel room rent, etc. Anyone can have whatever he wants to have, the bill will be divided equally among all.
• Car fuel was not part of the common money a/c. It was decided that it would be paid by 1 person, and after the trip the sum-total of the fuel bills + car service charge per km would be divided equally. Even though it’s a no-brainer, still, a car owner on his own expense can get the car’s tank full before starting the road trip. Reset the car’s trip-meter. Start the road trip, pay all the fuel bills himself, keep a receipt of all the bills. At the end of the journey, get the car’s tank-full, this bill will be the last bill. Add the amount of all the bills, read the trip-meter, multiply it by car service per km charge, add it to the total bill amount, divide it by the no of people. In our case, the car service cost was decided as Rs0.8 per km.
• No driving during night time. “Driving stopped due to bad light.”
• If any time a driver feels sleepy, he will immediately wrest control of the car to the next immediate qualified driver. We haven’t seen Devesh drive, only heard about it. So the two drivers were Shikhar and I.

Our main focus was to explore Jaisalmer, because there are many must-visit places there, like, BP609, Longewala, Sam sand dunes.

Here is the link to the road-route taken by us during the whole journey. It also contains placemarks for all the places where we took night shelter, meals, places we visited etc. Delhi to Jaisalmer Road Trip 2012 Route Map

Day 1: 29th September 2012 Saturday

I left from Netaji Nagar at 4:12am (0km). Delhi was still asleep, all dark outside. Picked-up Shikhar from his home at Sarojini Nagar at 4:19am (2.3km). Then went to pick-up Devesh from his home at South-Extension (all-english name, name of the place tells it all, posh area of South-Delhi). Girls, he’s THE GUY. And like any other celebrity, Devesh made us wait for about 10 minutes.

4:40am (6km), all of us aboard, the road-trip started. Driving, enjoying the cool morning breeze. We took the Mehrauli-Gurgaon MG road route, no toll-tax for entering Gurgaon through this road, it is toll-free. (FYI, NH8 has a toll at Gurgaon entrance, old Delhi-Gurgaon road doesn’t). We traveled on NH8 starting from Shankar-Chowk.

8.00am (147km), reached Narnaul. It is a small city type area. There were shops alongside the road. Sweets and Fast-food shops like we have in our locality. But all were closed. Stopped to buy some fruits from road-side thelewala. Devesh with his quick-thinking, bought a dozen bananas. We decided to eat bananas while we stopped for a proper breakfast at some nice Dhaba. Stretched our bodies after 2 hours of non-stop driving. And then again back in the car.

We made one mistake by not stopping at McD. We thought we should try dhaba food as we already visit McD often in Delhi. There is a McD drive-thru outlet, just after the Manesar toll booth on NH8. It is alongside the road only.

Below 2 pictures are taken at some place after Narnaul.

8:48am (173km), after some 25kms from Narnaul or 3kms before Singhana, there was a point on the road where only heavy vehicles could ply. Road was very uneven around that stretch. At one point our car’s tyres were on the engraved trail made by the trucks passing on that road, and our car got stuck as its tyres were literally in the air, and the bottom of the car was sitting on the road. We could not drive any further without scratching the car’s bottom. So 2 persons got down from the car, in order to reduce weight from the car, and then we slowly drove the car out from that area. Cars with low or average ground clearance should be driven very carefully on such stretches of road. After this point, our car hit many speed-breakers from underneath. (As said by a Maruti service center workman - You can do with scratches or dents at bottom surface of the car, but there should be no dent which pierces the car’s body or make a leakage point at bottom).

SH26 from Rewari to Singhana, SH13 from Singhana to Chirawa, SH8 from Chirawa to Jhunjhunu, all these State Highways are 2 lanes wide with traffic on both sides and no divider. It was morning time, so traffic was not much, but given the surroundings, I think normally also traffic is very less here.

9:22am (204.9km), stopped at a sweet shop for breakfast, some 3kms before Chirawa. Don't remember the name of the shop, anyways it was a forgettable experience. We asked the shop owner how much a samosa costs. He said Rs7. We said "Uncle is se sasta to hamare Dilli me milta hai". To this that uncle replied "Toh Dilli se le ke hi chalna tha na".

9:50am (217km), reached Toll booth, Rs25 for Chirawa to Jhunjhunu. We asked the attendant about the conditions of the roads ahead for which toll was charged. He said that roads ahead are in good condition.

10:33am (240km), reached Jhunjhunu via SH8. The ordeal started after crossing Jhunjhunu. On SH41, just after Jhunjhunu and till 8kms before Mandwa (no, it is not that Mandwa which is ruled by Kancha-cheena), 240km-252km, 12kms of single lane road and on that too road concrete was barely there, it was all stones.

11:50am (294km) NH11, we were wondering if our whole road trip would be bad like this, no sign of good roads as mentioned in various blogs about Rajasthan roads. Then after Fatehpur, we entered on NH11, and then for the first time got a glimpse of the good roads of Rajasthan. Although the whole NH11 is a 2 lane highway, 1 lane for each direction, no divider, but the road is in top condition and traffic was very less and sparse.

3:30pm (484km) NH15, stopped just after crossing Bikaner. After not finding any good dhabas for taking breakfast, we were inclined to have a heavy lunch to compensate for that. We thought in a well developed city like Bikaner, we will surely find a nice restaurant and will finally have a nice meal. But we were proved wrong, only shops we can see in Bikaner were either Sweet shops or Namkeen shops. After seeing so many sweet shops, I won't be having any sweets this Diwali. And look at the irony, we couldn't even find a Bikanerwala restaurant in its hometown Bikaner. Seems like all Bikanervalas have come to Delhi. Left Bikaner without having lunch, it was past 3pm, we reached a water park called Fun World water park. Now given the premise it's a Water park, families come here with small children, children need to be fed at regular intervals. So the logical conclusion was that there will be a restaurant inside that water park. But don't know how, we were again proved wrong. On the other side of the road there were some dhabas, we went there in search of food. All three of us were feeling like Bear Grylls, stranded in the middle of nowhere, searching for a source of protein. After seeing the condition of the dhaba, we had to settle for one aloo parantha each. Aloo was present in the form of traces. All our dreams of having nice food at roadside dhabas were falling apart.

4:15pm (516km) Refuelled at Indian Oil Petrol Pump, NH15 Kolayat. Although my swift vdi can clock 650+ km in one tank full, we decided not to take any risks, as we did not know about the locations of petrol pumps, and were not sure whether we will find any petrol pump ahead if we miss this one. So it's better to refuel 50-100km before your normal refuel distance. You have to pay by cash, no cards accepted. And, also there was no air compressor, so better to check your tyre pressure before starting the journey. All Petrol pumps we came across in this part of the state had no air compressors. Although you can find air compressors at a puncture shop.

Above two pictures are taken at some point after refueling. Seems like we have also got refuelled with energy.

5.30pm (600km), drove past a place called Baap, yes you've read it right.

6.25pm, We had planned to see sunset at Sam sand dunes in Jaisalmer, but as all our plans were failing, this one too failed. We had to see the sunset at NH15 itself. In the picture (above) you can zoom-in and see sunset at the end of the road. Now it was getting dark, and by dark I mean pitch dark as there was no street lighting, no settlements along the road on NH15. And still we were more than 150+ km away from our pit stop. We had decided that we will not drive in the night, but had to break that rule. There was no other option, as there were no hotels, motels or inns that we could see. So we drove in the dark. The traffic coming from the opposite direction was using high-beams, so it was getting very difficult to drive as we could not see the road ahead. So we also started driving at high-beam, and whenever we saw any vehicle's headlights coming towards us, we switched to low beam, the other vehicle also acknowledged this by switching to low-beam. So now the only problem left was driving in the dark. At night we were still able to maintain a speed of 80kmph. And we had to drive fast because we can not afford to lose more time to reach Jaisalmer. Below pictures are also taken at the time of sunset. In the pictures you can see the sun setting at one end of the road, and the moon rising at the other end of the road.

8:30pm, after non-stop driving in the dark for 2 hours, we got the first glimpse of the Jaisalmer city. For 2 hours all we could see was BLACK color. Road ahead was black, pitch black surroundings on both sides of the road, the road behind us was black. We couldn't even spot a fire-fly or a light bulb for the entire 2 hours. Picture (below) shows the first glimpse, the city area was still far from here, but at least some lighting was visible. So now I relaxed my foot from the gas paddle.

When we were only a few kilometers away from Jaisalmer, we saw a group of 10-12 boys with bikes on the side of the road. As we went past them, one of the boys started his bike and began to follow us. He then raced and started driving just beside our car. He signaled us to stop the car. We increased the speed of the car to 100kmph, but then also he didn't stop. He kept following us. We entered the city area, but then also he kept following us. We started to look for a police station, we thought that we wouldn't stop the car before reaching a police station. He kept following us inside the city area, then finally we rolled down the window, still driving, and asked him what his problem was. Then we came to know he was some commission agent type of guy who worked for some hotel. After knowing this, we stopped the car, and then he started to irritate us by constantly saying to follow him to his hotel. We said he can go now we will check-in after some time. But he didn't go and kept following us. Soon 2-3 other bikers from different hotels surrounded us. All of them were offering A.C. rooms for Rs.300-450 per night. We told them that after taking the dinner we will come to their hotel. but they kept following us.

NH15, again is a 2-lane road, 1 lane for traffic in each direction, no divider, road in top-notch condition. NH15 connects Bikaner to Jaisalmer.

9:15pm (808km) Hotel Maru Palace, Then finally we stopped our car in front of a hotel called Hotel Maru Palace. The hotel guy told us that these bikers start to follow any tourists vehicle entering the city, because it was night so they were just outside the city, otherwise in the day time they would have followed us from 100km before Jaisalmer.

Hotel Maru Palace is equipped with all the basic facilities and even has a rooftop restaurant with a view of Jaisalmer Fort. We took an A.C. room with a double-bed for Rs400. First we got fresh, and then went to the rooftop restaurant for dinner. We ordered Dal, Butter-chicken and Shahi paneer. For non-veg dishes you have to order 30mins in advance. Food was average, and not very costly, costing us around Rs500. The prices were so low because it was off-season. Hotel owner told us that the tourist season starts 1 month before Diwali.

Day 2: 30th September 2012 Sunday

Above is the view of Jaisalmer Fort from the balcony of our hotel. Fort is situated at height, so that it could not be invaded easily. Hotel owner told us that, many years ago, Jaisalmer city was limited to the fort area only. But now hotels, shops, and other establishments have sprawled across the area and the city has expanded. Many people still live inside the fort, and there are some average hotels inside too. Timings for visiting Fort are 8:00am to 5:00pm.

8:30am (808km), checked out from the hotel and left for Tanot.
Tanot is about 120kms away from Jaisalmer city. You can book a cab, or your hotel can make arrangements for visiting places in the vicinity of Jaisalmer, like Tanot, Longewala, Khuri, Sam sand dunes etc. We had the car, so no problems for us. Stacked up chips, biscuits, soft-drinks, water bottles for the little journey. Road to Tanot is 2-lane road, 1 lane for each direction, no divider. But you have to be very careful for speed-breakers which suddenly appear from no-where. It's a kind of given that you will find a speed-breaker just when a village or area with settlements is about to begin, so take precaution. Jaisalmer to Tanot driver has many idyllic landscapes on both sides of the road.

8:40am, Below are the pictures of wind-mills, there are many of them.

We gave lift to an old man, he was from a nearby village called Sanu. He told us that their village owns a windmill and they have hired a guard who sits at that windmill all day around. In his village they have electricity, water supply, tv sets etc.

9:03am, Below pictures are taken at a small mountain of height 3048cms. It was me who discovered this mountain, it was me who hoisted the Indian national flag on this mountain, so this mountain will be named after me soon.

10:17am, we were travelling in Rajasthan from so long, but no signs of sand so far. We thought Rajasthan will be all about sand and camels, but we were illuded from the sand of the great Thar desert so far. But then the road took a steep down slope, and we saw the sand for the first time. Here are the pics (below).

The road going from Jaisalmer to Tanot is maintained by BSF, so it's very beautiful and a pleasure to drive. You will find petrol pumps in the city area only, no petrol pumps in-between and no shops also.

10:50am (932km), reached Tanot. Mata Tanot Rai is situated some 20km from the Indo-Pak border. In the Indo-Pak 1965 war, Pakistan fired some 3000 bombs on this temple and the area nearby. About 450 bombs fell on the temple and inside the temple premises, but none of them detonated, and the temple did not receive a single scratch. Collection of such bombs is on display inside the temple. BSF has maintained this temple since 1965, it used to be a small temple then, but now it has expanded a little. Now there is a small eatery shop, restrooms, mess and a BSF hostel.

You can also visit BP609, which is 20km away from the Tanot temple. For that you will need permission from BSF personnel posted at the temple, they will ask you for a photocopy of identity proof and original to verify. This is needed to allow only Indians to go to BP609. But we were not allowed to go there as BSF said that some Pakistan army movement/practice is going-on there, so they can not let us go there. We pleaded, but no use. A BSF soldier told us that there is an Indian check post at BP609, and a Pakistani check post some 2kms away from there. India has done the fencing at the border, but Pakistan has not put any fencing there. Because it is us who face threat from their side. India being a friendly nation doesn't intrude in other country's areas.

12:05pm Left Tanot and started driving towards Longewala. This is a single lane road all the way to Longewala, but won't feel any problem because in our 45mins journey from Tanot to Longewala we hardly encountered 3-4 vehicles coming from the opposite direction. It's a 40km drive, and you will find sand dunes, shrubs, weeds on both sides of the road.

12:50pm (970km), reached Longewala. It's the same place where Border movie was shot, this was the place where Suniel Shetty was posted. The small temple which was protected by Suneil Shetty is still present here. A Pakistani T-59 tank and a truck which Indian army destroyed in the Indo-Pak war of 1971 are still here. You also have to add an entry for your vehicle in the register which is with the army soldiers. An army soldier told us that in the war of 1971, Pakistan army was able to reach till here, and they even destroyed the Indian border post. But Indian army soon gained control and re-positioned the Indian post here. In the war of 1971, the number of Indian soldiers present at Longewala were very less, but even then they uprooted the entire Pakistan army attack, Pakistani soldiers were present here in huge numbers. a BP638 is present at Longewala.

1:30pm, left from Longewala for Jaisalmer. Again a single lane road which continues till a village called Ramgarh.
2:12pm (1015km), reached Ramgarh. Road going from Ramgarh to Jaisalmer is the same one that we used for coming from Jaisalmer to Tanot.
3:45pm (1085km), came back to Jaisalmer. Then started searching for a nice restaurant. Couldn't find any nice restaurant in the market area of Jaisalmer, then went back to the fort area where our hotel was also situated. Went inside a restaurant called The Recipe Restaurant. The food was ok, and it cost us Rs570.

5:30pm (1127km), reached Sam sand dunes. The road from Jaisalmer to Sam sand dunes is a 2 lane road, 1 lane for each direction, no divider, the road was in good condition. Parking space is available in front of the camp where you will be staying. You can directly go to Sam, and book a camp, or your hotel can also arrange for this. Camp package includes camel ride, traditional welcome, local folk dance with snacks, rajasthani buffet, morning breakfast and the camp with bed, blankets, light, charging point, table fan, separate toilet and bathroom. Sounds interesting?

At Sam sand dunes you will find many camps and resorts, we stayed in a camp named Rojani resort, it is run by muslims. We were getting a good deal, Rs800 per head, so we stayed here, did not have any idea what we were getting into. One of the biker boy in Jaisalmer told us that at Sam sand dunes we will find almost all muslim-run camps which will be not upto the mark, and his camp is registered with Rajasthan tourism dept, and a hindu-run camp, Rs900 per head. But we didn't pay any heed to his advice, and stayed put in that camp. But now we wish that we should have listened to his advice.
[Please Note : I mean no disrespect to any religion.]

After parking our car we straight went for a camel ride. Getting onto a camel is a very difficult task because of their jerky movement when they get-up on their feet. One of our friends fell down in this process, but he was ok as he fell on a cushion like sand. We traveled some 500m on camel, then the camel-owner stopped his camels and said that the package includes this much ride only, but he can take us ahead into Thar desert for a meager sum of Rs.500 per camel. This is their trick to make money, they are paid on a monthly basis by the camp owners, but still they use this trick. We agreed for Rs600 for 2 camels, then he took us further into the sand. You can play in the sand, click photos, watch sunset from the dunes. Then after playing in the sand and getting our clothes full of sand, we went back to our camp on camels. We were running late by 1hour, so we missed our welcome snacks and drink. Normally people reach Sam sand dunes by 4:30pm for camel rides till sunset point. After getting into our camp we went for a bath, there is a 24hour water supply, a bathroom and a american style toilet for each camp. After that we all went to see the traditional folk dance, it was some 1 hour program, little bit of enjoyment. Then there was a rajasthani buffet, it included dal-bhati-choorma, their local dish, raita, mix-veg, salad, poori etc. The buffet neither looked good nor tasted good. It was a bad experience for us. We ate very little. Mineral water bottles of some unknown companies were available, soft-drinks and hard-drinks were also available but these were not included in the camp-cost. After buffet you can go into your respective camps and sleep. In the morning you can hire camels to go into the sands (charges extra), and see sun-rise. In breakfast they provided bread-butter, and chhole poori, with tea and coffee. Again the quality was very bad. Staying at that camp was a forgettable experience for us.

Day 3: 1st October 2012 Monday

8:32am (1127km), after a not so good experience of last night, we left for Jaisalmer. Our plan was to reach Jodhpur today, so that we have to cover a shorter distance on the last day while going back to Delhi.

9:10am (1172km), reached Jaisalmer, withdrew money from ATM, and started for Jodhpur.

10:36am (1277km), reached Pokhran. You can go to Jodhpur via Pokhran. Road till Pokhran is the same that we used for coming to Jaisalmer on 1st day. At Pokhran there are two roads, one going to Bikaner and other one going to Jodhpur.

10:55am (1311am), Mandla, NH114. The road from Pokhran to Mandla was amazing, wider than a normal 2 lane road, with proper banking on curves.

11:49am, you will again see many windmills after covering some distance from Mandla. But after that road condition started to deteriorate. There were many holes in the road on both lanes, driving on this stretch became a nightmare.

2:05pm (1451km), Mehrangarh fort, Jodhpur. Somehow managed to reach Jodhpur. We had heard in Jaisalmer that Mehrangarh fort is more grand than the Jaisalmer fort. So we started to find our way to Mehrangarh fort. There were no signs on the road, and sometimes even the road was not there! With great difficulty we managed to reach the fort. We had decided first we would book a hotel near the fort, and then lunch, and then we will set out for fort-darshan. But there were no hotels, or shops, in the vicinity of the fort. We parked our car in the Fort-parking lot and then went to the ticket counter. Entry tickets cost Rs.50 per person, you can hire guides as well, and they also provide Audio-guide devices for Rs.150 per device.

There were 2 cafes inside the fort area, we went to the Mehrangarh cafe, and ordered 3 pizzas. Price of the food-items were on a little higher side. But it was all worth it when we ate the pizza. It was of a very soft crust, I have never eaten any pizza with such a soft crust in my life. After refueling ourselves with the meal, we started to explore the fort. It is a very beautiful fort with nice artistic work all around. Fort also houses a very big museum, shops for buying local Jodhpur flavoured items like handicraft work, footwear, jewelry etc. You get a very nice view of Jodhpur city when you see it from Mehrangarh fort. You will see the houses with blue color walls. You can spot this place in many advertisements of Indian cricket team. Other than Mehrangarh fort, there is also one more famous place in Jodhpur, its Umaid Bhavan.

4:46pm, leaving Mehrangarh fort. We asked for directions for some budget hotels from car drivers present in the parking lot. They told us about the RTDC guest house in Ghoomar area, they also said there are many hotels, guest houses and Sarais present near Circuit House, Town-Hall area. RTDC guest house costs Rs800 for 2 person (w/o A.C.) and Rs2000 something for 2 person (with A.C.). We were 3, so decided not to go to this place. We started towards the Circuit-House area.

5:03pm (1453km), on our way to Circuit House, we came across a place called White House. My other 2 friends went inside to check out the place while I was waiting outside. Then they came out with smiling faces after striking a deal of Rs.800 for a A.C. room for a night. It was a Banquet hall, under-renovation, but only decoration work left. Our room was very big with a spacious bathroom and toilet. We even managed to arrange a TV. After getting ourselves refreshed, at around 7 'o'clock, we headed out for an early dinner and explored the city area.

Nearby our holding place, there was a place called Hotel Shivam & Restaurant. We ordered for paneer masala, dal makhani, raita, veg biryani, and some fancy papads. The food was awesome and at very nominal price. It cost us Rs.363 for 3 people. For the first time in our 3 day journey we had a sumptuous meal. After having dinner we walked back to the banquet hall. There was a lush green lawn inside the banquet hall; tents were put up for marriages and functions. We walked on the lawn for some time and then went to our room for night's sleep.

Day 4: 2nd October 2012 Tuesday

3:15am, we woke up in the middle of night for an early exit from Jodhpur, to go back to our hometown.

4:14am (1453km), left the guest house and started driving on NH65. The roads were empty, only newspapers-wala could be seen on their bicycles.

5:40am, entered on NH14 from NH112, near Pali bypass.

When I started to feel sleepy, my friend Shikhar took the driving seat. As soon as he started driving all my sleep vanished. Just joking, he is an experienced driver, even having experience of driving a McLaren-Mercedes F1 car. Again just joking.

9:20am (1714km), reached Ajmer Railway crossing, and from there travelled on NH8. NH8 is a familiar highway to us, we have done up-down many times on this highway for going from office to home. There were many under-construction flyovers on NH8. But it was not much of a problem, as the road is very wide and has a divider. NH65, NH112 and NH14 all were also OK, 2 lane wide highways, but without a divider.

9:33am (1722km), Satkar Garden Restaurant. After not finding any good dhaba in the first half of our journey, finally we found a dhaba where we could eat. Many such dhabas are present all along the NH8. Here we ordered 3 mixed paranthas with masala chai. Food was average, and cost us Rs295.

10:08am, restarted the journey after taking breakfast.

10:40am, Kishangarh Toll plaza, paid Rs 85 toll-tax.
11:43am (1834km), took Jaipur bypass road. Don't take the road going from the city as you will loose time.
12:14pm (1861km), Daulatpura Toll, paid Rs 43.

2:20pm (1990km), Neemrana Toll plaza, paid Rs 107.
3:37pm (2062km), Manesar Toll plaza, paid Rs 27. Previously we had the plan of eating our lunch at a Manesar dhaba. But we dropped the plan and continuing moving towards Delhi.

3:55pm (2080km), Domino's Pizza, Sector 22 Gurgaon. We decided to have late lunch after entering our familiar territory. Had 1 cheese burst pizza, and 1 normal crust Pizza. Came to know that 3-cheese pizza has been discontinued. We paid our tribute to 3-cheese pizza by holding a 2 minute silence.

5:20pm (2102km), dropped Devesh.
5:40pm (2107km), dropped Shikhar.
5:56pm (2112km), reached Home Sweet Home.

Journey Statistics

1. Driving Details

• Total distance covered: 2112 km
• Total man-hours of driving: 40 hours 55 mins
• Transporter(s): Bharat, Shikhar

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2. Cost Per Head

• Fuel cost: Rs 2329
• Contribution to common money A/c: Rs 3000
• Total cost per head: Rs 5329

3. Toll Tax

Delhi - Bikaner - Jaisalmer:

• Manesar Toll: Rs. 27
• Chirawa - Jhunjhunu Toll: Rs. 25
• Sam sand dune Toll: Rs. 30

Jaisalmer - Jodhpur - Jaipur - Delhi

• Kishangarh Toll: Rs. 85
• Daulatpura Toll: Rs. 43
• Neemrana Toll: Rs. 107
• Manesar Toll: Rs. 27
• Gurgaon Toll: Rs. 21

Total toll taxes in the journey: Rs. 365

4. Road conditions

5. Major Bills

• Food: Rs. 2148
• Toll: Rs. 365
• Accommodation: Rs. 1200
• Camp at Sam: Rs. 3000
• Diesel + Car service: Rs. 6987