First leg of the drive from Bangalore to Bombay 9th July / Første del af turen Bangalor til Bombay

I left Bangalore at 4.45 am with my driver Kareem. The total distance to Bombay is 1040 km. The road from Bangalore to Bombay except for traffic for the first half hour is fantastic, it is either 4 or 6 lane highway. We could cruise at speeds of 100 to 130 km/hours except for unmarked road bumps, which we then flew over. It is amazing to drive on this highway, but the major problem was all the slow moving traffic always hugs the right lane especially in Karnataka. A few times we experienced trucks, cars or bikes coming towards us in the wrong direction. We reached Pune at 3.30 pm where we stayed at a very nice hotel for the night. Another problem was heavy rain right through. We left next morning at 8 for Mumbai, since we had to reach DSV in Mumbai by 11 am.
DSV is a Danish transport company who has sponsored the shipment of the car from India to Denmark. We reached the office at 11 am, and were meet by Martin Roos from DSV. I received a fabulous welcome, also meet with Michael Carstensen, who is the director at DSV in Bombay. After spending some time sticking the DSV logos on the car, we proceeded to lunch; afterwards the car had to be driven to the Mumbai container depot.


Første del af turen Bangalore til Mumbai 9. juli

Jeg kørte fra Bangalore kl. 4.45 sammen med vores chauffør Kareem. Køreturen til Bombay er på 1040 km. Vejen fra Bangalore til Bombay er god, de fleste steder er det en 4 eller 6 sporet vej. Vi kørte derud af med 100 til 130 km pr. time, undtagen lige når vi ramte et uafmærket vejbump, som vi så fløj over. Det er fantastisk at køre på denne vej, det største problem er, at det langsomt kørende trafik ikke forlader højre kørebane. Nogle få gange mødte vi lastbiler, biler eller motorcykler som kørte i den forkerte retning. Vi var fremme i Pune kl 15.30 hvor vi overnattede på et dejligt hotel. Næste morgen kørte vi mod Bombay kl 8.00, da vi skulle mødes med DSV kl 11.
DSV har så venlig at sponsorere vores forsendelse af bilen fra Indien til Danmark.
Vi nåede frem til kontoret kl 11, hvor vi mødte Martin Roos, vores kontakt person hos DSV. Jeg blev rigtig godt modtaget og vi fik hurtigt sat DSV streamers over hele bilen. Senere blev bilen kørt til Bombays container depot.