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7 Dec 2012 : Started from Raipur at around 7.15 am. The highway stretch into Odisha was patchy but since we encountered only minimal traffic we had a reasonably good run. The terrain in Chattisgarh is mostly uninteresting, with hardly any cultivation and not much in terms of development. Large tracts of land which appeared fertile but unused with some random shrubs and other non fruit yeilding trees seemed to be the norm around here. But it was heartening to see the large forest reserve areas. We stopped for a break at Mahalakshmi Sweets, Dosas, idlies and medhu vada were the popular fast selling items on the menu here. The humble South Indian breakfast items were definitely growing ever so popular even in such remote corners of the country.
Entering Odisha at 3.15 pm we were pleasantly surprised at the four lane well laid roads and frequent petrol stations that greeted us. However this did not last long. We soon encountered patchy roads, potholes and unmarked speed breakers. The frequency and the design of the speed breakers had us confounded. They seemed designed more to cause accidents than to prevent speeding. We shook and jumped and the car shook and jumped and so did every individual item in our baggage. While thus going our merry way we did take time to glance at the lush green surroundings. Small mountain ranges, forest reserves and large healthy trees. If only the roads were a little better!!
The sun set at around 5.00 pm and the roads were pitch dark. This slowed us down considerably and we reached Bhubaneshwar only by 7.00 pm, totally exhausted and looking forward to a good night's rest.
Checked into the guest house arranged for us by the groom to be.
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