6 Dec 2012: Started at 9.30 am from Amravathi. The stretch from Amravathi to Nagpur was beautiful. The terrain was drastically different from the dry and arid landscape of the previous day. The 150 kms upto Nagpur were a breeze, but the next 100 kms including one on the 'great' eastern highway was a nightmare. We came accross an overturned truck, a dead pig, bad roads and heavy traffic. Thankfully the rest of the distance from Shahpur to Raipur was a lot better. We lunched at hotel Sai prasad at Shahpur in a surprisingly picturesque location considering the highway is more often littered with dabbas and some pretty ordinary joints. We crossed over to Chattisgarh at around 3.10pm. Surprised at the number of tolls and the heavy tolling here. Maharashtra was a lot cheaper. Checked into Hotel Grand Arjun at around 6.00 pm within the city limits but considering that we are on a tight schedule to reach Bhuvaneshwar to attend a wedding on the 8th we had no time to check out the sights. So far we have skirted the big cities and stuck to the highway, reserving all the sightseeing for the return journey.
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