Day 4 - Guntur

03.10.2022

Day 4

A relatively early start of 6.00 am, as we had to travel over 550 kms to Guntur. We took the East Coast route from Pondicherry via Ongole. Breakfast stop at 8 am and we continued on NH32/NH16…

We had trouble free travel so far but then after a brief coffee break at Gummidipoondi, “Panchali’s” AC wouldn’t cool. Outside temp was 36c and we had to find a service team quickly. After few phone calls we were able to locate an MG showroom at Nellore. MG’s service was smart and efficient. The team was quick to identify the problem - a broken belt was replaced and the issue was resolved. They waived all charges and offered a free service at our next stop at Vizag. Thank you MG team - Thajuddin #thajuddinshaik, Asgar and Motish!

We also had to correct our route couple of times as Google seemed confused in certain areas. All of this meant we lost 3 hours en-route and reached M/s. Synthite Exports Ltd Ongole, where lunch was arranged (thank you NP). After a sumptuous lunch and tour of factory we continued our journey to Guntur. 

Checked in at Welcome Hotel ITC at 7.00 pm. We were blown over by the service of ITC team lead by Ms. Sofia #sofiakumar and Chef Sudhakar who went out of their way to make our stay comfortable. A light dinner and early breakfast next day we are ready for our journey to Visakhapatnam. (more about this in next blog)

A friend from Brisbane and another from Kerala together has penned these lines wishing the #fulltankers !

Hurricane in the air

Heavy rain in splatters

Hinders not their progress

On and on, on track on time

Onward with brimming tanks

Majestic fulltankers waltz

Rolling on all terrains

On and on, on track on time!

Thank you Bernie & RG!

At end of day four - 1928 kms on our tracker.

#fulltankers