Highway

If someone tells me "It's either my way or the highway", I would gladly take the highway - more specifically the NH45 route between Chennai and Trichy. An almost three lanes on either side for the entire stretch, empty roads till you can see and smooth as Hema Malini's cheeks (to quote a Lalu - and denied later by him !), it's a dream come true to test your car's RPM. I travelled on this road last week from Chennai with much trepidation and traffic until about Chengalpet, but beyond that was as hassle-free as you can get. Travel to Trichy took about 5hrs. while return was managed 3.5hrs. flat - with the speedometer needle between 120 and 140 kmph ! NHAI - zindabad...Golden Quadrilateral - zindabad ! Quite the opposite was the road between Trichy & Karur - to give its due, much of it was under construction and dug up all around.
Full itinerary as follows:
Chennai --> Trichy --> Karur --> Namakkal --> Trichy --> Chennai - A total of 900 odd kms, travel over 3 days (approx 300kms per day), plenty of empty stretches, wonderful highways, a mixture of woeful roads between Trichy & Karur and finally a PITA (Pain In The Ass!) at the end of it :)