Travelog: Seven Jyotirlings and other stuff, 14 days

In summer of 2013, we decided to drive to Seven Jyotirlings and back in 15 days. This travelog tries to capture the drive, experience and anything else that I found interesting. It is divided in 15 parts with each devoted to one day. The trip was done mostly in continuation with few day rest in between. The return journey was done after a gap of 11 days.

1. 06-April-2013 Bangalore to Pune, Part 1/14
2. 07-April-2013 Pune to Aurangabad, Ghrusneshwar Jyotirling and other local sightseeing, Part 2/14
3. 08-April-2013 Aurangabad to Nashik with Bhimshankar Jyotirling on the way Part 3/14
4. 09-April-2013 Nashik to Ahmedabad with Trimbakeshwar Jyotirling on the way Part 4/14
5. 10-April-2013 Ahmedabad local stay, visit to Gandhi Asram Part 5/14
6. 11-April-2013 Ahmedabad to Gir National Park Part 6/14
7. 12-April-2013 Stay in Gir National Park, Safaris Part 7/14
8. 13-April-2013 Gir to Dwarka via Somnath Jyotirling Part 8/14

9. 14-April-2013 Visit to Nageshwara Jyotirling, Dwarkadhish Temple, Bhet Dwarka Part 9/14
10. 15-April-2013 Dwarka to Surat Part 10/14
11. 16-April-2013 Surat to Ujjain Part 11/14
12. 17-April-2013 Car repair in Ujjain and Indore
13. 18-April-2013 Visit to Omkareshwar Jyotirling and Mahakaleshwar Jyotirling Part 12/14
14. 19-April-2013 to 28-April-2013 return trip postponed
15. 29-April-2013 Ujjain to Pune Part 13/14
16. 30-April-2013 Pune to Bangalore Part 14/14

The total journey took 14 days and total of 128 hours of driving time and completed almsot 700 kilometers. The total diesel consumed was approximately 550 litres. The fuel consumption was 12.8 kpl. The total toll amount paid was Rs. 4933/-. Here are the details of the tolls.
In summary, the whole trip was fantastic. We always preferred better road even if we had to travel longer. We found driving on bad road very tiring.