Some pictures from my trek, courtesy Ucchangi Ram Kumar
Showing posts with label kumta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kumta. Show all posts
Return journeys from a Trek - TTTT 58
Return journeys after completing a trek are always fun and excellent. The sense of accomplishment, for finishing the trek, the solo time we get to unwind, watching the villages and towns pass by and the freedom to eat till stomach's fill because we have burnt sufficient calories during the trek, plus good music all ends up as a fun filled journey. I wish to put these lines in a poem but some other day.
This time too the trek was excellent. We came out of the forest only by 7 PM evening and it was all dark, and by the time we made our way to Honnavara for dinner it was 8 15 PM odd. Then it was all climb to Sagar and then Shimoga. We had our dinner at Kamat restaurant at Honnavara. I simply love the coastal towns of Honnavara, Kumta, these places have the best to offer, in terms of simplicity of food, the service, the showcase of humanity just stands up.
It was relaxing, there was no movie being played, everyone was relaxed after completing the trek, were chatting, talking about random stuffs. But it was the first time, I saw 2-3 accidents on Jog falls climb, Ghat section. I pray nobody was hurt because of these. I had seen one before multiple times, but this day there were multiple on the same stretch, sad.
There was a village festival kind of thing near Mavinagundi, full bling bling and lights. Its hard to see such a controlled festival, never happens in town. In town all you get is honking vehicles, huge number of people / crowd and everyone trying to show off their wealth or who come to market their products. The question of enjoyment and fulfillment in a city fair is far from reality. But over here in a village, just a look by me while passing was so fulfilling. All I could do is sit in a vehicle and dream of being a part of the fair.. why not :) ?
We started from Honnavara at 9 40 PM and reached Bangalore around 5 15 AM. Thats way too quick a time, because we have Jog falls Ghat section to climb and then its all way single lane road and not NH4.
These days I do not write about the places which I trek nor post many pictures. I can, but I do not want publicity via a search engine. I prefer to keep things to myself :)
This post was more about the fun filled return journey from the coastal side.
Cheers,
PS - This time we had a Tempo traveller with a CR Engine. Very rarely we get CR engine TT, but yeah, considerably less noisy than the Euro 3 Turbo Engine Traveller.
This time too the trek was excellent. We came out of the forest only by 7 PM evening and it was all dark, and by the time we made our way to Honnavara for dinner it was 8 15 PM odd. Then it was all climb to Sagar and then Shimoga. We had our dinner at Kamat restaurant at Honnavara. I simply love the coastal towns of Honnavara, Kumta, these places have the best to offer, in terms of simplicity of food, the service, the showcase of humanity just stands up.
It was relaxing, there was no movie being played, everyone was relaxed after completing the trek, were chatting, talking about random stuffs. But it was the first time, I saw 2-3 accidents on Jog falls climb, Ghat section. I pray nobody was hurt because of these. I had seen one before multiple times, but this day there were multiple on the same stretch, sad.
There was a village festival kind of thing near Mavinagundi, full bling bling and lights. Its hard to see such a controlled festival, never happens in town. In town all you get is honking vehicles, huge number of people / crowd and everyone trying to show off their wealth or who come to market their products. The question of enjoyment and fulfillment in a city fair is far from reality. But over here in a village, just a look by me while passing was so fulfilling. All I could do is sit in a vehicle and dream of being a part of the fair.. why not :) ?
We started from Honnavara at 9 40 PM and reached Bangalore around 5 15 AM. Thats way too quick a time, because we have Jog falls Ghat section to climb and then its all way single lane road and not NH4.
These days I do not write about the places which I trek nor post many pictures. I can, but I do not want publicity via a search engine. I prefer to keep things to myself :)
This post was more about the fun filled return journey from the coastal side.
Cheers,
PS - This time we had a Tempo traveller with a CR Engine. Very rarely we get CR engine TT, but yeah, considerably less noisy than the Euro 3 Turbo Engine Traveller.
Favorite drink during beach trek - TTTT 48
This year I completed my 5th beach trek. Yes its been 5 years in a row and people have vowed to black list me for other treks, if I participate in another beach trek!
I have always written about my love for the beaches, but I never have written about my favorite drink during the beach trek.
A beach trek is always under the sun, its humid, we are sweating, we all are losing loads of salt and we need to hydrate. Most of the time I drink water, plus electral, to make up for the lost salts.
But somewhere in the beach trek, we end up joining the main road which leads us to Kumta before we join back the beach, and its over there we get to buy some reinforcement liquids.
After a hard day's walk, I prefer to take Lassi. Yes, in the coastal area, sweetened curd is available in stores in a small packet of Rs 10. Simple and effective solution. Though its got sugar and loads of calories, boy, we would have lost so much that, this one gives the right kick and boost to continue our pending journey, towards the town and then towards Bangalore too.
So, its got to be Lassi. Though this time, I tried out ice cream and also a Jeera based drink. But lassi seems to be a level above the rest!
Cheers.
I have always written about my love for the beaches, but I never have written about my favorite drink during the beach trek.
A beach trek is always under the sun, its humid, we are sweating, we all are losing loads of salt and we need to hydrate. Most of the time I drink water, plus electral, to make up for the lost salts.
But somewhere in the beach trek, we end up joining the main road which leads us to Kumta before we join back the beach, and its over there we get to buy some reinforcement liquids.
After a hard day's walk, I prefer to take Lassi. Yes, in the coastal area, sweetened curd is available in stores in a small packet of Rs 10. Simple and effective solution. Though its got sugar and loads of calories, boy, we would have lost so much that, this one gives the right kick and boost to continue our pending journey, towards the town and then towards Bangalore too.
So, its got to be Lassi. Though this time, I tried out ice cream and also a Jeera based drink. But lassi seems to be a level above the rest!
Cheers.
When we had a 6 year old on our trek - TTT 47
During my last beach trek from Gokarna to Honnavara, we had a 6 year old kid as a member of the team and he trekked all the way from Gokarna till Kumta along with us. He was the son of one of our trek team members.
Isn't that cool, starting early means a lot to a lot of people. Whilst everyone was kind of mediocre with their energy and their enthusiasm, this kid was at his best, enjoying the waters and the beaches.
Only time he felt home sick was during the return journey near Mavinagundi :)
Cheers, will upload a pic soon!
Isn't that cool, starting early means a lot to a lot of people. Whilst everyone was kind of mediocre with their energy and their enthusiasm, this kid was at his best, enjoying the waters and the beaches.
Only time he felt home sick was during the return journey near Mavinagundi :)
Cheers, will upload a pic soon!
Tulu - When a language left me wanting for more - TTTT 34.
I am not sure if its a tale to tell, but its for me to learn. In the last couple of years, I have been to coastal Karnataka almost 12-14 times. Each time, I have met people speaking in Tulu. Many such times, I have people in our team who are either from Mangalore/Udupi/Puttur speaking Tulu with the locals.
I admit, I find listening to Tulu language very very nice. I cannot speak Tulu, but its on my wish list to speak. It sounds musical. I have plans to learn Tamil/Telgu/Marathi, but Tulu seems to be on a higher priority because of the fact that, it simply sounds so cool, the wordings the pronounciation. In case you find couple of Tulu speaking people, just listen to them, I bet, its fun, its addictive!
I really miss talking to the locals in Tulu, wish I could do it someday, wish I could do more trips to coastal Karnataka.
Until then watch out or search for the video featuring a movie scene Eragavuye kirikiri, its from a Tulu movie Ekka Saka
Cheers,
PS - I am not mocking or sarcastic while I write this, I genuinely admire the language.
I admit, I find listening to Tulu language very very nice. I cannot speak Tulu, but its on my wish list to speak. It sounds musical. I have plans to learn Tamil/Telgu/Marathi, but Tulu seems to be on a higher priority because of the fact that, it simply sounds so cool, the wordings the pronounciation. In case you find couple of Tulu speaking people, just listen to them, I bet, its fun, its addictive!
I really miss talking to the locals in Tulu, wish I could do it someday, wish I could do more trips to coastal Karnataka.
Until then watch out or search for the video featuring a movie scene Eragavuye kirikiri, its from a Tulu movie Ekka Saka
Cheers,
PS - I am not mocking or sarcastic while I write this, I genuinely admire the language.
When we were at the recieving end of a food giveaway TTTT 32.
Many a times, I have had the opportunity to distribute food which we had cooked in excess. I do not count it as huge number of instances but atleast few times. But till date was never at the recieving end of this.
Imagine a situation where you travel and you take your cooking utensils, you cook and cook a bit extra, instead of disposing off the food, you try to find people whom you can distribute the extra food to. Yes, exactly, this was the exact situation, I am trying to write about.
We had completed playing for sometime along the beach and also in the beach waters of ApsaraKonda. So it was time to get a fresh water bath at the ApsaraKonda waterfall.
We did have a shower at the Apsarakonda fresh water fall. While going to the waterfall, we noticed, few guys had parked their van and were having a late lunch. It was around 5 pm. We were wondering, these guys were lucky to have found a nice place and shade to park, cook and eat.
After we finished our bath and were returning, we were waiting for our van too, to come to the same place instead of we going there, also, few of our guys were slow in finishing their bath and hence we decided to wait, and we sat opposite but at a bit far distance from these people who by then had finished eating.
Within few minutes, few of their guys came and asked us if we would like to have biryani. We 3 people being vegetarians said no. But we asked few of our team members who followed shortly, and it turned out around 4 people readily acknowledged.
The people who had parked their van were from Harihara, the satisfaction on my friends faces after consuming biryani was priceless, plus in a way they helped a cause too. instead of wasting food, its always better to volunteer up!
Cheers,
Imagine a situation where you travel and you take your cooking utensils, you cook and cook a bit extra, instead of disposing off the food, you try to find people whom you can distribute the extra food to. Yes, exactly, this was the exact situation, I am trying to write about.
We had completed playing for sometime along the beach and also in the beach waters of ApsaraKonda. So it was time to get a fresh water bath at the ApsaraKonda waterfall.
We did have a shower at the Apsarakonda fresh water fall. While going to the waterfall, we noticed, few guys had parked their van and were having a late lunch. It was around 5 pm. We were wondering, these guys were lucky to have found a nice place and shade to park, cook and eat.
After we finished our bath and were returning, we were waiting for our van too, to come to the same place instead of we going there, also, few of our guys were slow in finishing their bath and hence we decided to wait, and we sat opposite but at a bit far distance from these people who by then had finished eating.
Within few minutes, few of their guys came and asked us if we would like to have biryani. We 3 people being vegetarians said no. But we asked few of our team members who followed shortly, and it turned out around 4 people readily acknowledged.
The people who had parked their van were from Harihara, the satisfaction on my friends faces after consuming biryani was priceless, plus in a way they helped a cause too. instead of wasting food, its always better to volunteer up!
Cheers,
When I ran out of the beach waters - TTTT 31.
One such crazy incident happened this time. Out of the number of times, I have entered the sea waters, I never felt insecure by the creatures crawling in the water. I have only been scared of the water dragging me into the sea.
This time, while we were enjoying the waves were in the beach waters, one of our team members got bitten by a jelly fish or not sure what creature it was.
He pretty much quickly got out of the water, I was bit reluctant to head out of the water. But I came close to the shore and stood up, where in I just saw the cup shaped creature pass near my leg. I assumed it to be the same thing which had bit him on his forearm.
At this moment, my scare knew no bounds and there you go, I just ran out of the beach waters, just to avoid one more round of conflict with that creature.
Cheers,
This time, while we were enjoying the waves were in the beach waters, one of our team members got bitten by a jelly fish or not sure what creature it was.
He pretty much quickly got out of the water, I was bit reluctant to head out of the water. But I came close to the shore and stood up, where in I just saw the cup shaped creature pass near my leg. I assumed it to be the same thing which had bit him on his forearm.
At this moment, my scare knew no bounds and there you go, I just ran out of the beach waters, just to avoid one more round of conflict with that creature.
Cheers,
Beach trek 2016
Starting from the year 2013, I have been taking part in a beach trek, each year. It involves walking along the beaches, the coastline. The fun part is walking barefoot, with the waves hitting your legs, the sun, the tan, plus loads of dehydration.
This year was no different. And I traversed the same old route, Gokarna to Honnavara, only difference is that, we started from Kudle beach instead of OM Beach.
Covered few beaches, waited for ferry crossing at Tadadi port/ Aghanashani river, then camped at Holanagadde Sri Ramanajaneya Temple.
It was fun, just a bit lesser crowd this time around! Can't imagine one year has just flown by!
Cheers,
PS - Distance covered 37.1 kilometers,
Start Point - Kudle beach, Gokarna
End Point - Dhareshwar beach, Haldipur.
Other places of visit -
Apsarakonda beach + Apsarakonda Waterfall!
This year was no different. And I traversed the same old route, Gokarna to Honnavara, only difference is that, we started from Kudle beach instead of OM Beach.
Covered few beaches, waited for ferry crossing at Tadadi port/ Aghanashani river, then camped at Holanagadde Sri Ramanajaneya Temple.
It was fun, just a bit lesser crowd this time around! Can't imagine one year has just flown by!
Cheers,
PS - Distance covered 37.1 kilometers,
Start Point - Kudle beach, Gokarna
End Point - Dhareshwar beach, Haldipur.
Other places of visit -
Apsarakonda beach + Apsarakonda Waterfall!
When a tadpole turned out in drinking water - TTTT 3
It was one other trek with a different group. The year was 2013, month was November. It was a beach trek. We had started the trek from Kumta to Gokarana. It was walking along the beach stretch.
It was mid afternoon we had run out of water and we could locate a fisherman's house opposite to the beach. We went there and asked for water. There was a fresh water well from which water was drawn manually.
Then we started to fill our bottles. And there you go, I got my bottle filled up too with water. When I looked inside it for mud or dirt, I found out there was a live tadpole within it. (Atleast that was what I thought of the live creature)
And what did you think I did, I just dropped few quantity of water back into the well and started drinking the water!
Cheers,
It was mid afternoon we had run out of water and we could locate a fisherman's house opposite to the beach. We went there and asked for water. There was a fresh water well from which water was drawn manually.
Then we started to fill our bottles. And there you go, I got my bottle filled up too with water. When I looked inside it for mud or dirt, I found out there was a live tadpole within it. (Atleast that was what I thought of the live creature)
And what did you think I did, I just dropped few quantity of water back into the well and started drinking the water!
Cheers,
And..it finally happened!
I was very much wondering, whether I would be able to visit the beaches during the year 2015. I had made it to Sharavathy Valley 3 times this year, but none of the times, I had descended down towards the beaches.
My road trip for the year 2015 fell out of the equation and my trip with cousins too did not happen. Chance was little of me making it to the beaches or for that matter coastal Karnataka.
But all of a sudden, I see this beach trek happening, register immediately. And alas, I get to the beaches, trek along the beaches, 3rd time beach trek, 3 times in 3 years, feels great.
Trek was awesome, people were awesome, 2 days and 3 nights worth well spent.
Started out at Om beach Gokarna and ended at Haldipur beach Kumta!
Cheers,
My road trip for the year 2015 fell out of the equation and my trip with cousins too did not happen. Chance was little of me making it to the beaches or for that matter coastal Karnataka.
But all of a sudden, I see this beach trek happening, register immediately. And alas, I get to the beaches, trek along the beaches, 3rd time beach trek, 3 times in 3 years, feels great.
Trek was awesome, people were awesome, 2 days and 3 nights worth well spent.
Started out at Om beach Gokarna and ended at Haldipur beach Kumta!
Cheers,
2 days beach trek Honnavara to Gokarna - November 2013... part 7
Return journey was even more fantastic. I shall remember it for many such reasons. We started out from Gokarna that day around 9 30 PM. We were driving along the Ghats to reach Sirsi. We proceeded very slow. I was not sure what was the reason.
I was sitting at the last but one seat of the vehicle. All the people had closed their windows and there was no fresh air to breathe at all! Meanwhile I had some interesting conversations with a fellow trekker.
Once we reached Sirsi, I decided to sit next to the driver. We had a new passenger along the vehicle. Incidentally a cleaner friend of our driver had landed at Gokarna that day. He had a week long trip to Mumbai and our driver had voluntarily agreed to drop this chap to Bangalore.
It looked like he had worked very hard and was sleeping right next to the driver that too snoring. I was surprised, with such a heavy sounding engine, how this guy managed to sleep so peacefully.
All in all very slow road, the road condition was poor. There was road work going on many such deviations and the driver was looking for some Tea to keep him awake. But he could not find any.
Somehow we made it to NH4. and after reaching NH4 it was another story. The driver could not reach speeds above 80 kmph. The front left wheel used to wobble the moment we crossed the speed 80. As a result we had limited ourselves to this speed all through the return journey. Bangalore was 300 kilometers and more. It was a slow journey.
I always enjoyed driving along the highway. But today it was difficult keeping awake. The driver was too dozing. He smoked cigarette drank water did all the circus in the world to keep himself awake.
Finally at a toll, found some tea and drank tea. After drinking tea. he slept for sometime. But the fellow passengers did not allow him to sleep instead woke him up saying, they needed to reach Bangalore early.
I made myself comfortable in the last but one seat and after some distance and sometime, the driver eventually stopped at a petrol pump near Chitradurga unable to drive any further. He dozed off for an hour or so.
So we were going to be delayed but the delay turned out to be huge. Eventually we made it to Tumkur by 8 AM and most people readily agreed to stop for morning breakfast too at Kyathasandra.
Once done, we managed to reach Bangalore by 10 30 AM. Reached home by around 11 40AM.
This brought to an end a memorable outing. Not all things went as per plan. We could not complete the entire beach trek. But it was sweet indeed.
Cheers,
PS - Ever since then I have fallen in love with Gokarna, Kumtaa, Honnavara. Love to visit these places again and again.
I was sitting at the last but one seat of the vehicle. All the people had closed their windows and there was no fresh air to breathe at all! Meanwhile I had some interesting conversations with a fellow trekker.
Once we reached Sirsi, I decided to sit next to the driver. We had a new passenger along the vehicle. Incidentally a cleaner friend of our driver had landed at Gokarna that day. He had a week long trip to Mumbai and our driver had voluntarily agreed to drop this chap to Bangalore.
It looked like he had worked very hard and was sleeping right next to the driver that too snoring. I was surprised, with such a heavy sounding engine, how this guy managed to sleep so peacefully.
All in all very slow road, the road condition was poor. There was road work going on many such deviations and the driver was looking for some Tea to keep him awake. But he could not find any.
Somehow we made it to NH4. and after reaching NH4 it was another story. The driver could not reach speeds above 80 kmph. The front left wheel used to wobble the moment we crossed the speed 80. As a result we had limited ourselves to this speed all through the return journey. Bangalore was 300 kilometers and more. It was a slow journey.
I always enjoyed driving along the highway. But today it was difficult keeping awake. The driver was too dozing. He smoked cigarette drank water did all the circus in the world to keep himself awake.
Finally at a toll, found some tea and drank tea. After drinking tea. he slept for sometime. But the fellow passengers did not allow him to sleep instead woke him up saying, they needed to reach Bangalore early.
I made myself comfortable in the last but one seat and after some distance and sometime, the driver eventually stopped at a petrol pump near Chitradurga unable to drive any further. He dozed off for an hour or so.
So we were going to be delayed but the delay turned out to be huge. Eventually we made it to Tumkur by 8 AM and most people readily agreed to stop for morning breakfast too at Kyathasandra.
Once done, we managed to reach Bangalore by 10 30 AM. Reached home by around 11 40AM.
This brought to an end a memorable outing. Not all things went as per plan. We could not complete the entire beach trek. But it was sweet indeed.
Cheers,
PS - Ever since then I have fallen in love with Gokarna, Kumtaa, Honnavara. Love to visit these places again and again.
2 days beach trek Honnavara to Gokarna - November 2013... part 6
So finally, we did manage to reach OM beach in Gokarna. Meanwhile we could see couple of dolphins in the sea. So our beach trek came to an end pretty early. We skipped many beaches. Also we were running out of time.
As a result, this was the only viable option. Along with it, we also never found time to take a dip in the water. Now the time had come. We plunged into the water. Borrowed a fellows football and began playing in the water.
After good 30-40 minutes, wound up and proceeded to have a bath over there. After bath all the tiredness of the trek was gone. Felt really refreshed and lost enthu was back.
Now it was time to wind up and proceed towards the Sri Mahashiva temple for Darshan. Completed the Darshan and then proceeded towards Bhojanalaya for the Prasadam.
Felt really good. It was indeed refreshing. Completed the dinner and then got ready to start our return journey around 9 30 PM.
Cheers,
As a result, this was the only viable option. Along with it, we also never found time to take a dip in the water. Now the time had come. We plunged into the water. Borrowed a fellows football and began playing in the water.
After good 30-40 minutes, wound up and proceeded to have a bath over there. After bath all the tiredness of the trek was gone. Felt really refreshed and lost enthu was back.
Now it was time to wind up and proceed towards the Sri Mahashiva temple for Darshan. Completed the Darshan and then proceeded towards Bhojanalaya for the Prasadam.
Felt really good. It was indeed refreshing. Completed the dinner and then got ready to start our return journey around 9 30 PM.
Cheers,
2 days beach trek Honnavara to Gokarna - November 2013... part 5
It happened so, as we started to trek for the day, we climbed up a hill and basically ended up losing our way. We did circles around the beach. Along with us, there was one more group. Now both the groups were doing rounds around the beach with no concrete roads to Aghanashani port.
This was at Barkha beach. We ended up at a place in the middle of nowhere. In front of us it was the sea, to our left and right, it was huge rocks. And there was a climb to our back which we had to take. We did and we ended up at the same place where we started.
We found one house asked for the path and tried the path but ended up in the middle of nowhere. In the end we retraced our path back to the house. It was 3 hours into the trek and we ended up calling off our efforts to reach Aghanashani port via trek.
As a result, we decided to find the nearest road and then take a bus to Aghanashani port from there a boat to Tadadi port or another beach.
So we walked a couple of kilometers to the road, where we found a Mahindra vehicle. We climbed on to it. It happened to take us to Aghanashani river port. Over there, we took some time out to munch on to some chocolates and drank some aerated drinks till the time the shop owner arranged a boat for us.
The boat came after a good 30-40 minutes. We were kinda partially tired after trekking round in circles and it was a hot day too!
We initially decided to make a move towards Paradise beach and continue the trek from there on. But once we reached Paradise beach we decided to move all the way along to Om beach.
So this would bring an end to our glorious trek, where we could soak up in the water and catch our shuttle back to Bangalore.
Cheers,
This was at Barkha beach. We ended up at a place in the middle of nowhere. In front of us it was the sea, to our left and right, it was huge rocks. And there was a climb to our back which we had to take. We did and we ended up at the same place where we started.
We found one house asked for the path and tried the path but ended up in the middle of nowhere. In the end we retraced our path back to the house. It was 3 hours into the trek and we ended up calling off our efforts to reach Aghanashani port via trek.
As a result, we decided to find the nearest road and then take a bus to Aghanashani port from there a boat to Tadadi port or another beach.
So we walked a couple of kilometers to the road, where we found a Mahindra vehicle. We climbed on to it. It happened to take us to Aghanashani river port. Over there, we took some time out to munch on to some chocolates and drank some aerated drinks till the time the shop owner arranged a boat for us.
The boat came after a good 30-40 minutes. We were kinda partially tired after trekking round in circles and it was a hot day too!
We initially decided to make a move towards Paradise beach and continue the trek from there on. But once we reached Paradise beach we decided to move all the way along to Om beach.
So this would bring an end to our glorious trek, where we could soak up in the water and catch our shuttle back to Bangalore.
Cheers,
2 days beach trek Honnavara to Gokarna - November 2013... part 4
Had a good night's sleep. Woke up couple of times during the night just to check how much the water level had come towards us. It was a still good 50 feet away from us. The waves were pretty rough. It was a good experience sleeping under the open sky. There were insects crawling on the sand, but it was manageable.
It was nice. Woke up around 6 am. Rest of the guys too woke up around the same time. Few of us went into the beach just to soak up till our feet. Few others started building sand castles on the beach. All in all a great experience to remember.
We accumulated the Maggi packets brought and then started the breakfast preparation. Meanwhile we got ready and packed our belongings. Completed our breakfast and generously thanked and tipped couple of guys who had helped us with the vessel and wood.
So we started our journey towards Barka beach and then Aghanashani river port, where we had to take a boat to the other side before we could make our way to Gokarna.
Cheers,
It was nice. Woke up around 6 am. Rest of the guys too woke up around the same time. Few of us went into the beach just to soak up till our feet. Few others started building sand castles on the beach. All in all a great experience to remember.
We accumulated the Maggi packets brought and then started the breakfast preparation. Meanwhile we got ready and packed our belongings. Completed our breakfast and generously thanked and tipped couple of guys who had helped us with the vessel and wood.
So we started our journey towards Barka beach and then Aghanashani river port, where we had to take a boat to the other side before we could make our way to Gokarna.
Cheers,
2 days beach trek Honnavara to Gokarna - November 2013... part 3
After taking a break, we proceeded couple of kilometers, it was almost sunset and we had to find a place to camp. Remember we had to camp out in the open.
To our luck, we found a place, where couple of gentlemen were trying to build a hut kind of thing. We asked them if we could camp opposite to their establishment and just a few meters away from the beach. They even agreed to provide portable water to us along with a huge vessel/container for holding the water. This place was none other than Sangam beach!
We had hit a jackpot. So we started to unpack and it turned dark pretty quickly. We also borrowed wood from these gentlemen and then we started the campfire. Few guys started out with chopping vegetables few others started soaking rice for preparing BisiBele Bath.
We had forgotten to bring salt and couple of guys went ahead and brought salt. So we prepared dinner under moonlight with no electricity. There were few people on the beach that day.
We played couple of games in the dark in front of the campfire and thus brought an eventful day 1 to an end. It was a different kind of experience.
Cheers,
To our luck, we found a place, where couple of gentlemen were trying to build a hut kind of thing. We asked them if we could camp opposite to their establishment and just a few meters away from the beach. They even agreed to provide portable water to us along with a huge vessel/container for holding the water. This place was none other than Sangam beach!
We had hit a jackpot. So we started to unpack and it turned dark pretty quickly. We also borrowed wood from these gentlemen and then we started the campfire. Few guys started out with chopping vegetables few others started soaking rice for preparing BisiBele Bath.
We had forgotten to bring salt and couple of guys went ahead and brought salt. So we prepared dinner under moonlight with no electricity. There were few people on the beach that day.
We played couple of games in the dark in front of the campfire and thus brought an eventful day 1 to an end. It was a different kind of experience.
Cheers,
2 days beach trek Honnavara to Gokarna - November 2013... part 2
In order to have our packed lunch, we needed to chose a place, It was Mangodlu beach. There were couple of hills to climb and on climbing the second hill, we decided to take a break. It was pretty nice experience, sitting on top the hill under shade, with the sea directly opposite to you, having food etc etc.
While descending from this hill, towards Dhareshwar beach we found a trio from Germany sunbathing on one of the cliffs. Wished them afternoon and then proceeded.
But in the middle, many of our guys in the team ran out of water. It was easy to get water. Just need to move out of the beach into a neighboring village and ask for water from any of the households. There is also a road which runs parallel to the beach, where we could see few vehicles every now and then.
Somewhere in the meantime, we crossed Holanagadde beach, not sure, because I do not have pictures of the same.
It was around 5pm when we once again stopped for sometime, where we completed our snacks. It was indeed turning out to be fun. We decided to cover some more distance before we could actually make a halt for the day.
In the meanwhile, we encountered one more group from Bangalore which had come to do the beach trek. Co-Incidentally the organizers of that group and our group seemed to know each other.
Cheers,
While descending from this hill, towards Dhareshwar beach we found a trio from Germany sunbathing on one of the cliffs. Wished them afternoon and then proceeded.
But in the middle, many of our guys in the team ran out of water. It was easy to get water. Just need to move out of the beach into a neighboring village and ask for water from any of the households. There is also a road which runs parallel to the beach, where we could see few vehicles every now and then.
Somewhere in the meantime, we crossed Holanagadde beach, not sure, because I do not have pictures of the same.
It was around 5pm when we once again stopped for sometime, where we completed our snacks. It was indeed turning out to be fun. We decided to cover some more distance before we could actually make a halt for the day.
In the meanwhile, we encountered one more group from Bangalore which had come to do the beach trek. Co-Incidentally the organizers of that group and our group seemed to know each other.
Cheers,
2 days beach trek Honnavara to Gokarna - November 2013... part 1
Disclaimer - I do not know the names of all the beaches that we walked along. But there were aplenty. Please excuse my bad memories!
The year was 2013, it was my first trek with this group. I had got shortlisted and this trek was kind of unique, because it was a beach trek. It involved walking along the beaches or rather sea shores.
It was indeed fun. It also involved camping in the open, since it was a full moon day, there would be sufficient moonlight. The idea was awesome, Getting shortlisted was even more fun. What happened during the event was bit of up and down. But in the end, I need to digest it as another experience.
It all started on Friday, around 10 PM, when we had assembled at our pickup point. It was another routine pickup, but things did not look as usual.
Within 1 kilometer from the pickup, we discovered the vehicle had some problem with the clutch and the driver was finding it difficult to engage quickly.
Finally with things set, we started on NH4. Initial plan was to move to Haveri and then take a deviation towards Sirsi and then Gokarna. But due to some reason, we ended up going interior of Tumkur and stopped at Tumkur for over an hour.
In the end when we started from Tumkur we had come too much interior of Tumkur and as a result proceeded through the Shimoga road. It was getting cold, the month was November. Stopped somewhere near Arsikere for tea then proceeded.
I found some sleep and woke up in the morning when we had reached Sagara. Stopped in front of a hotel for breakfast. We brushed our teeth and then completed breakfast and started towards Jog Falls.
Then it was a slow descend to Honnavara, where we picked up groceries for preparation of evening dinner. We also got packed lunch from a hotel in Honnavara. The day was getting hotter as we got ready for the trek. It was almost 12 in the noon when we started the trek.
We started out at from Kumta beach. The sun was directly above us, but we were very happy to get rolling since we were travelling for the last 12 hours or so. The exercise was nice indeed. Then we passed the Vanamali beach.
It was over here, we could see lots of people who were engaged in fishing. There were boats too ferrying people, lots of eagles/hawks in the sky. One by one we made our way through the fishing village.
Cheers,
Few pics
The year was 2013, it was my first trek with this group. I had got shortlisted and this trek was kind of unique, because it was a beach trek. It involved walking along the beaches or rather sea shores.
It was indeed fun. It also involved camping in the open, since it was a full moon day, there would be sufficient moonlight. The idea was awesome, Getting shortlisted was even more fun. What happened during the event was bit of up and down. But in the end, I need to digest it as another experience.
It all started on Friday, around 10 PM, when we had assembled at our pickup point. It was another routine pickup, but things did not look as usual.
Within 1 kilometer from the pickup, we discovered the vehicle had some problem with the clutch and the driver was finding it difficult to engage quickly.
Finally with things set, we started on NH4. Initial plan was to move to Haveri and then take a deviation towards Sirsi and then Gokarna. But due to some reason, we ended up going interior of Tumkur and stopped at Tumkur for over an hour.
In the end when we started from Tumkur we had come too much interior of Tumkur and as a result proceeded through the Shimoga road. It was getting cold, the month was November. Stopped somewhere near Arsikere for tea then proceeded.
I found some sleep and woke up in the morning when we had reached Sagara. Stopped in front of a hotel for breakfast. We brushed our teeth and then completed breakfast and started towards Jog Falls.
Then it was a slow descend to Honnavara, where we picked up groceries for preparation of evening dinner. We also got packed lunch from a hotel in Honnavara. The day was getting hotter as we got ready for the trek. It was almost 12 in the noon when we started the trek.
We started out at from Kumta beach. The sun was directly above us, but we were very happy to get rolling since we were travelling for the last 12 hours or so. The exercise was nice indeed. Then we passed the Vanamali beach.
It was over here, we could see lots of people who were engaged in fishing. There were boats too ferrying people, lots of eagles/hawks in the sky. One by one we made our way through the fishing village.
Cheers,
Few pics
3 days road trip, Mirzan fort Kumta Day 3
After good night's sleep, woke up early got freshened up and first thing was to visit Mirzan fort in Kumta. I simply love the highway starting from Udupi till Goa. Its too good.
Last time I had the previlege of driving on this road, in the afternoon, early morning. Thoroughly enjoyed my drive on this road. This time too the case was same.
Once we reached Mirzan fort, came to know it was not yet opened. Hence proceeded to a nearby hotel in the main road.
Breakfast was Misal Bhaaji. What a lovely food. I had 2 full plates of a low calorie one and my friends made fun of me as if there was no tomorrow. When I came back and searched internet, found out its a specialty of Kumta. How proud I feel that I ate two plates.
Its nothing but Avalakki, on top of that, boiled vegetables, lentils, masala and salt, topped up with Sev. I tried the low calorie one with no Sev top ups and left out the potatoes.
Within the avalakki there were lots of fried items too,which I left out, like Chakkuli, Nippat etc.
All in all the shop was a go-down of fried items. What a nice breakfast I thought, next time, definitely will take my parents over there too!
Cheers to Misal Bhaji.
Cheers,
Last time I had the previlege of driving on this road, in the afternoon, early morning. Thoroughly enjoyed my drive on this road. This time too the case was same.
Once we reached Mirzan fort, came to know it was not yet opened. Hence proceeded to a nearby hotel in the main road.
Breakfast was Misal Bhaaji. What a lovely food. I had 2 full plates of a low calorie one and my friends made fun of me as if there was no tomorrow. When I came back and searched internet, found out its a specialty of Kumta. How proud I feel that I ate two plates.
Its nothing but Avalakki, on top of that, boiled vegetables, lentils, masala and salt, topped up with Sev. I tried the low calorie one with no Sev top ups and left out the potatoes.
Within the avalakki there were lots of fried items too,which I left out, like Chakkuli, Nippat etc.
All in all the shop was a go-down of fried items. What a nice breakfast I thought, next time, definitely will take my parents over there too!
Cheers to Misal Bhaji.
Cheers,
3 days road trip -> Magod falls to Kumta
After visiting Magod falls, we headed to Kumta, it was turning dark, the roads were curvy along with good amount of traffic. Coupled with that, there were heavy rains. It was difficult to drive, but we managed and reached Gokarna cross.
If we went straight, we could proceed to Gokarna, we took right it would lead us to Ankola and Karwar, left to Kumta. Refilled at the fuel station and took left turn towards Kumta.
Two of our guys on the bike had searched for rooms in Kumta. It was Hotel Vaibhav, so we stopped at Hotel Panduranga International for dinner. It was nearing 10 PM and the hotel was nearly closing. Completed dinner and headed right to our hotel for a good night's sleep.
Cheers,
If we went straight, we could proceed to Gokarna, we took right it would lead us to Ankola and Karwar, left to Kumta. Refilled at the fuel station and took left turn towards Kumta.
Two of our guys on the bike had searched for rooms in Kumta. It was Hotel Vaibhav, so we stopped at Hotel Panduranga International for dinner. It was nearing 10 PM and the hotel was nearly closing. Completed dinner and headed right to our hotel for a good night's sleep.
Cheers,
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