Kukke Sri Subrahmanya Temple, 10 temples trip - Temple 1, Day 1.

Started the day, at 4 30 AM. When I was about to look for the vehicle documents, I found the insurance papers missing, I told my father, to drop the plans for the trip. Instead my father told me, nothing would happen without insurance papers and just to get on with the drive.

I was the only person driving, along with me, my father and mother. I was totally scared at the thought of driving without insurance papers in hand. Luckily after thorough searching I could locate the insurance papers and our trip was back on track.

We started around 5:50 AM in the morning and at 6:35 AM, I could manage to reach Nelamangala Toll, stopped for tea break. But no breakfast. My parents were constantly scolding me to stop for breakfast. I was in no mood to stop. I wanted to reach Kukke as soon as possible and after driving non stop I could make it to Kukke around 10:30 AM.

On reaching Kukke, instead of having breakfast, went to Darshan instead. The crowd was more and it took around 1 hour to get Darshan and come outside. Later it was time for food. We finally had breakfast at 11 45 AM at Hotel Kumarakrupa.

I was telling my parents to hurry. We had to make it to Dharmasthala. The heat was terrific. The road had heated up. I was sweating like mad. I had started to wonder, if whatever my parents told about humidity was turning to be true.

I had plans to reach Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala, before 2 30 PM, and hoping to be on time for Prasadam.
I had no idea, how far Dharmasthala was from Kukke, but what happened next, was yet again pure bliss, by God's grace.

Cheers,

10 temples trip, 2014 - Prologue

My parents were always wondering, when they would get to visit Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatha temple. I too wanted to visit Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala. I also wanted to visit Sri Suryagrama temple in Ujire. I thought I could combine many such temples along the way, and sketch a map for a well deserved long drive.

For the last 3-4 months, I had travelled atleast 3-4 times on the same highway which leads to Kukke Subrahmanya. Twice to Kumaraparvata. Each time, I wondered, the condition of the road was decent enough, for me to drive to Kukke. I waited and waited and time finally came. I told my parents, well in advance, May 1st shall be the day, I would prefer to drive to Kukke and visit around 10 temples around that stretch.

My parents were scolding me badly, for my choice.
One it was holiday on that day,
Two being summer, which would make us sweat like crazy.
But I was firm on going. I decided to travel on May 1. Even before month of may, I had sketched a rough road map to travel.

And what happened next is nothing less than pure bliss, by God's grace, I was able to complete 10 temples trip in 3 days covering 1200 kilometers and loads of places.
I shall write about it more in the next post.

Cheers for now.

Break from blogging.

Back to blogging after long time. Loads to write up. Each time I make up my mind to write something, I never end up making it. One thing I ensured I did right through 2013 and till now in 2014, is to travel on a regular basis.

Starting from Nov 2013, to sum it up, I have to write about loads of travel which I did. Every now and then I am thinking to buy a tablet, but really wondering, is that comfortable, can I type on a touch screen. Can I work on such a small monitor, considering, I am used to working with 2 monitors each of 17 inches.

This whole feeling makes me not to buy a tablet. But also I end up not blogging much as each day, I find lesser and lesser time, to switch on the PC and sit to write about stuffs. I find blogging from office totally unethical, though its accessible, I never intend to post anything from office network.

Here are my trips starting from Nov 2013.
1. Belur, Halebidu, Chickmaglur, Balehonnur, Kemmangundi trip with relatives from Pune.
2. Beach trek - Kumta to Gokarna with BASC.
3. Gingee fort trek and exploration with BASC.
4. Kumaraparvata trek with BMC.
5. Kottebetta trek with BTC.
6. Kumaraparvata cleanup with BASC.
7. Charmadi Monsoon trek with BASC.
8. Nishani Motte Monsoon trek with BASC.
9. 10 temples trip across Dakshina Karnataka.
10. Kashmir trip which span across 10 days.
11. Hampi photography event with BASC.

All in all I did more travel than I can imagine and write during the last 6 months. Hopefully I can travel bit more in the coming days.

So, shall blog as I find time.
Until then, Cheers,

Kumaraparvata trek - Some key points

Some key points which I thought might come in handy while doing Kumaraparvata trek.

1. Attempt KP trek, after training for atleast 2-3 weeks. These weeks should include running some cardio and breathing exercises. What I did, well, will share some other day.
2. Breath using nose always, both breath in and breath out. Never breath using mouth. I think this is one of the key point. Even in running if we breath through mouth, we end up being thirsty also more tired.
3. If one is sweating more (like me) drink more water and use Electral. I carried a 2.25 LT water bottle and even when the co-ordinator told me that it was heavy, I still stuck to my bottle. I had one more 1 LT bottle which was spare and empty most time.
4. Use a stick. I did not have a stick and while descending I was the last member, almost slow by 5 mins than the rest of them.
5. If you find going bit difficult, just chant the name of God and proceed. I think its as simple as that.
6. Always have the goal of reaching the temple at the top and praying over there.
7. There is no need to reach the peak from Kukke on day 1 itself. You can halt at Bhattaramane on day 1 and start on day 2. or you can halt at Kallu Mantap.
8. Carrying more load from Kukke side, will definitely take a toll on the body especially during summer. So choice of where to halt is important.

Well I am not an expert on trekking or giving key points. I am an overweight guy and the post written above is for myself, just to remind me the next time, I visit KP.

Till then,

Cheers, 

Kumaraparvata trek - Feb 15-16, 2014 - Part 3

After starting at Bhattaramane at 10 55 AM, we reached couple of view points on our way. The sun was at its best. It was getting hot, we started towards Kallu Mantapa. I never realized we were covering good ground even in bright sunshine.

We reached Kallu Mantap at around 12 10 PM. It was yet another record time. 1 hour 10 minutes was absolutely fantastic. I would like to thank the people in the front who were pulling like, nothing less than an A-Train. We took a 15 minutes break at Kallu Mantap. I was really in luck this time. I felt so happy and so emotional just to know, I will be able to complete KP trek and visit the temple at the top.

Then was the stretch of the journey which comprised of inclined climbing. We covered around 2.5 kilometers and reached at the false peak. We were there around 1 45 PM odd. Another record of sorts. From here it was 1 kilometer to Kumaraparvata. The feeling was awesome.

We made it to KP at around 2 20 PM. 7 hours after starting, with 1 hour break at Bhattaramane. Roughly 6+ hours to KP that too during summer(beginning of summer rather).

One thing I can say is, it happened only because of God's grace. Would love to thank God for each step I took during this epic trek. I proved myself wrong. I followed my heart and completed this trek. And four days later I am writing this post. Feels great.

Cheers,

Kumaraparvata trek - Feb 15-16, 2014 - Part 2

We reached Kukke, on 15 Feb 2014, around 5 45 AM. It was still dark. We freshened up in pretty quick time. This time, I was very much careful on what I carried. I shall mention about what all stuffs I carried this time around. But thats later.

Once everyone was ready, we headed out to Neo Mysore Cafe for breakfast. After a quickbreakfast, we were ready to start the Kumaraparvata trek at around 7 10 AM. I called home one more time, telling them that I was ready to start the trek and seeked blessings from my mother, hoping I would complete the trek.

The trek starts at a distance of 1.2 kilometers from the main Kukke temple road, so we walked this distance on asphalt road. Soon we were at the entrance where the trek starts. The briefing starts over here. We were 12 guys and our itenary was as follows.

Day 1 - Start from Kukke - Reach Bhattaramane - Break for lunch - Start to Mantap  and then to Peak.
             Return to Bhattaramane for dinner.

Day 2 - Start from Bhattaramane descend, reach KP and start to Bangalore.

This itenary was a bit tough one, I admit, on hearing this my friend had told me not to attempt this one as the summer had already kicked in. But I had taken it on and now it was do it or embarrass myself.

I had a lighter backpack this time around, one which weighed 0.75 kilos or even lesser. I had a 2.25 litres water bottle + one 1 Litre bottle spare which was empty. Since we were planning to stay at Bhattaramane we had to carry only 1 sleeping bag.

Before entering the forest, I just touched the ground and moved my fingers on the soil and prayed to God not to have a second time embarrassment. I wanted to complete this trek badly, and reach the temple at the top.
Believe me praying to mother earth before starting the trek helped, helped a lot infact.

Initial trek is through forest cover. There is good shade available and also since it was early morning we could do this stretch. We reached Bhimana Bande in around 50 minutes. This was quite a record time. The team was really good and 12 guys were really powerful. Initially I was in the front. Later I stopped in order to add electral to my water and stayed back till the forest cover ended.

Once the forest cover ended, people took few minutes break and I got a chance to sneak ahead. We made it to Bhattara mane at around 9 25 AM. We started at 7 20 AM and at Bhattaramane at 9 25 AM.  2 hours 10 minutes all it took..

What a feat it was, it was unbelievable. I felt blessed, I somehow got a feeling, I was in luck this time. My confidence just got a big boost.

Mr Bhatt agreed to serve an early lunch at 10 30 AM. We had loads of time. I started stretching hoping to cheat cramps. It felt better, relaxing. Soon we finished lunch and 10 55 AM we were ready to start again.

More on that in the next part.

Cheers,

Kumaraparvata trek - Feb 15-16, 2014 Prologue (events before the trek)

I completed Kumaraparvata trek this time around, and believe me the feeling is just awesome.

It was around 10th Feb 2014, I felt the need to trek. It had been 7 months since I had been to Mullayanagiri. After that, I did few trips but none of them can be categorized as serious trek. Those included.

1. Kumta to Gokarna Beach trek.
2. Photography cum exploration at Gingee Fort.
3. Trip to Hampi
4. Hubli Dharwad, Yellamanagudda Trip.
5. Chickmaglur trip.
6. KokkareBellur trip.

So I was keeping an eye on the BMC page for KP Trek. There were couple of treks to Kumaraparvata during January, but I could not be a part of it, due to some reasons. But when I came to know there was a KP trek on 14 Feb 2014, I did not hesitate to register.

Compared to last year I was feeling better, but couple of people still told me, that, it would be very hot and considering my personality, it would be very very difficult to complete the trek. Since my itenary was a serious one, a friend of mine told me that, if I could make it to Kallu mantap, and come back it would be great. He even told me not to register for the trek and only attempt it post monsoons. But not having trekked for sometime was making me go crazy. I had no option, hence I registered.

Prior to registering for KP Trek, I had registered for BASC trek to Nagala, but since I had no recent trek experience, the organizer rejected my entry. I nothing to prove that I could trek for 15 kilometers in two days. Also me being overweight casts a big shadow on my selection. I weigh 79 kilos for my 5  ft 7 inches height.  The organizer for Nagala trek told me, I would be slow and make the entire team wait since I had no recent experience. When I told him, I could do it, he told me to start off with one day treks.

It was more like a slap on my face and confidence. I felt bad, I feel bad whenever I get rejected. Its difficult to face rejections, but I had to swallow it and move ahead (as always and as with many of my interviews). Hence my only option left was to keep on checking BMC India page for the current week's trek events.

I think, whatever was bound to happen was all by God's grace. The turn of events were simply superb. Somewhere I know its because of God.

1. 14Feb 2014 BMC event was originally to Mullayanagiri.
2. But it got replaced with KP Trek.
3. I registered for KP trek.
4. There were only 12 guys for KP Trek.
5. Despite multiple people telling about the humidity  / summer season, I registered for KP trek.
6. I listened to my heart and hoped I will be able to make it....

Whatever happened next was all by God's grace.

Cheers,

Disappointing outing at KokkareBellur

As per this article, I read the best time to visit KokkareBellur is December to January.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Kokkare_Bellur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokrebellur

But when I visit this place today, I hardly see any migratory birds. As per wiki they come lay eggs and take care of their young one's till May, but this time I got to see only, "Babajee Ka Thullu".

Its very disappointing not to see any birds, driving that far and not to find any thing. Its absolutely ridiculous I thought. All the source of information were totally useless.

There were new boards laid out every half a kilometre, giving out directions but in the end what's the use?

Hence forth, I would like strictly tell people not to go by anything written on internet or news paper about this place. If someone has gone there 1 week back and seen birds then only proceed to this place, else its of no use.

Cheers,
Sandeep

3 weeks 3300 kms

Since I joined my new organization, few months back, I had not been able to travel much. Infact I could not travel at all. Courtesy no leaves till confirmation.

Now that I got confirmed, the month of November started in a good way. I have been on multiple vacations one after the other.

At the end of this month, I can say, its 3 weeks and 3300 kilometers on the road.

Yep, I have 3300 kms.

1. I drove 1100 kms from Bangalore to Hubli/Dharwad/Saundatti - Yellamanagudda and back.

2. I travelled with cousins for another 900 kms to Chickmaglur.

3. Finally went to a beach trek from Kumta to Gokarna and the whole trip ended up being 1300 kms.

So there it goes. This is one happy myself!!

Cheers, now back to work

Sri Yellamana Gudda, Saundatti,

I had been to Sri YellamanaGudda, Saudatti on 1 Nov 2013. Incidentally there was a huge crowd since it was Friday!! The pictures tell them all !!

Change in attitude !!!

I really do not know what to write about attitude. I prefer to write about this topic, as I ended up being in a situation, where, some of the people in my shuttle commented on my attitude.

It happened, so, that I was late to leave from office on 3 consecutive days. May be around 15 minutes. I speak to none of the female people in my shuttle.So when I was late for 15 minutes, 3 days in a row, they indirectly made a comment saying I have a bad attitude.

I really felt very bad, I thought of complaining, but I kept quite. Then over the next couple of days I introspected myself. All this thing happened in the new organization which I had joined in the last 3 months.

I thought to myself, I had worked amidst really intelligent people, including loads of expats,  and I ended up being amidst people who fight for 15 minutes of time. Its like fighting / commenting for 10 cents / paisa.

So I did not take any counter action against those personal comments made by total strangers.

Instead I remembered a scene from 3 idiots movie, where Sharman Joshi talks about attitude. After seeing that scene, I felt whatever I did was totally justified, it is the attitude which matters, why to worry about people talking about stuffs which hardly matter. 

I would like to tell those folks, this is my attitude, I shall carry the same, will not change it, and face the consequences of the same, come what may !

Below is the link to the interview scene from 3 idiots !!

Cheers,

Break from blogging

I had taken a break from blogging for couple of months, or you can say, in the recent months, I had not written much. I am very keen on blogging, but I was with held by the fact that, I could not find a proper adapter for my modem. I had problems in powering the modem, and then ISP connection.

Now that, I found a proper modem at an electrical store, near my home, I can now write atleast couple of things.
> I can write the concluding part for the Goa trip series.
> things which have happened in my cab / office shuttle.
> Change in my attitude part.
> Also a post on the IT industry tamasha, with a different angle.

Cheers,

Part 8 - Bangalore to Goa, road trip, Calangute beach to Fishland Dhaba

After coming out of Calangute, we headed towards Karwar, it was already 9 pm and we had no idea about where to have dinner. All of a sudden Dr Nag got an idea. He was aware of a Dhaba near to Karnataka border on the Goan side. It was Hotel Fishland Dhaba. He told food was excellent.

But by the time we reach there, it would already have shut shops. Luckily Dr Nag's relative who had arranged for our accomdation in Karwar, had the Dhaba's number. He told the Dhaba owner, who happened to be from Kundapura, about us. That we were on our way to the Dhaba and to keep the Dhaba open for us, sometime extra !

It worked, we ended up at Hotel Fishland Dhaba and had some yummy food. You never know, wonderful things happen when we are with wonderful people! Thats true in case of Dr Nag's company.

Finally around 11:30pm we reached Karwar, to our guesthouse.

Cheers to Dr Nag.

Part 7 - Bangalore to Goa, road trip, St Xavier's Museum to Calangute Beach.

After visiting St Xavier's museum, we had food at a neighboring restaurant and headed towards Calangute beach. It was around 3 : 30 pm when we reached over there and once again we guys lost ourselves. not once but twice within a span of 3.5 hours.

When Arvind was looking for a place to park his car near Calangute beach, me and Dr Nag got down from the car with our camera and stuffs. Arvind and Prashanth got ready to park the car. We were left behind and started to walk towards Calangute beach. There was a huge crowd but it was wonderful. The feeling was awesome. We waited at the beach looking for Arvind and Prashant but they were no where to be found.

After 15 mins, we figured out they were sitting close to the beach and they were waiting for us. The wait thus ended. I had missed out a chance of entering the water on couple of occasion and Dr Nag was worried that we were not enjoying his company!.

This time, I was ready to dive into the water. I had a great blast along with Dr Nag, in the water. We were there so much amount of time atleast close to 2 hours, I spent jumping in the water, trying to avoid the waves carrying me to the shore. Alas the evening came to an end and the Rescue guards started sending the crowd back. Me and Dr Nag spent some more time in water while Arvind and Prashant were sitting by the beach side. In between I took some pictures as well.

At around 5 45 PM when me and Dr Nag returned from the waters, we could not find Arvind and Prashant nor my camera/clothes. Fully wet, we decided to look out for them on the road. It was a crazy scenario. Everyone walks out of the beach after changing their clothes, we were walking with wet clothes on and water dripping and worried !. Alas we found Arvind and Prashant along side the road. They had changed their clothes and were headed for a casual walk towards Baga beach.

Somehow they cancelled their plans as soon as they saw us and we changed our clothes quickly. It was already dark and we started walking by the road, looking at different shops. There was a Tibetian market over there and Arvind decided to pay a visit. Arvind and Prashant ended up buying some stuffs out there. Me and Dr Nag did not. After an hour over there we returned to the main road to have Sugar cane juice. And thought lets head home. Remember we did not have an accomdation in Goa and had to come back to Karwar !

It was another long drive, but full of fun! In the mean while Arvind brought some cashews !

The day had not yet ended we still had not reached Karwar, wait for the next piece of adventure !

Cheers,

Part 5 - December 25, Goa Christmas Celebration.

On the way back to Karwar, we stopped at some place, where there was a phenomenal christmas decoration. Not sure which place it was, it sure was Colva.

Here are some pictures of the awesome piece of art !

Part 6 - Bangalore to Goa, road trip, Karwar to St Xavier's Museum

The next day we planned to visit St Xavier's museum. It was good day with bright sunlight. We had our breakfast in Karwar and headed out towards Goa. Once again crossing the Goan checkpost, we landed at the same junction which had led us to Canacona beach!

We then asked for directions and headed towards, St Xavier's museum. Arvind was once again arrogant and took a turn which made us drive through narrow country (like) roads! We got to have a good look at Goan culture, some backwaters.

I think we went through the narrow road which had one of the ancient bakeries of Goa. On one of the television shows, they had aired a bakery which would prepare fresh bread everyday and deliver to it households on a bicycle. I think it was the same road we went through, and if my eyes were not wrong, I think I had a glimpse of the bakery.

Once we reached St Xaviers's museum, we took quite some time, having a look the church museum. There was a big crowd, but it was fun indeed.!

Cheers,

Part 4 - Bangalore to Goa by car - Canacona beach to Colva to Karwar !

After spending few hours at Canacona beach, we headed towards Colva beach for the evening. I really did not know how many kilometers we travelled, but very soon we landed at Colva beach. Once again the beach was packed with people and somehow managed to find a parking spot.

I did not dive into the waters in the Colva beach, do not know what really stopped me from doing so, but I stayed away but, in the end got few pictures to cherish !

One bizzare incident happend at Colva beach. We lost Dr Nag in the process. Arvind and Prashanth came back from swimming and we grouped near the beach, but Dr Nag was missing in the process. Suddenly the crowd at the beach became lesser and all of a sudden, we saw the sun setting and things getting dark. Arvind told me he would go into the parking lot to check if Dr Nag was somewhere near the car. We had left our belongings in the car, hence had no mobile phone to call out. In the mean while me, and Prashant waited at the beach for Dr Nag. After 20 worrisome mins Dr Nag came out of nowhere, and to our surprise he told me he was searching for us, for sometime, but could not locate us. Things quickly fell into place and we visited the market near the beach. Time was already 8 :30 PM and we had to return to our guest house in Karwar, yes, we had to drive all the way back to Karnataka.!

Since it was too late, for any restaurant in Karwar to be open, we decided to have food at a Udupi Hotel along Colva beach!.

Before we left Goa, we stopped at a petrol station for some re-fuelling. Around 11 PM we reached Karwar.  So end of another exiciting day!

Cheers,

Part 3 - Bangalore to Goa by car - Karwar to Canacona beach !

Continued from Part 2 -

After few hours of sleep, we were awake around 5 AM in the morning, hoping to catch sunrise. We planned to travel to the nearby Rabindranath Tagore beach. The feeling was excellent, an empty beach, open stretch all for ourselves where we could watch the waves, nearby mountain, and enjoy early morning weather !

Its such a wonderful feeling to be part of a town which wakes up late, and takes to life slowly. After being part of  Bangalore, taking slow approach to life has never been possible. After spending an hour and half at the beach we headed back to the guest house, and got ready to have a first glimpse of Goa.

Before that, we took a ride into the heart of Karwar town, for breakfast.

On the way, we went to a Lord SiddiVinayaka temple.

After breakfast, we met our fourth companion for the journey Dr Nag, who in real life is a tremendous personality, thoroughly entertaining, yet humble and down to earth!. It was his presence that added a new dimension to our trip. Throughout the journey Dr Nag and Arvind were involved in heavy debates on Human Psychology spreading across various topics, which ended only when we reached Arvind's home on Monday morning. Without him, our trip would have been ADHURA (incomplete)!

So we headed towards Goa Checkpost! Though Arvind was driving, Dr Nag, got down and wrote vehicle details / DL Number at the checkpost. It was already 10 :45 AM, but with Dr Nag as company, it was never too late. We had no clues where we were heading, but Dr Nag clearly knew which beach to visit. He immediately told Canacona beach. 

We reached Canacona beach , there was heavy crowd and found very difficult to park the car. Arvind managed to squeeze the car somewhere on the road side and we were off to Cancona beach!

We spent a good 4 hours on the beach. Arvind, Prashant and Dr Nag got into the beach, but somehow I did not get into the water. I really missed it, which is one of the biggest blunders I have committed. One more bigger blunder was I did not enter the waters even that day evening. I really missed it, but I got some pictures, which I might not have, if I had taken a plunge.

Part 2 - Bangalore to Goa by car

continuing from Part - 1 -

Around 9: 15 am we reached Chitradurga, in my mind, I was telling myself, one more time to Hubli/Dharwad within a month ( a month ago,  I had been to Hubli / Dharwad). But things took a different turn no sooner we crossed Chitradurga.

Arvind, saw a signboard to the left which said "Mangalore" to the left. He soon started thinking about going on a coastal drive. It came out of nowhere and he was pretty adamant on taking the left turn and so he did!
At that moment, I really did not know where the road would take us ,or whether we could land in Mangalore and then come back to Karwar, because both places were in totally different directions. But I had nothing to say because we had already taken a deviation and had proceeded in the road which said To Mangalore.

The first place which came along the way was Channagiri. We stopped for tender coconut for the first time and for the second time stopped in front of a Sunflower farm. Not sure whose sunflower farm it was, but gatecrashed into it for few photos.

After taking few pictures, we proceeded along the same road. We had realized by then the road would lead us to Shimoga. So Arvind had a place in Shimoga where he wanted to visit, badly. So he ensured we had a mandatory pit stop at Shimoga, and the chosen place was PanchaTara IceCream parlour. He told me this place is so so famous and he ordered an ice cream or rather, Anamika.. I am guessing what was it !

After Arvind had his icecream, we proceeded towards Sagar - Jog Falls. Well no.. Anyone would think, we would have gone that route and then gone towards Murudeshwar and then Karwar. But no, all of a sudden Arvind told the road leading to Jog falls was in a bad state (not sure whether it was really!) and instead took the road to Agumbe. And we ended up in Agumbe Sunset point which was our next pit stop. And by the way to reach this place, we drove all the way through Thirthalli Forest which was kind of a breeze, I enjoyed the road to every bit!

Since we had proceeded towards Agumbe, a guy at the hotel told me, the only way to go to Goa now was via Kundapura / Murudeshwara and then Karwar. It was already 3 pm in the afternoon, the distance was huge and the time was very less, we proceeded towards our next point Kundapura. Upon reaching Kundapura we proceeded quickly towards VarahaAnjaneya temple right opposite to the Marvante Beach.

After seeking blessings at the temple we saw the beach. First sight of a beach after such a long drive. Marvante beach was excellent, we had less time, could not spend much time over there. But whatever we spent was excellent!

After Marvante beach we proceeded towards Murudeshwara, we were very tired and Arvind was still more tired because, he had driven most, so we tried to enquire about rooms for halting in Murudeshwara. Since it was December and that too Christmas time, one place told us about Rs 2000 for one night's stay.

Instead Arvind told we could proceed towards Karwar and halt at the designated place. Finally around 11 PM without further stops, we made it to Karwar where a guest house was booked for us. So after seeing so much one single day, we safely had made it to Karwar.

What happened over the next couple of days is just as exciting as this one.

Cheers,

PS:Below is our route for the day !