Gokarna Trip

"The most valuable antique is an Old Friend"
-Unknown

It has been almost 10 years after our primary schooling and it feels wonderful that we  still are in touch with each other.

Gokarna trip was with my chaddi-buddies.

Gokarna is known for its beach and temples. It is a touristic small town centered around temples with pilgrims coming throughout the year. Our trip was planned for relaxation and to spend time with group.

We were a total of 6 members, 2 from Bangalore and the rest from Mangalore. From Bangalore, we planned our commute by Bus as the distance was about 550km, whereas on the other end we bought a rent car for the commute from Mangalore to Gokarna as the distance is approx 270km. Krishna was the taking charge of the ride.

Kudle Beach

The trip was planned for 2 days and 1 night. We choose Kudle beach as our halt place. The other option was Om Beach, we assumed that it will be over crowded there and hence didn't choose Om Beach.


From Bang, we reached Kudle beach around 10am on Sat morning, after the resort checkin and a light breakfast in nearby resort made us more comfortable. Mangalore folks joined us at around 11am.



We booked Kudle Beach Resort and to our surprise it was very decent and that too beach side.
The venue was perfect for us and we were very happy.

Kudle beach was beautiful, it was less crowd as assumed and everything seemed perfect for the 2 days trip. The only worry was the weather - hot and humid. It was very hot in the afternoon and being in shore made us to sweat as we were walking towards beach resort. We decided not to roam in the afternoon time as it will drain our complete energy.

Lunch Time :-)

After check-in kudle resort, we had lunch in resort, had few chit-chats from schooling memories and present lifestyles, played cards and so it went on.

It was already evening now, as we set to visit Om Beach. We planned to hang out at night at Kudle beach and hence did not want to miss Om Beach either. Om beach is hardly 7-8km from Kudle beach and as we had vehicle, the commute was much easier.

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Om beach was also beautiful but with more crowd. We had snaps here and there. Lot of tourist were also present.
There were folks playing football, I and Krishna joined them for an hour after which we got into the beach.

The evening weather was calm and with breeze. We relaxed there for an hour -more watching beauty of the nature and then around 8pm we set to go back to Kudle beach. We spend around 3hours here.

Beach + Bottle + Friends 

After freshening up, we carried the bottles and food and settled on beach. We also had a lot of companies, most of them Indian's and it set the mood right. Beach, Bottle, Friends wow the moment spent were memorable. We were there till 4am in the beach and then we back for sleep in resort. And the very long evening went calm :-).

Next day we were ready by 10am after freshening up, we checked out of resort at 11am and headed towards Om Beach - Namaste Cafe, as we heard the breakfast is good.

On the way to Om Beach, the car slide to a small pond. Even though there was no visible damage to car and nearby tyre, there was sound near tyre when we started to move again. And the worst thing was Sunday's all-most all the Car Repair shop were closed in Gokarna. We had to go to outside Gokarna to check for mechanic and that to the chances were 50-50 only.

Since, the weight might also add more damage, we dropped other folks in Om-Beach and Krishna and I took a ride to visit the car doctor. We found the bike mechanic and he told it wont impact much after some observation. We did not wanted to take risk and hence planned to move out of Gokarna approx 10km, on the way we experienced no sound and the ride was smooth there was no sign of any damage experienced. Also ,tough luck we did not find any mechanic in outskirts of Gokarna. We though it should be ok and then returned to Om beach  and joined other folks in Namaste Cafe.

Namaste Cafe is famous point for restaurant. Since we were late we skipped breakfast and ordered beer and main course. We spend our afternoon here. We had power nap in the beach side too.

Around 5pm,we left to visit Mahabhalleshwar temple. It is famous temple here. After visit to temple we planned to disperse. Mang folks left us near the check post around 6pm as they had to reach around 10pm. I and Renee spend time having snacks and discussing on random stuffs until VRL bus came to pick us.

Enjoyed the 2 days with friends, happiness cannot be put in words :-)

"Happiness is meeting Old Friends after a long time apart and feeling that nothing have changed"