Gokarna

After the trip to Pichavaram, I haven't really travelled long and far. With the 3-day Sankranthi holidays approaching, I really wanted to get away to some nice place. We chose Gokarna (thanks to many who'd written about the place - such as this blog and this travelogue) - it was a 3-day weekend and 3 of us set off on Gokarna.
Not an easy journey for any of us - an overnight journey from Hyderabad to Hubli, and then a 4.5 hour bus ride to Gokarna. By the time we reached Gokarna, it was 2 pm. We had lunch, refreshed, and got off to the Om beach. We'd be there till sunset.
The next day, it was Kudle beach - a typical Chennaiite, I haven't come across clean, vast beaches with so much of variety and sea life. Needless to say, I had a nice time taking pictures of the little things on the beach... we even found whale bones...
Day 3, we went to the main beach - the typical Indian beach - dirty, noisy, crowds. At 12 noon, it was time to get going. After lunch, we got back to the bus stand, got into a bus to Ankola - one that went on even after a tire burst - from Ankola, it was to Hubli, and Hubli to Hyderabad.

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