Curry Christmas ! - Gokarna

21/12/12 - 28/12/12

It has gone a while again since I last time wrote here. So it's finally time to continue. So I made it to Gokarna and Kudle beach. The first night wasn't so pleasant as like I told you I was bitten by mosquitoes and I wasn't sure were there someone other too living in my room. So it was time to change the place. And I wanted to get near the beach. I don't know what is it but I want to hear the sea and be able to go swimming easily if I am staying at the beach. And I got lovely beach hut just next to the sea from a place called Skylark. Which was great place anyway as I met really nice local people over there. Actually Gokarna is quite popular among locals and lot of young people came there to spend the weekend. Gokarna is more quiet than the busy Goa but there are the same beaches and more relaxed athmosphere.

Yo ! Me and the new friends

Even the cows are chilling !

Yoga is the thing in Gokarna

My beach hut - loved it !

Relaxation. That's actually my word for Gokarna. I didn't do much else over there. My mornings started with a swim or run (!) and with my favorite breakfast - plain curd and fruit salad. Then it was too hot to do anything so I could have a siesta and just read my book or just chill. Real beach life ! Lovely. Sometimes I visited with Adrien in Gokarna village or once we went to the next beach, Om beach. The beach has actually got it's name from the shape. It's just like the sign Om !

YUM !

In India cows are everywhere - they're even using stairs !

Om Beach

Fisherman boat @ Om Beach

Om Beach

Fisherman fixing a fishing net - perhaps?

Gokarna Beach

Gokarna village

Christmas also came and it was interesting to be again away from home. I would like to write here something about home sickness or how special or weird it was to be away but .. It wasn't. I were under palm trees and it was 30-40 degrees warm ! How possibly it could feel like Christmas then? Or in a way it did if you say Christmas is about good food and happiness - I love Indian food and warm sunny days. I had Christmas in my way in India ! Actually I think I had much better food there than I've ever had in Finland on Christmas.

Kudle beach on Christmas Eve

Did I already put some pictures from cows?

I have heard from public toilets but this was a public bath

Although the days were lazy in Gokarna they went fast. Soon eight days were over and it was time to move to the next place - Hampi. I had big expectations about the place as everybody sighed happily when I mentioned I was going there. No one said a bad word about Hampi. I had to go and check this place !

Good bye and good night Gokarna !