Om Beach Gokarna

Well it felt strangely good leaving Goa this time around.

Everything was much cheaper down in Gokarn, the people we met on Om beach were lovely, the staff a lot more friendly than up North, and no more injuries or illness....sort of.

Not much to report...a few strange sights is all:

-Massive fish that tried to eat a …

Gorkana is the main beach resort on the small strip of Karnataka coastline sandwiched between the beach giants of Goa and Kerala. Don't take this to mean that its somewhat of a small-fry in comparison. Some of the beaches here are a real slice of heaven and come with the added benefits of being less discovered than its peers. The consequence of …

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... I arrived in Gokarn I met some follow countryman, the first brits I've spoken to since I've been in India. I shared a taxi with them to Om beach which is around 6km south of Gokarn village. We found accommodation straight away at the Namaste guest houses ...

... be "good" but the "spirit" is now gone or the vibe is lost. They feel that the place is "ruined". I come to a place like OM beach in Gokarna and realize that this is one of the places I can say "I was there before..." It's "end" seems to be near as a ...

... dangerous sea as the waves are gently, lazily even, kissing the beach with barely even a sigh. If you go further along to Om beach ( so called because it is in the perfect shape of an Om in much the same way that the plough constellation looks just ...

... its distance from the town. If I ever return to India and do a stint on a beach it will be Kudlee/Om/Gokarna. Over the next headland was Om beach. This was still pretty as can be but I didn't initially feel the same attraction as I did with Kudlee. ...

... we climbed to the top of what is locally known as "meditation hill" from where you get a superb view of the whole of Om beach, and can watch both sunrise and sunset from the same point. I was busily snapping away (with my camera, not in irritation) and ...

... endast ett hål i marken. Man får kramp i benen och kiss på fötterna hur man än gör, vad mer kan jag säga. Från Gokarna drog jag till Om Beach som låg i närheten, rätt schysst ställe och även där mest hippies. Jag bodde i en liten hydda på ...

... the edge of the bay, although we have yet to see them.  Yesterday Mike was a real hero, with a baywatch moment on Om beach temporarily breaking the serenity.  A group of local lads were out swimming when one got into trouble, caught up in ...

... vele goeiekoper, mooiere stranden en de seafood is hier ongelooflijk lekker. Vandaag wandelingeske gemaakt over de verschillende strandjes.. het Om-beach hier vlak naast heeft inderdaaad de vorm van het heilige hindu-teken Om.. Herman en Veerle zitten ...

... we arrived in Gokarna and on the basis of a couple of conversations with people decided to stay in Gokarna town itself rather than go to Om Beach, as it was full.    We hadn't seen another cyclist in India - until yesterday that is, ...

... . mit mehr als einer stunde verspaetung traf ich dann dort ein und fand gleich andere ladies, die nach om beach(eines der beliebteren travellerziele in gokarna) unterwegs waren. So machten wir uns gemeinsam auf die suche und das finden eines guesthouses. ...