Mangalore, India Travel Blogs

Mangalore
Oct 31, 2005

... for optimum acoustics...didn't help Mark's cause... Woke up with an urge to leave the cheap dosas and thalis of mangalore for greener pastures... a couple of nightmarish buses and a fair bit of confusion later, we had arrived in the Kerelan village of ...

A day at the BEACH RESORT??? Huh?
Dec 28, 2006 (2 photos)

Well it was sort of a beach resort ... but they didn't have any beer!  (I think beer is a general theme in these vacation entries ... uhuhmm)  Thats fine.  The water was nice, but we were the only ones on the beach and a dozen little kids ...

west coast
May 3, 2007 (9 photos)

... lie down in my own row.  Very nice.  Especially when it was only 126 rupees...about $4. Just outside Mangalore was an interesting lookout, built during the 1600s but pretty much abandoned now.  Considering it has been abandoned it ...

And so it begins...
Dec 29, 2006

... to use at the moment here in India! Nevertheless we've bound ourselves from the start line in Cochin to just South of Mangalore! That's not too bad considering the morning we arrived at Delhi Airport to head to Cochin each and every place was delayed or ...

Ullal mangalore a riot of colours!!
Apr 29, 2008

Ullal is a tiny fishing village perched on the southern sand pit of Mangalore. The fabled "Rome of the east". Built on 10 hills with several old Churches and Cathedrals same dating back to the 16th Century having its very own 'Sistine chapel' of the St. ...

Filler!
Jun 29, 2008

map filler

Mangalore
Mar 6, 2006

... had originally planned to head north to the town of Hampi from Halebid, but difficulties with the bus connections meant us changing our direction and heading to the beach. A night in Mangalore broke up our journey onto our destination of Om Beach, Gokarna.

Mangalore
Mar 7, 2005 (2 photos)

... price of cashews again. Of course, I doubt very much that the workers were paid much at all. On the way back to Mangalore, Mukul pointed out different trees, jack fruit, cashews, fish tail palms. He is very knowledgeable. Dinner on board tonight was ...

Mangalore - NOT Balgalore's ugly step child...
Sep 26, 2006 (3 photos)

... us.  Luckily I wasn't in Grant's shoes, fighting off a stomach bug, doing everything he could to keep everything in. Mangalore, however, was worth the trip.  It was described in the LP guide book as basically just a place to refill on supplies ...

getting started
Sep 27, 2007

hello, I'm in Mangalore - and leaving for Goa tomorrow. this is a bit dull just now as I'm just getting started. once I get up and going i promise it will be as entertaining as it is informative....!

Lost for words...nearly
Jul 3, 2006

... exchange between me and the driver's sidekick, which went something along the lines of... Me: "are we going to Mangalore or Bangalore?" Sidekick: "Bangalore?" "Yes, Mangalore or Bangalore?" "No, Bangalore." "So we're going to BANGALORE? But our ...

Managlore
Mar 14, 2006 (3 photos)

... if any of them actually saw anything out of the confindes of Camp Prainha. Rubbish. We took a train journey from Margao to Mangalore simply to break the journey up. We had wanted to go direct to Cochin but at 15hrs and an overnight journey we decided ...

Southern Hospitality
Nov 8, 2005

... to your face, especially while eating, and never shake anyone's hand with your left or hand over anything. When I first arrived in India, it was a challenge not to use my left hand. I had to consciously keep it behind my back to avoid mistakenly using it ...

Mangalore
Oct 28, 2005 (1 photos)

mangeled well and truely
Mar 2, 2006 (2 photos)

OK so citys ARE not so hot in my books. Mangalore was to be frank "A hole". But it wasnt tooo bad. Think Hot, smelly, busey, polluted . But It did have good safe food unlike delhi (which I will explain later. It did have an amazing selection of pots and ...

Mangalore
Apr 10, 2009 (26 photos)

Mangalore isch nur en chline Zwüschestopp gsi, wills kein direkte Zug von Ernakulam nach Gokarna geh hät. D Fötteli sind drum au nur vo euisne Zugerläbnis...

The lost afternoon
Dec 19, 2006 (2 photos)

... to you! Our seats each benefited from about 3 of the aforementioned 'special features', so we were very relieved to get to Mangalore.  From there a rickshaw dropped us at the station so we could queue for an hour in the 30 degree heat for train ...

Mangalore
Jun 25, 2005 (9 photos)

... who like to travel on to Jog Falls. I just want to see the beaches there, enjoy the waves and relax! And that's Mangalore: confusing streets I got lost a couple of times but after all I manage to find some decent beaches with fishers, dogs, cows and ...

Mingin in Mangalore
May 4, 2007

... in fancy hotels (air con!) and in an internet cafe (where the power went - see a few entries back). Not much in Mangalore - hot and dusty and the usual unfinished indian roads with piles of rubble and sand in random places. Its like they start but dont ...

Mangalore
May 6, 2006

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Mank galore!
Jul 3, 2006 (3 photos)

Photos!

mangalore
Apr 10, 2009

mangalore

Explore India
Apr 24, 2008

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mangalore-udupi-manipal
Jan 2, 2008 (101 photos)

after much awaited we boarded the flight to mangalore,my friends picked us up to go to temple visit directly from the air-port.it was a goddess temple.a shakti-peeth and then we visited a beach and then our host tok us to their home .they didnot want us to ...

MY FIRST SUMMER VACATION IN MANGALORE
Aug 21, 2009

Hi All, I still remember my first visit (after a visit in 2nd or 3rd standard) when i was afraid of going native place.

Gastritits Sucks!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 21, 2005

... will be back to it's normal gut...catch my drift about the intestines?? well now back to normal.....i am back in the mangalore and having fun..i know one thing is for sure...after taking so many rough bus trips and scooter rides...i hope that i will ...

Mangalore
Mar 30, 2007

This isn't a very interesting place to visit, let alone to spend time here. Mangalore is a noticeably loud and dirty city, useful primarily for transport reasons. This is Shilpa Shetty's hometown.

As the Mangalore turns
Nov 18, 2005

well things are going well now...i just lined up a possible work opportunity with a local doctor who is willing to send me off to the villages in the area with an interpreter to take care of people and see how they are doing...now this is EXACTLY what i ...

Still Alive and Kickin
Nov 23, 2005

Hello everyone, actually

Guess What....Back in Mangalore!!!!!
Dec 19, 2005

well can you believe it or not!!!! i am back in mangalore....i have been battling a some intestinal amoebiosis (i.e. i have amoebic infection of my belly)....not pleasant...i would not recommend it to anyone...even if i didn't like the person.... now i ...