Gokarna, India Travel Blogs

Gokarna
Oct 3, 2008 (33 photos)

Gokarna, India

Time for some chillin on the beach
May 6, 2007

... Half an hour later of soaking this all in, the photgrapher from before had made his way in and was saying how this was real India while making the old couple sit in various positions with their dog. He was a bit a city folk type guy!! A skinny german ...

India-Free Beach
Nov 19, 2008

This is basically just a post to say hi, I'm on a beach! Gokarna is beautiful and deserted. Really. There is nothing here, it's so strange. Just guesthouses and some delicious food. And bhang lassi's otherwise labelled as 'special lassi' on the menu. Which ...

Go-go-karna
Mar 29, 2009

... ... bliss. Yoga is big in India (what with it coming from here) and there are still plenty of yoga-practising peeps here in Gokarna.  It can get a bit stifling .. a bit too "shanti shanti" (which means peace i think and seems to be the only Hindi ...

Life's a Beach
Oct 20, 2007 (3 photos)

... plough constellation looks just like a plough, or a saucepan, or a great bear.... Or whatever) there is a sigh telling you that the Gokarna police forbid you to stand on the rocks or to go down into the water. What kind of messed up place is this? If I ...

Beach Paradise
Feb 8, 2009

... in all India. We arrived in late afternoon and in no time I'd got myself a room at Willy’s Beach Bungalows on Gokarna town beach, my travelling companion Mercedes took a room in the town. I didn’t really do a great deal whilst there aside from ...

Om Beach ... a Shanti Beach
Mar 16, 2009 (5 photos)

... fruit curd and milk coffee breakfast. Gokarna is a very holy small town with many Hindu temples and shrines. Shivaratri Festival in Gokarna last year was very memorable, but it is nice to experience the town this year under a different light on regular ...

Om Beach, Paradis!
Feb 26, 2008 (18 photos)

Efter at have moedt Ida og Emilie i Hampi, fortsatte mig og Ida videre til Gokarna. Her var bare fantastiskt, vi ankom med baad til Om Beach da solen stod op, hvilket gjorde at det lignede paradis. Det viste sig at holde stik.  Om ...

Beautiful Gokarna
Jan 13, 2008

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Wildlife, beaches and palaces
Nov 6, 2007 (39 photos)

... very move. It was overwhelming and hilarious - resulting in Sami having to say a few words on stage! We moved on to Gokarna (South of Goa), where beaches were very quiet and tourism hasn't taken over yet. Several Indian tourists on one of the beaches - ...

Our Gas Plant
Jan 11, 2007 (2 photos)

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Beach Trekking
May 14, 2008 (9 photos)

... town or in a resort/shacks available in the beaches. From Mlore, the route goes like this: Mlore - Uduppi -Kundapur - Honnavar - Kumte - Gokarna. If planned properly, Jog Falls also could be covered as part of this trip, but we couldn't make it.   ...

Gokarna
Mar 2, 2003

... sie zu zweit bewohnt kann man hier fuer 15 RS uebernachten....soviel fuer die Zweifler..... Tja, das wars schon fast, da ueber Gokarna kaum was zu berichten ist... Die Wellen sind die letzten 2 Tage ziemlich hoch... ach ja, und gestern war der letzte Tag ...

Gokarna and burnt feet!
May 5, 2007

We woke up having had no visits by the mice and not many mossi bites,so we headed to Namaste cafe by the beach to see the place in daylight.It was much cooler by the sea so after Glenn had a swim and some camera guy was finished trying to persuade me to ...

off to heaven!yeeeha!
Mar 4, 2006

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The good life
Nov 26, 2009 (4 photos)

Relaxing, playing chess, swimming, yoga, meditation, hiking, meeting people and living on the beach for 5 days. It was really great ! The vibe was perfect - quiet and relaxed. The beach is one of the most beautiful I've been to.

Gokarna again to meet Ingrid and Jason
Apr 6, 2008

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Gokarna
Apr 9, 2008 (1 photos)

Vihdoin taalla. Gokarna. Kylla taa paikka ihan ihanalta vaikuttaa ainakin Goaan verrattuna. Eilen tulin, katotaan mita mielta oon parin paivan paasta :) Joko mie oon maininnu, etta Intiassa tapahtuu koko ajan jotain kummaa? Oikeesti. Et ikina usko mita ...

avoiding goa
Mar 18, 2002 (37 photos)

... arduous journey (15 hours on an overnight train, followed by three hours on two separate buses) i'm 750 km further north in gokarna...a series of beaches near a town in the north of the state of karnataka, just south of goa. it's quite lovely, but maybe ...

Gokarna
Jan 12, 2009 (4 photos)

... here, it is a bit annoying when the groups of teenage Indian boys come and harass them. Indians come to the many temples in Gokarna and swim on the beach while they have the chance. One Indian guy walked right up to my Swedish friend, Elly, and took a ...

gokarna
Apr 5, 2009

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Welcome to Paradise
Jan 19, 2009

... heard about Gokarna along the tourist trail and from the guide books. It was touted as what Goa was like ten years ago. Gokarna itself isn't really that exciting. Much like Pushkar, it is an example of holy town turned commercial to pander to the shopping ...

Half-moon festival
Mar 10, 2007 (5 photos)

... . It took him some trial and error to managed but he did and local fishermen let the way free for him. I went back to Gokarna on a pleasant motor boat cruise and nearly soaked totally when set a foot in the sand with my pack on my back and the last wave ...

Happy New Cow!
Dec 28, 2006

... sits on Michelle's lap, marking the highlight of the 2007 celebrations.   After learning crucial Indian lessons from Gokarna, the adventurers continue on the last stages of their India trip, up north to the state of ...

Arrive Gokarna
Jan 22, 2006

arrive gokarna

Om beach
Jan 15, 2009 (27 photos)

ok so thought I'd better make a new entry so that you don't lose interest .....  to be completed