Navarathna Hotel Mangalore
Main Road, Karwar, Uttara Kannada Mangalore, Karnataka, 9700, India
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Mangalore –Serene Beaches and Mad Buses
... your greed. During our internet access travels we popped into the railway station to enquire about train departures for onward travel and while there are a number of trains, tickets can only be bought on the day of travel so it will be another hit or miss affair.
The best beach in Mangalore is Ullal Beach which is situated about 12kms south of the city and is described as "serene". There are not many places in India that are awarded the ...
Accidents happen
... such a big pilgrimage site. Next thing you know a cement truck clipped the driver side taking off the mirror and breaking the windshield. I thought that we were a bit close but on the way up we had experienced many very close calls and tight squeezes. The driver and a few people who stopped were concerned if we were hurt. We are absolutely fine, but the next thing you know it was decided that we would go back by bus. The next bus came by and ...
Initial things (so much to write): 2/24 - 2/27
... but the assistance kindly offered warmed my heart and vivified my languished legs. I eventually call it quits on the quest for Sandhya Lodge. I hail a rickshaw. The driver has no idea where Sandhya Lodge nor SC Road (the address of the lodge) are. I show him the map and he gains a vague understanding of the direction I need to head in. "I not go there," he states, "but friend take you." He walks up the block a little ways and talks with another driver who agrees to take me. I hop in ...
Blog 36: Cobra Under the Bed & Boys Peeing Part IV
... and demanding we go to his suggested hotels. I must insert that it is not wrong for a tuk tuk driver to want to make an extra buck on a westerner flush with rupees; what upsets me is when a person knows where they want to go and the driver does everything within their power (including taking you to the place you do not wish to go to) to sabotage your wishes.
We argued while in route and ...
Blog 35: How Do Boys Have So Much Urine? III
... and I followed by telling him that when I wanted his advice on all things Indian I would ask for it, but until that happened I just wanted to go to the train station and for him to shut his cake-hole in the mean time and do his job. It sounds mean, I know, but they are aggressive to the point of ad nauseum and there are times when your only option is to be quite frank or you will end up spending half your day being taxied around by some person that ...


