A passage through Karnataka.

Well its Christmas time again which means its time for Vacation. This time we hadn’t “planned” any vacation as such, instead we decided on a road trip to explore the bounty beauty of Karnataka.
Our road trip was for 7 days starting on the 24^th of December 2011 and ending on 30^th December 2011. The plan was to cover various terrains of Karnataka which included wildlife, hills and mountain ranges, temples and beaches. There were last minute changes to the plan as the Forest Department decided to cancel our booking at Bhadra Wildlife thanks to the bureaucracy of this state. Hence we dropped the wildlife plan and decided to relax at a home stay instead.

I have split this blog into the 7 days and places we covered sparing all the readers from a lengthy short story!
Here is the summary of the places we covered and places we stayed.

Places covered
Bangalore > Sakleshpur > Sringeri >Agumbe > Kollur > Kodachadri > Kundapur > Marvanthe > Gokarna > Om Beach > Kudle Beach > Jog Falls > Shimoga > Bangalore.

Places we stayed:
Sakleshpura: Makkithitta homestay.
Agumbe: Doddamane.
Kodachadri: Our lovely little tent.
Marvanthe: Turtle Bay resort.
Kudle Beach: Café Paradise.
Jog Falls: Sharavathi Nature Camp.

As a last thing I would like to say that we are proud to have made a decision to explore Karnataka. It’s a place with so much of variety and unexplored virgin beauties that it leaves you spell bound. Just to state an instance, there is a stretch from Sagara to Shimoga which looks nothing less than Scotland. I don’t intend to compare here but its the beauty of the place which is just splendiferous! The best drive I have had so far must be here I guess.
Hope you all have a good time reading the 7 day blog.

ಸಿರಿಗನ್ನಡಂ ಗೆಲ್ಗೆ!! ಜೈ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ!!
 Day 1: Bangalore - Sakleshpura - Manjarabad Fort - Makkithitta homestay

Day 2: Mudigere - Sringeri - Agumbe 

Day 3: Kundadri hills - Barkhana falls - Jogi Gundi falls - Kollur and Kodachadri. 

Day 4: Sunrise at Kodachadri, Kollur, Kundapur and Marvanthe

Day 5: Kundapur, Gokarna, Om Beach and Kudle Beach

Day 6: Trek to half moon and paradise beach, jog falls

Day 7: Jog falls, Shimoga and

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