Ok I somehow missed writing the travelogue for this trip here so today while browsing oneiro's site i came across this one written by him. He is still a great writer, so I am burying the copyright act and pasting the entire thing in its entirety or whatever :)

Plagiarism Karne wale, tera mooh kaala

"The first project in 2007.Have a very abstract plan,go to a couple of beaches,look for some stuff and come back.

Team of 4.Shaggy joins me and i take 2 souls who have no idea of whats coming up.

We take the 9pm bus to Gokarna,get the last 4 seats.Bus guru robs us 400 rs each.A long long journey.Stops in between,plenty of breaks.Kumta by 8ish and Gokarna by 9.15am on Saturday morning.We start the 9km hike from the bus stand to Om Beach.



We are on the lookout for charitable signs for talcum powder.We spot green 5 kms into the trekk,bags reward in return of 200 rs and march along.11:30 and we are at the Om Beach.

Its not the modest beach you hear in blogspot.KF cans littered everywhere,groups doing booze party every 70m.Saving grace is a European looking restaurant who rapes us with a 140 rs bill for breakfast.We walk past a [V] channel crew ad'ing,a bar filled with indian youth grazing the boundaries of [V] VJ's and a very active booze session of youngsters discussing Karnataka politics.Tired,hungry,we jump into the sea and relax.Come out,smoke,get back into the water,come out,chat,water,come out...2ish,we enter the now deserted bar.3 KF's are consumed,we play with a friendly cat and say goodbye to Om Beach.



A hard part of the trekk,only firang's and trekkers seem to come out of Om Beach.A majestic hill starting from Om Beach takes you along the shores and into the next beach.A very deserted one,cleaner sand and clean waters.Its very hot and we move along.A couple more hills and we reach Paradise.Again,quite unlike blogspot comments.A very small beach,2 huts.We take naps which turn into full blooded sleep.4pmish,we wake up and take the forgotten lunch.Sea beckons,some jump in,some sleep.Another big hill and a cargo ride will take us to Kagal,the next one in target.Kind owner of one of the huts convince us of flagging down one of the village boats and earn us a ride.We sleep in celebration.6pmish,and one boat passes by and we successfully offshore it.Bye bye to the owner,a french guy who looks puzzled all the time with our attire,his wife or the kid who looks puzzled with indian 6-packs and jump into the boat.A Yuva'ian ride in a sea which suddenly looks raging.




20-min ride and we are in Kagal.200 rs and bye bye to the boat.Sun is setting down and we land in time for some more light.Kagal is close to 7km and you can see both the ends.Its a fishing village with a few huts,but huts are concentrated,so you get a still virgin beach.




We walk a couple of kms and decide to call the day off.Early dinner.Shots of whiskey.We jump into the sea,skinny dip by the time its absolute dark.Come back,drink and little,roll a joint singing happy birthday to Shaggie.Rare night,a different one,unique.A nice sleep,tired,stoned and puzzled,in sand,overlooking the sea,noone in the near 5km sq rad.

We wake up early,pack up and start the jounry to the other end of Kagal.The village is slowly waking up and we exchange hi's with innocent shitters lining up for morning prayers.A long walk right away in the morning.9ish,we reach the other end,take a dip in celebration.Seas are very violent here,we get 15 ft waves.Comes back,walk along and get the first of our hills.This one is high,long.Terrific panorama,we walk briskly.Next beach by 9ish.Another hill,a small one and the sun is up,smiling,heating up.The other end by 10.30ish and its the end.We wind up with a long long bath.Seas are violent again,we get 18 ft waves.Most of us are thrown back to the beach,different experience.We dress back in total sadness and catch the 11.45 bus from the village to Kumta.A long wait for the Shimoga bus at 2.Comes late,Shimoga by 8.Bus to Bangalore by 9 which breaks down in between.Another bus takes us to Bangalore and touchdown by 4am.#2 to JP Nagar and project gets a successful closure at 5pm.

Fantastic trekk to start off the year."

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