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Devaramane: A Heavenly Delight

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[It's a travel and photo blog. If you wish to just see pics, slowly scroll down] With a ray of hope that I would get the bus to Devaramane soon, I got down at Mudigere bus station around 9:45AM. I rushed to a nearby bus and asked its conductor, “Bhaiya! Devaramane ki bus kaha pe milegi?” He looked at his watch and said, “Devaramane bus 15 minute pahle nikal gaya.” With a saddened face, hurriedly I asked, “Next bus kitne baje milegi?”. With uncertainty he looked at his watch again and told, "Shayad next bus 1:45PM ko hai. Udhar jakar TC (Traffic Controller) se puchho.” With hastened steps I walked up to the end of the bus station and found a tin-sheet cabin. I asked the man in Khaki uniform sitting there (assuming him as TC) the same question. This guy seems to be only Kannada speaking and could not understand my query in Hindi. I tried to translate my query in Kannada and asked again, “Devaramane bus esto ghante?” Unfortunately his reply was also the same as of the last gu
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Kodi Bengre: A Solitary Beauty

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It was the second day of our Bangalore-Mangalore-Udupi trip. Next thing in our list was Saint Mary’s Island. With excitement we started from Udupi to Malpe beach (from where ferry takes us to the Island). But a km before the beach, all the excitement went down when we heard that Saint Mary’s Island is closed from our auto driver. Further he told that it was because of monsoon and visitors to the island would be allowed from October. Remaining auto travel was without any conversation. We reached Malpe beach and dispirited got down from the auto. On this trip to Mangalore and Udupi, my colleague Anoop was with me. Anoop is a very decent Kannadiga guy and a good company to have. Time was around 2:00PM and even sun didn’t seem to be in our favor. Under scorching sun we walked toward the coconut trees to get some relief from sun burn. With Saint Mary’s island out of scope, we were without any option. After some time we walked towards sea and saw people confronting the waves and enjoyi
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Location: Kodi, Karnataka, India
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