The infamous sleeper bus to Gokarna

We travelled to Gokarna on the sleeper bus with the lovely Zoe & Kate we met in Hampi. The plan, as we thought, was that the coach would take us direct into Gokarna. The bus driver however had other plans......so at about 1am in the morning we were kicked off the bus and transported to a 15 seater mini bus that then proceeded to drop us off at Om Beach at 3am. Apart for that being a bit of a shock to us all, the killer punch was that we had to make our way about 1mile down to the beach in pitch black to try & find a place to sleep.
Not Open!
There were about 8 of us all aimlessly wandering the beach amongst the stray dogs & Cows hoping to find a guesthouse open but they were all shut for the night. We managed to 'lose' the other 4 people (we were a bit worried that if we did manage to find somewhere open we'd have to have a bun fight for the beds!) and Zoe & I crawled through the opening of a place where we could see a few people sleeping . We managed to wake someone up & pretty much ask if there was any room at the Inn? He kindly let us sleep with them on the concrete floor/walls until the morning when the Manager would let us know if there were rooms free.
So who was it that said travelling was such careless fun?!!

Thankfully there were rooms for us all. And in a happen of coincidence, our rooms were next to our other friends we'd met - Charlotte & Acer, and Uri. So it was like a group Reunion!!

Other than chill on the beach & swim in the sea, Dan & I made our way to Murudeshwar on the bus. It took a few hours to get there but boy was it worth it!
Murudeshwar is basically just one HUGE Shiva monument, sitting on top of a massive hill next to a golden Temple. I'm sure the Indians can give it a much more holy explanation, but whatever the reasons for it, it was certainly very impressive

Omm Beach, Gokarna

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mich_and_dan_moors on April 4, 2011 from Gokarn, India

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