In light of the purchase of a new Tata safari DICOR, it was unanimously agreed to that a road trip was in order, and so after ritually tanking up on a cold bonda, We left mangalore at close to 4:30 PM , hoping to reach sunset point at agumbe hopefully by ..umm.. sunset .
Now apalled as I was with Preethams extraordinary collection of Dr alban , Vengaboyz , and every degree of hindi remix between familiarly annoying to hara kiri prompting free-for-all , I decided to pack a cd with some good reggae and blues traveler. Best decision made yet.
So there we were , drowning in amazingly luxurious climate-controlled interiors ,a pack of sonte and/or bannana/potato chips within arms reach , and enough buttons to satisfy every ludicrous whim possible.
Good thing I managed some decent photos after the deviation to hebri off NH17.Then the weather decided it'd make the trip a little wet for us , if you know what I mean.
Hebri slowed us down , as Kennys superior nostrillic senses was honing in on some bread omlette. But it wasnt long before we decided to give the sunset another shot , logically deducing the 20 kms we needed to cover would be faster than the suns remaining 11 cms of descent. We were honestly surprised when we found we were wrong. Maybe it was the complete absence of light ,a charateristic feature of power outage at remote locations, or maybe it was the semi hurricane raging outside but I just couldnt figure out the location to this legendary Podi shop Rajath recommended to me. So anyway , after a pitstop for offloading some extra uric acid. We carried on to Sringeri in search of nourishment. Or something to that effect . After much discussion Aaron convinced us this little 'family' restaurant was just what we needed ,with bamboo interiors apparently. Turned out to be horizontally placed low grade tiles . Food was surprisingly good and 6 pieces of kabab for 30 rs was something we thought it best not to pass up on.Some casual dinner conversation and some wonderful kitchen photos later , we left for karkal. The drive through Kudremukh national park was probably THE highlight of the trip.At sharp 12 we conveniently found a little place open and decided to celebrate Kennys bday there with some pathetic excuse for tea and Fruitnik(bodithanda?).Some senti-menti over a brand new J100 later we ploughed on to reach Karkal - Padubidri and then thought a trip is not a trip without some sand in the car . Enter Kapu beach, and also kababs parcelled taste better under the moon with some gravel between your teeth as you try and fool some ingenius local dog family. Trust me.
One mandatory stop at Bittu da dhaba for a lassi and we tried to get some semblance of rest before it was time to pick up Aarons long lost barbeque kit from haleangadi.
Now as part of our small series of experience based insight on general goof up avoiding tips, Please do not leave any form of metal-based personal belongings in a beach house, 20 metres from the sea for longer than a day. You're lucky if its not completely ground into rust . With this new wisdom , we drove back to reach home comfortably round 7 am.
Great ! , I can make it in time for machine shop lab !
