Mangalore-Udupi-Trip-2017 on Sauvik Biswas

Day 4: Ambalpady, Anegudde, Kollur and Murdeshwara

Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

There was nothing else to do in Udupi. In order to utilise the entire day, I had asked our hotel to arrange for a cab at 8:00 in the morning. However, the cab wasn’t ready until 9:00. We decided to finish our breakfast in Udupi before checking-out and leaving. A nice Udupi style breakfast joint called Mitra Samaj inside the temple complex came to our rescue.

We visited four temples in succession. One thing about these temples in Karnataka is that they are scattered. There are buses that connect these places. However, the best way to visit them is by driving. There are settlements that have cropped up around these temples and cater to the local economy. In general, there aren’t many things of interest around these temples.

Day 3: Udupi

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

From Mangalore to Udupi #

The Saturday following Diwali was Bhai-Duj. My sister was ecstatic — it has been about ten years that I haven’t been with her on this occasion. We did the usual ritual in our hotel room at Mangalore. Custom dictates that we both eat something sweet afterwards. To our dismay, even at nine O’clock, no shops were open. After roaming around in Bunder area for ten minutes, we managed to buy some Eclairs.

Day 1-2: In and around Mangalore

Wed, 08 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This time for our trip (it has almost become an annual ritual), we took an overnight bus from Bangalore to Mangalore. I was warned by the regular electrician at our apartment that the road would be bumpy. (He lives in northern part of Kerala and frequently commutes via Mangalore.) I had no choice. Although I would have preferred a train ride, I failed to reserve berths in any of the trains owing to the Diwali-weekend rush.