Friday, February 27, 2009

Go(ne)karna

Miracles unfold, dear reader: two posts in two days. Have I regained your affections, your eternal faith?

Photos from Gokarna upload as we speak, which I've divided into four folders (four! behold my dedication - no detail left undocumented; come one, come all - delve into lands unseen in the comfort of your slippers and the company of your morning coffee): getting there, Om Beach, Southern trails/beaches and crag-scaling adventures north of Om.

Given Gokarna's three-part nature (beaches, trails, seafood-serving huts), there's less to say, so I'll refer you to the brief descriptions accompanying each photo album. But to summarize:

Gokarna, a coastal town on the Arabian Sea, features numerous beaches, trails, cliffs, unbelievable views and little else, being thankfully, mostly untouched by tourist-aimed development. It's the sort of place one would hope to end up under the discretion of a benevolent superbeing or through a total rejection of modern society, for those externally and internally-locused, respectively.

At midnight, Friday evening, I floated on my back in the swaying Indian Ocean as I watched the most brilliant, starry night's sky I've ever witnessed. That feeling will forever be my Gokarna.

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