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| Cottage at Kudle Beach |
Today, I have a ticket from Hospet (next town west of here), by bus to Kudle Beach, Gokarna where I will meet up with Niki again...I have missed her! The bus left Hospet about 6:30 pm and I took a Valium to sleep.
I slept well until 3 am when I was awakened with the rest of the passengers going to Gokarna to get off the bus and into a much smaller one that was going to Gokarna as the one we were on was going to Goa! The second bus was built for 16-18 people, however, we crowded 28 people onto it while the driver roped the backpacks onto the top. Now that we were on our way, the driver started playing music as loud as the stereo would play. We were all half asleep and not in the mood for loud music, much less Snoop Dog singing "I Want to Fuck You" full blast! I asked him to turn it down with no response...perhaps he did not speak English? So I reached up to the speaker next to my head and yanked the speaker wire out...ahhhh, much better!
At the bus station, I shared a rickshaw with another girl and off we went toward Kudle Beach...at 4am! They dropped us at the Yoga Farm at the top of the hill/path leading down to the beach. After climbing down the hill, with Niki carrying my suitcase, we reached the beach. It was a full moon and I must say, between the moon and the sound of the ocean, it was a wonderful place to be! We went to her beach cabin and I got a room there for the rest of the night. The next morning after breakfast we went in search of a better place for me to stay. I found a wonderful cabin with a privacy fence around the front area, a porch to hang a hammock, and a lovely cabin with bath, tile floors, mosquito net - almost right on the beach...nice!
I slept well until 3 am when I was awakened with the rest of the passengers going to Gokarna to get off the bus and into a much smaller one that was going to Gokarna as the one we were on was going to Goa! The second bus was built for 16-18 people, however, we crowded 28 people onto it while the driver roped the backpacks onto the top. Now that we were on our way, the driver started playing music as loud as the stereo would play. We were all half asleep and not in the mood for loud music, much less Snoop Dog singing "I Want to Fuck You" full blast! I asked him to turn it down with no response...perhaps he did not speak English? So I reached up to the speaker next to my head and yanked the speaker wire out...ahhhh, much better!
At the bus station, I shared a rickshaw with another girl and off we went toward Kudle Beach...at 4am! They dropped us at the Yoga Farm at the top of the hill/path leading down to the beach. After climbing down the hill, with Niki carrying my suitcase, we reached the beach. It was a full moon and I must say, between the moon and the sound of the ocean, it was a wonderful place to be! We went to her beach cabin and I got a room there for the rest of the night. The next morning after breakfast we went in search of a better place for me to stay. I found a wonderful cabin with a privacy fence around the front area, a porch to hang a hammock, and a lovely cabin with bath, tile floors, mosquito net - almost right on the beach...nice!
