Gokarn

The plan was to go to Gokarn to pick up Mom.

Gokarn is about a 30 mins drive from Kumta. We managed to leave at about 1 pm, post a wonderful sleep and an even better breakfast. We arrived just in time for lunch at my aunts place. There was fish, 'bendi' and a whole lot of good food and dessert was "kaiholge" (similar to puranpoli but with a coconut filling). A siesta was just plan necessary and sleep we did.

Our drive back was was wonderful, thanks to some torrential rain. The salt pans near Gokarn looked like they would be swept away any moment. Driving through rains is always a wonderful experience. The rains always leave a lovely fragrance of wet soil and the fragrance was with us till the time we reached back home.

Dinner was good and I gobbled up nearly 2 mangoes, all home grown. So all in all the day was all about eating and traveling. But I went to bed suspecting I would wake up with a bad tummy the next day. I hoped & prayed that I wouldn't.