Alleppy to Mangalore
Well our stay in Alleppy was short about a day but we had a great time. It was time to move to the North to Mangalore a city where most of the friends have thier family homes.
We went to the bus stand where we had got done in Alleppy and about an hour later go the express to Eranakulam the journey was rough and bumpy with some scenic view of the backwaters the strech of road along the channel as it is man made is so beautiful but the upkeep is the less said the better. If it had been any other european or even Malaysia they would have made this into a great water way with open air resturants and a clean and smooth travel.
So reaching Eranakulam we had some dinner and boarded the next express luxury coach to Mangalore, as the journey was through the night we had little to see where we were or what was happening. I was off to sleep in a jiffy as the traveling had made me tired. When we woke up we were somehwere in near to Mangalore city. We got off to the stop to be at a friends family home where we had a great breakfast of chicken curry with dosa, and idli and tender coconut water.
Around Mangalore - Ideal Iceream and other places
We freshened up as we had to meet many of the families of friends , so we rushed in the local bus and went to each of the houses as soon as possible by afternoon we had a stop at the famous Ideal Icecream shop (had heard and had lot of icecreams from here when freinds would stuff all that they could in flasks, or pots and bring it over while travelling from Air) and after years of having that way it was really a pleasure to have it fresh and cold. Now this was and still is a small place but the secret family formula has made the family very rich and famous all over . They have opned a big 2 floors plac e to cater to the the demand which is never ending.
The original formula is still a secret and the pricing so raesonable as compared to what you get from Baskin / Natural /other big advt companies . Nothing is comparable to what you get here.
From there on took the bus back to where we had got down at the friends home had a great meal and packed our bags to go to aKappu a family home again. Inbetween lots of beer and drinks on the Kappu beach and dinner at a local hotel at Padubidri. When we reached it was 12 and was dark. We had a good sleep over and in the mornign ventured out to see the village. nothing much but an old river which was now a trickle of water due to the contant dreging of the sands had left it with very little water and also dirty.
We got our luxury bus in the noon and came to Mumbai.
So what about Mangalore
Mangalore a city very old British rule had a good influence in the way the schooling and medical centre are set up. Most of the schools are convent , good colleges, chruch as old as 100 years, very old charm village style now given way to multi storey structures with millions coming from hard earned - Hotelier (Udipi, Bar and Dance Bar) owners, mostly starting off as hooch suppliers in years gone by and then with small dosa , tea stall owners making it big with feeding the ever eager Bombayites.
Well our stay in Alleppy was short about a day but we had a great time. It was time to move to the North to Mangalore a city where most of the friends have thier family homes.
We went to the bus stand where we had got done in Alleppy and about an hour later go the express to Eranakulam the journey was rough and bumpy with some scenic view of the backwaters the strech of road along the channel as it is man made is so beautiful but the upkeep is the less said the better. If it had been any other european or even Malaysia they would have made this into a great water way with open air resturants and a clean and smooth travel.
So reaching Eranakulam we had some dinner and boarded the next express luxury coach to Mangalore, as the journey was through the night we had little to see where we were or what was happening. I was off to sleep in a jiffy as the traveling had made me tired. When we woke up we were somehwere in near to Mangalore city. We got off to the stop to be at a friends family home where we had a great breakfast of chicken curry with dosa, and idli and tender coconut water.
Around Mangalore - Ideal Iceream and other places
We freshened up as we had to meet many of the families of friends , so we rushed in the local bus and went to each of the houses as soon as possible by afternoon we had a stop at the famous Ideal Icecream shop (had heard and had lot of icecreams from here when freinds would stuff all that they could in flasks, or pots and bring it over while travelling from Air) and after years of having that way it was really a pleasure to have it fresh and cold. Now this was and still is a small place but the secret family formula has made the family very rich and famous all over . They have opned a big 2 floors plac e to cater to the the demand which is never ending.
The original formula is still a secret and the pricing so raesonable as compared to what you get from Baskin / Natural /other big advt companies . Nothing is comparable to what you get here.
From there on took the bus back to where we had got down at the friends home had a great meal and packed our bags to go to aKappu a family home again. Inbetween lots of beer and drinks on the Kappu beach and dinner at a local hotel at Padubidri. When we reached it was 12 and was dark. We had a good sleep over and in the mornign ventured out to see the village. nothing much but an old river which was now a trickle of water due to the contant dreging of the sands had left it with very little water and also dirty.
We got our luxury bus in the noon and came to Mumbai.
So what about Mangalore
Mangalore a city very old British rule had a good influence in the way the schooling and medical centre are set up. Most of the schools are convent , good colleges, chruch as old as 100 years, very old charm village style now given way to multi storey structures with millions coming from hard earned - Hotelier (Udipi, Bar and Dance Bar) owners, mostly starting off as hooch suppliers in years gone by and then with small dosa , tea stall owners making it big with feeding the ever eager Bombayites.
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