Murdeshwar - Our beach holiday

We are back from Murdeshwar. This was an impulsive trip decided at the last minute. This trip had many firsts for us, it was the first time w've taken T on such a long bus journey (12hrs), the first time since we've had T that we've made an impulsive trip on short notice.. hopefully we can do more of these now :) Murdeshwar is a small sleepy coastal town with a fantastic beach.



You can find the rest of the photos here. The beach is about 2 kms long, wonderful fine sand and a gentle slope... you can walk about 50-100 feet into the water before the depth becomes too much to wade in. We stayed at the RNS residency, we had a great view of the entire beach from our balcony. The main attraction in Murdeshwar are the beach and the Shiva statue/temple. The statue temple is probably worth visiting if you are the religious type, I saw all I needed to see from the road...

There are a couple of eating joints off the beach - the overpriced 'Naveen beach Resort' where you get fish curry for Rs.115 and a Sunshine restaurant where you can get fish fry for Rs.15. We tried the former and hated it as it was a total ripoff. We also tried Hotel Vaibhav, a 10 min walk down the mainroad, which was great food and value. We spent most of our time at the beach or at the hotel, where T and I were the only ones in the pool :)

We left murdeshwar with a nice warm feeling, all in all a great holiday, though I have a feeling we got lucky.