CHARMNG CHITRAPU
Took time off (yet again!) during a professional engagement at Mangalore to visit Chitrapu.
It is a picturesque peninsula along the Karavali coastline located southwest of Mulki town.
It is an enchanting stretch where the Rivers Shambavi and Nandini join together before merging into the Arabian Sea.
Started late afternoon to be there during the low tide.
Walked through muddy stretches and knee deep slimy waters to have a glimpse of a wide array of waders.
The setting sun and the silence that enveloped me reminded me of the words of Byron..
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods;
There is a rapture on the lonely shore;
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roars:
I love not man the less, but Nature more...”
It is a picturesque peninsula along the Karavali coastline located southwest of Mulki town.
It is an enchanting stretch where the Rivers Shambavi and Nandini join together before merging into the Arabian Sea.
Started late afternoon to be there during the low tide.
Walked through muddy stretches and knee deep slimy waters to have a glimpse of a wide array of waders.
The setting sun and the silence that enveloped me reminded me of the words of Byron..
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods;
There is a rapture on the lonely shore;
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roars:
I love not man the less, but Nature more...”
If you are wondering where Chitrapu is....this map will give you some idea:)
