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I was walking along the Sutarhkal Beach when I saw the fishermen launching a boat at the sea. It took some 20 men and a lot of waves to get the boat finally moving at the sea. Saw this for the first time and was really thrilled!
There are a lot of the houses along the Surathkal Beach and you can see people coming out of their houses to casually take an evening stroll. The problem is that they also treat it as their dumping yard (if you walk to your left, when facing the sea), still it is relatively clean.
I did not meet a single tourist on my walk for one hour in one direction and then back. But I did see a lot of fishermen, children, women and school kids playing in their backyard, that is the beach! I really enjoyed my day.
Hope you like the video.
I love people power. Really an interesting video in that sense.Two questions:#1- what did you shoot the video with? #2- where is Surathkal??
Nice Video. Love the orange exterior of the boat!
Claps for the videoWishing you rocking 2009.
Cindy, I took the video with my humble Nikon Coolpix 3200 point and shoot camera!Surathkal is near Mangalore. There is a night train to Mangalore from Bangalore and many buses also run. I am sure one can drive there too!Thanks Vamsee.Thanks Hobo, you can surely see my excitement.John, I have written a mail to you. The most difficult part is to find a presentable and clear enough picture of me!
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Oh- I think you should use the photo of you sitting on the footboard! While not the best photo in terms of focus and everything- It still tells a great story. It could probably be edited and cleaned up a bit as well!I’ll have to get to Mangalore one of these days… thanks!
I had a similar experience at Murudeshwar Beach, Karnataka. But instead of several fishermen, there were children. After the video shoot, they came running towards me shouting ‘Photo, Photo’. This post of yours is encouraging me to write about that experience of mine. Thanks for that!
Cindy, thanks for the feedback, what you see is actually the result of some editing! Do visit Mangalore.I saw your video at Youtube Kalyan and enjoyed it too.
I remembered the Marina in Chennai…thanks also M for your comment..ya..they r spending so much on ads for dubai shoppg fest..but dunno…lets wait and c the effect of recession punch..praying things will go on ok as job losses r indeed worrying. for ex. even major dailies here have frozen recruitment
Thanks Ramesh for the reply. Hope you will post something about it on your log.Yes all of us need less layoffs in 2009.