A Rainy Day!

There are few things more beautiful than a rainy day. Especially if you come down to Udupi\Mangalore or any of the sleepy coastal towns along the Konkan\Western ghat stretch. The canvas here is always painted with every possible shade of green during the rainy season and constant downpour just makes you fall in love with this place. This is unlike a heavy rain in Bangalore or bigger cities elsewhere, which bring the whole city to standstill, and people only end up cursing the weather out of sheer frustration, rather than enjoying the weather.  The overflowing gutters or stink that follows a heavy downpour can make you hate even something as beautiful as rain in big cities. But these sleepy and laid back coastal cities however are probably much better equipped to deal with such heavy rains, simply because these rains are part of life of these cities.  Mind you, the rains in these coastal towns are much heavier compared to Bangalore. It just doesn't rain, it pours here.

Rainy seasons have always meant heavy downpour in these places, and the basic infrastructure that these cities have, handle these rains much better than any major cities. This lets the people enjoy the heavy rains here, in the only ideal way this kind of weather should be enjoyed, by just sitting back with hot cup of coffee and plate full of  bajjis or onion pakodas and take in the beautiful show that nature puts up, the cool weather, the soothing sound of rain, with the trees adding chorus while the wind blows through them can be absolutely relaxing for any one.  Dont believe me? better plan a trip to one of these places to see for yourself then :)