Lying Around
Lying Around
Mandarmani is a quite an unknown tourist destination with many parts of the beach not exploited explored by tourists. I wished to We ventured out towards the unexplored side of the beach and look what we found.
Ride
Ride
Mandarmani beach is essentially a sea bed with receded waters during low tide. The ground this therefore hard with barely any loose beach sand. Driving on the beach is not only fun (you can literally drive into the sea) but is also the only way to reach some of the fantastic picturesque spots.
Safely Parked
Safely Parked
A fishing boat parked on the Mandarmani beach. With the waters receded during low tide, the seat is at quite a distance from the boat.
Loose Soil
Loose Soil
Although most part of the beach at Mandarmani is hard (cause its essential sea bed rather than beach), some parts of the land have a tiny layer of loose soil dumped by crabs as they dig their holes.
Bivalves
Bivalves
The river mouth near Mandarmani has a few tiny patches of land formed by the silt. These lands have huge quantities of tiny bivalve shells.
Odd One Out
Odd One Out
The river mouth near Mandarmani has a few tiny patches of land formed by the silt. These lands have huge quantities of tiny bivalve shells.
Sea of Shells
Sea of Shells
The river mouth near Mandarmani has a few tiny patches of land formed by the silt. These lands have huge quantities of tiny bivalve shells.
Drive Through
Drive Through
When the sea recedes at the Mandarmani beach, you can actually drive through.
Carry the Catch
Carry the Catch
Fishermen carrying their early morning catch.
Morning Catch
Morning Catch
Fishermen offloading their morning catch from a fishing boat.