Old Goa Panaji

Boarding the plane in Bangalore was certain a difference experience than I has previously had in the rest of the Indian places I'd visited, it was full of white people!! Now it may seem strange to you that is highlight this but for all of my travel in Indian until now I'd been a minority with people constantly starring at me with an inquisitive …

Oh Goa, how we needed you. After 6 weeks of travelling the north of India through cities and deserts, having our senses battered in all directions, being fleeced by man, woman and child at every opportunity, and finally being laid-low by a viscous bout of traveller's sickness, we didn't realise quite how much Northern India had taken its toll. That …

"The spirit of tradition, zephyr of the sea, Goa will always be paradise to me." John Keats.


We flew from Mumbai to Goa on an extremely short flight! Goa is far more laid back than Mumbai and the driving is at least 50% less insane! The drive to our resort was lovely, the landscape was so lush and green and the people didn't seem to …

Au départ de Aurangabad, nous voilà parti tous les trois pour presque 24 heures de voyage, composé de 2 trains et de 2 bus. Pour Jo, notre amie anglaise, c'est le premier train de nuit. Même si notre premier train compte déjà 30 minutes de retard au départ, nous avons le temps de prendre un petit thé à Mumbai entre nos trains. Mickaël se réveille …

Today we are taking a tour of North Goa. We are looking at different churches and temples around North Goa. So far we have visited the Saint Francis Xavier Church. It was really cool because about half of the church was made of pure gold. Just outside the church there was stalls that had hats, drinks, jewellery, key chains, and coconut water. When …

Suzanne woke up in the night & vomited. She vomited twice more during the night. She wanted her Goldilocks book (homesick?). She seemed o.k. in the morning, but didn't eat much all day. Her toilet habits are good. She goes all day without going, then goes late afternoon, when we get home. Ditto during the night & next morning.

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... nbsp; The roaming chickens and cows certainly seemed to fit in better here than on the sidewalks of Mumbai. Arriving in Panjim (or Panaji), the capital of the state, it was difficult to get an impression of the place from the bus station.  But once ...

... their Goa time. They wanted a relaxing, beach vacation while Shannon and I sought adventure. Driving from Panaji to Anjuna, we passed through Old Goa which houses magnificent cathedrals, churches, and monasteries. The first place that we passed by was ...

... clean bathroom to ourselves felt especially luxurious after the shared bathroom 20m from our co-co hut last night. Panaji is a beautiful old town, remarkably clean with gorgeous old Portuguese buildings. We had a spectacular meal which included crisp, ...

The following day we decided to head north to Panjim, the capital of Goa, its very Portuguese. When the British Raj gave India back to the Indians in 1947, the Portuguese decided to keep Goa. So, according to a man we met on the train the Indians flew a ...

Panaji, Goa, India - After a fancy night sleep in AC tier 3, I find myself being woken up by a conductor a few minutes before the train departs from Goa. Luckily I got off!! I am quite a distance from my final destination of Panaji, the state of Goa is ...

... , only 85 rupees! Tina also bought a beautiful blue salway kameez there, that I can't wait to see her in. Old Goa, only 11km from Panaji, is basically a bundle of churches in the jungles. But they are enormous, old Portugese churches. The Church of ...

We took a local bus from Manderm to Panaji which cost less than a dollar - what a bargain. Again the place we wanted to stay was full and ended up in Bharat Lodge which was clean but a bit over priced for a non ac room. We wandered round the town had a ...

... - we stayed in Panaji the capital of Goa a quiet pleasant town, time spent on slow walks around the old colonial quarter. Goa seems quieter than the rest of India - people even seem to drive more sanely (we even saw people taking driving lessons). An ...

... spaces and near empty streets, devoid of garbage and masses of people. I thought the illusion would shatter when we reached Goa's capital, Panaji but it remained eerily quiet and clean - totally un-Indian. We sat in the park in the centre of town which ...

... beautiful scenery on the way down, with India in all its post-monsoon glory. Took a prepaid taxi to Panjim (or Panaji), the capital of Goa. Although a capital city, Panjim is a completely relaxed little place. The Porteguese influence (they ruled ...