Anjuna
Travel Blogs from Anjuna, India
Beaches, Burning Rubber and Burning it in!!
... When we got back to the huts we had been seen at Anjuna (I am amazed by how small and quiet some of these 'legendary' places are). Anjuna is not much more than a few shops and beach stalls, a few bars and restaraunts. I'm not sure how a hippy movement got ...
Another bizarre day on a Goan Beach
... front of our table, casually gathered up his parachute, sat down at the next table and ordered a large beer, if we weren't in India I might have looked twice. Heading back to our hut on the bike we decided to eat at the 'Seahorse' again ...
Goa - Anjuna - Day 9
... really quickly in another cheap guest house called Manaili's which was really lucky as it was the last room avaliable. I came to Anjuna with my Italian friend so we shared this last room. In the earlier afternoon we walked to the ...
Welcome to Goa
... didnt get the sense they just wanted more money off you and were genuinly pleased to have you and were interested in your thoughts about India and UK. We landed at our 'tree huts' and although basic they had sea views were built on stilts rather than in a ...
Burn Baby Burn
Another morning woken up by chirping birds at 7am, we set off for the beach at 8 had a cup of Chai and settled down to the strenuous activity of sunbathing with the Ipod and some books. The breeze made it very bearable and we stayed until 15:00 when we ...
Random thoughts from the sub-continent
... I take delight in the myriad of ways us humans can shove food into our faces, whether it be with your hands in southern India, your chopsticks in Asia, or your Snickers bar with a knife and fork if you're George Costanza. The only thing I'm saying ...
Beach bums
... it is a party town and maybe not our usual style of destination, we took Mary and Chris' recommendation and headed out to Anjuna, a small beach town on the Goan coast. There is something to be said about travelling in the off-season: although this ...
A full day tour of North Goa, by moped
We woke got out the boogie boards and headed out for an 8am surfing lesson. Erica was still screaming and ran off about 5 minutes because she thought she saw a .... fish (about 3 cm long to be precise she claims it hit her then chased her)!. We then had ...
Scooters, forts, and the search for Rocinante
... get the best deals. Linda got a scooter, and I got a geared bike, a little suzuki 150 to drive. My first India driving experience was underway. Gassing up, like everything else is a little different here. Pulling into the lone petrol station in ...
Flea Market
Flea market
... .. but often your probably wrong and its likely to be one of the best. Day 60 ; Today was market day, Anjuna flea market, and we found that what the guide said is wrong! we found the flea market much more fun than the arpora night ...
Partys
... had baked potato with cheese coleslaw and beans! It was really good. We watched some of the music there including McXander who was staying in Anjuna. Jo and Dem left on Tuesday. We didn't do much else in the day after that. We got free pool at Willy's ...
busy wednesday in Anjuna
... the Astoria to gather a classmate for dinner. Eventually we were headed down the hill on motorcylces to the German Bakery in Anjuna. It was so beautiful and filled with such amazing music. There was a dance performance (photo) and some ...
in Anjuna once again
... were sifting through garbage. And miles and miles of apartment blocks. It was a great flight. So now we are in Anjuna. The laid back pace of Goa seems to suit Peter. He seemed to really enjoy the music performance at the German ...
Train odyssey
... a Christian enclave and then along Marine Drive for sunset. We were at the Eve of one of the most important celebration of India, Diwali, the Hindu equivalent of Christmas. Therefore, I could not find any train for my next destination (all were ...
still here
... and then being surprised that they actually happened...even though I was carrying the actions out. When I went to board the plane to India I felt a bit of this...Like "Wow it sounded cool and interesting but how did I actually get here to this point." I ...
those photos I was talking about
hard to know when to upload the pictures. I don't know why but this software is a little nonsensical to ...
Anjuna Beach
... . I started to feel ill again. After 30 minutes we made it to our destination: Mapusa. I found the next bus heading to Anjuna beach however it was completely rammed full. I had to take a break. The temperature was exhausting me. I had to escape the ...
meliss and the bull
... bulls are everywhere here. They are on the streets, on the beach, in front of your hotel room- everywhere. They are everywhere all over India and the tendency when you first get here I think, is to take a lot of pictures of them because it is just such a ...
Brad is Rad!
... via Mumbai so we will see them again there in less than a week now, Andy is off to Hampi and then has a further 5+ months in India....where he'll end up who knows, the most laid back guy i ever stumbled accross and Naomi is around India for 3 weeks more ...
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in partenza per Panaji, capitale del Goa Meglio partire a quest'ora anche se c'e da morire disidratati che quando cala il buio e sui bus si viaggia sul tetto! scusate per la tonnellata di banal-foto, ma e veramente impossibile resistere ...
settling into goa
went wondering around north goa today and got on our first local bus! was pretty decent actually and soo cheap, like 10p for the 30min ride,so much better value than a taxi which we've been using so far to get around. its much more laid back in goa so ...
Goa!
... white people every where you looked. I even saw a woman sunbathing topless. That is NOT something I was expecting in India! It was an amazing trip though. The beaches were great, the weather was perfect, and our hotel was really ...
Driving
"I am driving fast," Nick says, and at first I'm not sure if it's a statement or a question. Yes, Nick is driving fast. Faster than I would drive in normal conditions back in the states - but these are not normal conditions. The best word I can think of ...
new photos
... spots walked by the entrance to the restaurant. That was funny. Sometimes in Goa it's easy to forget you are in India. Next week will be a different story... Must be brief. Video night in about 15 minutes. (watching vcds on ...
dwarf
Had a good class today.but I am definitely needing a break. I took off early. Someone said I looked like one of the seven dwarves in my sun-block bandana. So I asked someone to take a picture. ...
The rumble between my thighs
... then headed out to dinner with them and an amazing German girl who has been working for six months at an orphanage in the deep south of India. She had some gob smacking stories of life in India, and I took my hat off to her at the fact she had come to do ...
My Ideal Beach Seems Out of Reach....I'm Finding t
... . So next morning, after a nice chocolate pancake for breakfast I was off again and two reasonably uncrowded buses got me to Anjuna. Determined not to stay in another dive I marched about in the midday sun with the huge backpack with way WAY too much ...
Vagator Beach
I woke at 08.15am taking my time to shower and pack. I was refreshed buit still feeling under the weather. The sun, as always, was shining bright but I was starting to feel ever so slightly dejected. I resolved to head over to Vagator beach and find a ...

