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Calangute Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Calangute, India
Lobsters and white pointers
This is a top pick! ... next door. It was amazing to see so many Portuguese names and not just from centuries ago either. Some graves were very new. Calangute beach wasn't the place for me. Too many big, fat lobsters, g-strings and breasts parading the beach and far too ...
Bye bye Bombay, Bombay bye bye....
This is a top pick! After 13 and a half long hours' traveling on a night bus we have arrived in Goa. Feeling like battery-caged hens in a coach smelling of B.O. and cheesey feet, we top-tailed in a glorified baggage compartment! Before we got on the coach we met James ...
Photo call
This is a top pick! The hippies were responsible for first finding of Calangute Beach in Goa, although one or two of other beaches in Goa have now taken that badge, ...
Mooooving on !
This is a top pick! ... north of Calangute in search of some relaxation and some beach huts – this was not before we had a moooooving experience leaving Calangute. We were on the way to the shop the evening before when we seen some cows roaming the street as you do ...
Not like the books..
... , especially after the stories I had heard and the things I had read about. It seems to have just got too touristic and no-one put a limit on how many tacky shops and bad restaurants were allowed to be opened. The hippies had the best of Calangute. ...
Blue skies and Sky Blues
... down at night. I'm doing voluntary work for a childrens' charity in Goa for the next three months, and living in Calangute, a small town which transformed itself from a quiet, hippy'ish beachside village in the 70's to India's answer ...
First day in Goa - glad to be off the bus!
... in a shop, with rooms to let. We were trying to find out how much a room should cost here as there's big variety across India and Izzy didn't like the idea of being shepherded into a place with no reference to work from. He said his were going for 850 ...
Rio!
This morning we went to the beach and lay on the sun beds while I wrote my blog, while Alex listened to his audio books. While we were lying on the beach a guy approached us selling Ralphies. He had a proper Londoner accent which he must have caught off ...
Typical India!
... underneath it in the shade, just like the dog. There was I thinking that they were on some important mission but I guess I am in India. That night while relaxing in our room my mosquito bite was itching. I didn’t want to scratch it so I kept ...
Summer holiday
Today we thought we would have a summer holiday. We woke up late and went to the beach where we sunbathed for a good 10 minutes before getting bored. We then invented a tennis like game with a bat and ball and played for a good hour. We were so hot after ...
Goa ,,, bit of a Grower
Like chickens we ran from the city , back on a plane heading for Goa , we decided to stay in Calangute , which was the easy option , its in the north and is long established .We expected it to be a bit like Spain was maybe 20 years ago as its been around ...
All systems Goa
... you look here there is another half naked lobster displaying an awesome belly. Out hotel was located on the Baga Road on Calangute beach and about 10 minutes from Baga beach. I have to say we were misinformed though about the relaxing as the beach here ...
Sun, Sand and Pina Coladas
... holidays, Indians and backpackers. There is a string of beaches up and down the coast, each with it's own appeal and character. Calangute is very commercial and one of the main destinations for the package holiday crowd. The town is very busy and the ...
Who Ate All the Pies...?
... . Overlooking the town is the ruins of Bundi Palace (dating from the 17th Century) and which conjures a small glimpse into the India that Kipling might have experienced; an India of snake charmers and maharajas, the exotic and decadent. However, in true ...
Anjuna Market!
... booking a night bus back, a dreaded long journey along the crazy Indian roads with the crazy Indian drivers . . . great. We left Calangute to go to Anjuna market; I really felt that we were driving through the real India when I overtook a brightly ...
A 'Beachin' Day
Hello again everyone. Today's basically been a bit of a laugh, as we've just been taking the scooter all around for about 25kms up the coast visiting all the different beaches and things so thats been fun! This isnt goiong to be a massively long entry, ...
The day i nearly killed a man
Today we had another day on the beach as the mopeds were beginning to get really expensive. We played our amazing bat and ball game again but we were rudely interrupted by a guy standing in the middle of our pitch asking for my bat so he could play with ...
Attack of the cockroach!!
Today we decided that we would explore Calangute, which was the part of Goa we were staying in. We walked through the winding side roads, looking for a cheaper place to stay in. We asked in a few places but nowhere was cheaper. we eventually found a place ...
Terrorist!!
This morning we went to the airport to get our flight down to Goa. The customs seemed quite heavy but it was funny seeing them trying to act fierce while boggling their heads talking. We tried sneaking our 2 litre bottles of water so we wouldn't have to ...
Goa - Beautiful Beaches - But Busy!
... after staying in hotel rooms for the past month and has a pool in the centre of the complex. It’s a short walk to Calangute and Baga beaches and even closer to stores and restaurants. All the action we can handle. There are no high rises anywhere ...
last day in goa
... one heck of a virus, but still.....having your best friend really sick and being so far away is worrisome. I brought three things to India that I have held on to more than anything else.Even when I lost my passport-all I thought was "well I still ...
Got to Goa!
... )!! (Oh and breakfast is included too).....cashback! So we're nicely settled in there, and its a little more than walking distance from Calangute, the little town, and so what we've done (and mothers don't freak out) is rented a scooter. It was all ...
Snake charmer!
... . To make things worse the man on the table next to us was talking to his friends telling them how when he was last in India, his malaria tablets made him lose his hair!! bald would not suit me!! We carried on walking through Anjuna town and Alex ...
Christmas in Paradise
... up the rays; Courtney did some shopping and spent the rest of the day chilling by the pool. I went to the main Calangute beach which was just thronged with Indians, perhaps something of a Stephens’s day tradition. I also wandered off the ...
Viela Calangutella
... saatiin perjantailta guest house halvalla ja loistavalta paikalta rannan vieresta eli Caitano saa kestita meita viela paivan. Calangute ollaan kylla jo nahty ja meille sopimattomaksi todettu. Kuultiin, etta Anjunassa on keskiviikkoisin isot markkinat ...
Wiedersehen / Reunion
... von der Verstimmung, aber wieder fit wurde zu Ende gefuehrt, was schon lange angestrebt wurde: Ankunft in Goa respektive Calangute und Treffen mit Uschi aus Langwiesen (auf deren Campingplatz ich meine Reise gestartet hatte). XXXXX With still ...
Moped time!
... we would have to bribe the officer and ensure that it doesn’t get linked back to them. We nervously drove to Calangute centre but they were pretty easy to drive so we got confident very quickly. After looking around various stools we remembered the ...
Perilla ollaan!
... juna Delhista Goalle ja tultiin lentaen. Se oli vain vahan kalliimpaa, paljon nopeampaa ja mukavampaa. Asetuttiin Calangute Beachille lauantai-iltana ja loydettiin viideksi yoksi majatalo aivan rannan tuntumasta. Ensi torstaina olisi tarkoitus vaihtaa ...
Culture Shock -the 2nd
... time, after travelling through the north of India. Not so funny anymore when we get to our hotel in a place called Calangute, north Goa. I'm in shock!!!!! This place is like the worst party beach in Ibiza or Mallorca (think Ballermann) only worse, ...