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Goa Slideshow
Goa
Travel Blogs from Goa, India
Goan Goan Gone
... don't step out in front of you. We went further south away from the development - we had heard that the central Goa coastline was packed with hotels and although there were still fishing communities where we were, hotels were being thrown up double ...
A slight twist on the usual easter
The girls came to us this morning, being the punctual guy I am, I was still in bed half asleep when they arrived. They fit the typical German stereotype so well by arriving on the minute arranged. I had to do a cockroach search in the bathroom before ...
Almost 30....
Thanks for the birthday wishes! We have had a great time in Patnem for the last week capped by a great valentines day and birthday for me. With julie using her sore ankle as an excuse to chill out on the beach and plow through books like never ...
Goa
... Chai in town. This was our very first experience with train delays which ended up being over 6 hours late! That's India for yea! Luckily there were some children around the train station to keep us entertained for several hours. When we ...
"Be Begetarian"
In Anjuna, Goa now! I can't believe this is still India. Ok so I left it hanging slightly last time... I'll continue with Day 6... Day 6 So after that delicious lunch with Kulpreet, we venture off to our first hotel again, which we prebooked, only to ...
Final Destination - Goa, India
... # After an amazing time in Chennai at Shruti and Prem's wedding, we flew off to Goa on Saturday morning, February 21. Goa is India's smallest state located on the West Coast on the Arabian Sea. It was owned by the Portuguese until the ...
Surf, sand and sea-food
Sunny day - I feel 100% again and eat and drink anything - I love penicillin! Never leave home without it. A gorgeous, hot day - we burn a bit. In the evening a spa experience. I get kneaded by a little girl and to bite myself not to kick her because ...
Goa is Gooda
... tried to take it out in the shower, cause you will never know what will happen. I now know that just cause it is an English accent, it doesnt mean that it is sexy. Goa was gooda. Bottom Line: I felt like the way I used to be, fun. and less ...
Exploring new depths in India
... life, I wasn't feeling the only cow on the beach, finally there were two of us! As a general observation about India - people are really friendly. Regardless of the caste. The little denizens of the carton villages were extremely helpful. Wherever you ...
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 ...
Not like the books..
... forward to the sun, sea and sand. As we got out the airport into the taxi it started tipping it down!! When it rains in India- it rains! The hotel we stayed in was called 'Alor'; we appropriately re-named it 'Gore'. It rained most of the afternoon, and ...
Getting to grips with Goa
... -style big school toilet without falling in ,so has to be held over it whilst doing his business (if he tells us he wants to go''at all; he usually just does it on the floor somewhere). The custom here, once the deed is done, is to wipe with the left ...
Blue skies and Sky Blues
... -straps as they were showing. I'm sharing an apartment with another volunteer at the charity and slowly adjusting to life in India - the scary dogs, the apparent lack of a Highway Code, the Kingfisher lager (Mr Kingfisher lives around here, I've ...
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
... and back, inquiring in a number of guesthouses I bumped into Alfred, the 62 year-old American who gave me a lift when I first arrived into Goa, and also the girl who I had talked to when waiting for the ATM to be re-filled in Siolim a couple of days ago. ...
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 ...
I'm In Mosquito Hell
... the bites with heal within a couple of days. Palolem beach itself is famed as the most idyllic picture postcard beach in Goa if not the whole of India. Palm trees overhanging the beach, clean sand and the clearest watet I had seen on the trip so far. The ...
State of Maharashtra
Goa... coconuts, curry seafood, French men in g-strings, beach-combing cows and backpackers on ...
Pretrip planning
... ; Home The travelers: - Sharon (me) and Godwin, married, based in Goa, itinerary as above - Glynis and Ashok, married, based in Goa, itinerary similar to above except will go to Paris instead of Prague, ...
goa for a day
... and i was being sick out the window, love travel sickness!!! got into mapusa early morning, took a motorbike taxil, goa just seemed abundant of luscious green trees, went over wide rivers, through villages, up hills with views of the ...
Palm trees, dogs and avocado toasties.
... for free- hello!)But all this will change on monday when we actually start our adventure and find ourselves a beach shack in southern goa. Have had a lot of pampering here, massage for 2 quid, pedicure and spa manicure for 6 quid and henna tattoos galore, ...
Here comes the rain...
... dipping. Spot-on - washed it down with a sprite - cost 17 rps! Realised I spent waaaay too much at those resorts in Goa! The towns inland are much more realistic in price. Spent the afternoon at some joint on the beach watching drop-out westerners go ...
Paradise on Palolem
... We negotiated a good rate (6 euro a day) and settled in. Palolem is a crescent shaped bay in the very southern part of Goa and is the nearest thing to Paradise we have seen to date. Crystal clear waters lapping up right next to our hut and literally ...
Beach Shacks
An uneventful day. We spend it at a bech shack that has become our regular place. Good food, good service. A trip to Panjim in the afternoon yields mor shopping opportunities and the experience of a totally death taxi driver. Oh ...
Mumbai to Goa, hello Goa!
... twisted my ankle on the stairs. After much negotiation and near sick moments, we managed to get on the train and departed for Goa. We are staying in a small hut about 20 meters from a beautiful sandy beach with the warm Arabian Sea lapping at our feet ...
We're heading south south south baby!
... elephant woman, some weird stuff happens over here, i have heard tales of people with breasts and beards, they live in northern India, so maybe elephant people are possible to, my ankles are slowly increasing in-size and there is no signs of this ...