Ginger Goa

... midi, la tete dans le cul, et suis alle manger un chiken tika et cheese nan, avec Migel. Apres midi glandouille sur internet puis on est alles se baigner. La mer est tres chaude, pas tres claire, mais avec des bonnes vagues pour s'eclater.. En plus sur une plage de 500 m on etait peut etre que 8 dans l'eau, le pied.<br>En sortant de l'eau ai vu Damian et Holly, suis alle me doucher et on les a rejoints au bar restau au bord de la plage ...

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... for it's hippie-scene and beautiful/laid-back beaches... which is exactly what we got. We checked into the first place we looked at, Horizon Residency. It had small beach shacks RIGHT on the beach and less than 100 yards to the water. All our little bamboo beach shack had was literally a rickety bed and a mosquito net... but we didn't care with a view like we had! The "shower" and toilet were outside, but was nothing we couldn't handle ...

... in India), though it is still very affordable for westerners. The backpackers still come, but they are getting outnumbered by package tourists coming in from places like Moscow, London and Bangalore. Hence, paradise is getting paved, the relaxed attitude of people is giving way to rudeness and money is king. We first stayed in Panjim, the low key capital of the state. The place feels like a Carribean town rather than an Asian one, and church bells ring from white ...

... of people offering you massage,jewelery,trinkets,pineapple,,wa ter,beer etc and there's only so many ways you can say no thank you. I couldn't however say no thanks to Shilpa as she was so adorable and had an excellent command of english.I stalled her by saying maybe and offered her biscuits and was enjoying having someone to chat to.She was a superb sales urchin and always steared it back to"come look at my shop." "Maybe tomorrow I said." "Promise she asked ...

... Goa International Airport. Upon arrival while the rest of us collect our bags, Henry negotiates a car/driver to take us to our hotel in North Goa near Candolim beach (just south of Bagga Beach). On the driver down we stopped off for cold beer to-go and enjoyed the hour drive through the Goan countryside. The hotel was amazing...a fairly new hotel (Lemmon Tree) with a great pool, direct beach access, nice rooms....and hammocks which we ...

... to go back to the cheap class after that! I'd had an Indian "Shalwar Kameez" outfit made for the wedding and we picked it up on the way to Bombay, only to find it didn't fit properly! Only in India can u get something made to measure that doesn't fit! Luckily Mum had brought me a dress as a back up which I loved and it fitted perfectly. Its quite funny to think how stressed brides can get over tiny details at home whereas I was just happy that the ...

... for. Most of the people in Baga were overweight senior citizens from Europe. The beach was nice, but it was way too crowded and the traffic was crazy in town. Even though many of the bars were empty, they were trying to charge a cover! On the recommendation of a girl I had shared a taxi with from the airport, I decided to heard further north to Arambol beach after one night in Baga. Arambol turned out to be more laid ...

... to there and then back to here again is quite the mission. Getting anything approaching consensus takes half an hour by which time, Coco has gone to sleep and we can't go anywhere. On arriving in Goa . we headed for Benaulim which the guidebook (for some reason now know as the "Mountain Scene") recommended. Found a good place to stay right on the beach at Furtados. Good swimming right out in front and an amazing restaurant where we were spending far too much money on ...

... again when we were at Sunset Point -Shaunta thought this was so planned but it was just a coincidence! The sunsets in this country with the natural backgrounds are great. The pics are amazing - Manish was giving us another free photography session on how to maximize picture taking of sunsets -we are going to be pros when we return! We finally made it to a typical Rajistani dance - it was great - kinda like the Chowki Dhani wone but 100 times better! The women danced with ...