Mike'S Place
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Settling in....
... quite a munber of small "b&b" type hotels. The town is basically a single street, what, half a mile long containing the thee big hotels, brightly coloured houses and loads of ramshackle huts and stores. It's just what you might expect if you've seen the Hotel Marigold (or whatever it's called!) film.
Every, yes every, stall holder and shopkeeper has so far asked our names and I'm pretty ...
Right, we're in - and we're staying...
... I said to myself, they've overslept and arrived at their station or missed it. So it was all very noisy and I went to wake Jane who, it seems, had clearly been sat behind her curtain for a while – working out, I like to think, how to address the cat ladder issue. She managed well, no very well , and we sat having a couple of cups of coffee from a passing salesman (12 pence for two) and asked the nearby train worker where we actually were as there are no announcements on the ...
Goa reunion!
... getting bored. More of a backpacker's haunt, the beach is strewn with shacks, shops, yoga and aurevedic haunts. It has a great chilled out vibe and off shore there are several uninhabited islands that you can take a boat to, which is exactly what we did. The two young drivers kept their keen eyes on the waves and spotted dolphins(it was said if we didn't see any dolphins, the trip was free). When we were quick enough we'd catches glimpses of the beauties as they came up ...
Freakin Hawkers...
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... a little closer until you feel someone right behind you, turn to see who it is and bam! they are all in your personal space.... ice cream, ice cream! no thank you! then there is the jewellery, the clothing, music and today a new one, some weird looking dude offering massage..er..no..thank-you? what's even better is normally right before they ask you if you want ice cream or to buy something its normally followed by ...
More relaxation in South Goa
... br> We watched the film Black Swan in another open air cinema. Weird film but good.
25.02.11
Today we decided to venture to another beach called Agonda, km away from Palolem. It was absolutely deserted. Hardly any people were on the beach and there were absolutely no sellers! Bliss! After some lunch in a boutique beach restaurant we set up shop on some sun beds and Rob headed into the ocean for some body boarding. The waves were massive so Rob had a great time.
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