Oceanic Pearl Studio Apartments Calangute

... breakfast" with bacon (!) and sausage (!) and toast in a little file holder and tea masala and juice and it made me feel so calm and happy. I read the paper and there was a poem in it by Coleman Barks who is at the Jaipur literary festival just now "about his translation of Sufi mystic Jalaluddin Rumi. It begins "On the street bench after voting early in Athens, Georgia, ending with the ...

... during the dry season and, aided by the availability of tax-free alcohol, parties sprang up around the full moon. Unfortunately, the days of the free for all jungle gatherings are gone due to police restrictions and also the Mumbai terror attacks have cast a shadow over this party season with fewer foreigners arriving and a ban on all beach parties over Xmas and New Year. In case of attack, they even had bunkers set up on the shore made from sand bags ...

... really misty/smoggy, so the transformation of colour in the sunlight didn't really happen, but still pretty amazing. 750Rs entry though! shocking :). Goa is nice, much mopre relaxed than most of India i've seen so far, and a world away from Delhi, had a couple of beers on the beach, its REALLY humid. Diving tomorrow, although only classroom and pool work, but still, should be interesting. Guess thats all for now, lets see if I can get some more photos up. Alan

... in the market. As much as my bum didn't want to, we got back on the moped and managed to get 'home' in one piece and before nightfall which was good because the south suffers from a lot of powercuts. I wish we could've kept that moped. We both agreed it would be awesome to travel around India by moped, if only the country wasn't so bloody big. On our way out to dinner one night we came across some adorable kittens meowing their hearts out. Cats have the capacity to melt my heart ...

... we chatted with her for a very long time. We then went to the beach again and were back at Sams shack. We had dinner and spent all night drinking and walking along the shore. We went back to the room only at 5:00 in the morning and just like the previous day everyone slept off. It wasn't long before the guys again banged on the door and woke us up. This time we went to a place called "Nisha's". It's a small café in baga; we had our fond memories with place from ...

... in a different carriage, so I didn't have chance to tell them of my change of plan and I was alone again in Tivim. As soon as I was off the train, I knew Goa would be different to the rest of India. Instead of immediately being hounded by a million rickshaw drivers and arguing over price, I was able to approach a few, discuss price without shouting and found a driver to take me to hospital and then to the bus station in ...

... jo varsin natisti. Pitaisi varmaan pysya joku paiva poissa auringosta, mutta ei sita paivalla vaan tule ajateltua. Tiistai-ilta vietettiin rattoisasti Baga Beachilla. Syotiin ja juotiin hyvin ja kaikessa rauhassa ensin, sitten muutamille drinksuille Cocktail and Dreamsiin (loistavia mohitoksia!) ja lopuksi biitsille tahtia katselemaan. Loysin vihdoin taivaalta otavan. Loistava ilta! Eilen ei sitten tehty mitaan ...

... the village closest to Benaulin, chiel drove, and we were very ambitious and wanted to visit old goa, 35 km away from this village. we were fine, but we lost our way, luckily around here people speak english, so we asked for directions, one time chiel asked someone and the guy just kept on walking. (it was really funny, since we were soaked and really miserable). We manage to find old goa, and to our surprise chiel stopped to make a picture and ...

... On New years eve, we met 'the gang' in 9 bar. Bee and Charlie, both being blonde and attention seekers got more than they bargained for from the Indian men. They are terrible with western girls. They follow them everywhere and dance like something out of bollywood right in front of them. It got a bit too much but shipley diffused the situation with a good old Bollywood dance off. It was hilarious. Then we went to the beach for the countdown where there was house music, fireworks ...

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 find that the hotel was overbooked. I wasn't sure at first, but I saw my name on the reservation list. Harjas at the reception - you are the biggest liar ever! This woman didn't apologise for the hotel's lack of ...