Intercontinental Goa

... Goa turned real sketchy real quick.  So we decided to stay somewhere safer.  This ended up being the Intercontinental Resort in Goa, which had a great deal as it was monsoon season.  This place was freaking amaaaaazing.  We went from ...

... was a good idea.  This was a VERY good idea.  After a relaxing night at the Ramada in Mumbai, I headed to Goa yesterday - again, with a hangover.  That's twice I've done the right from the airport to the beach here with a ...

... accomodation in Palolem. We had decided that we were going to do the independent traveller bit in Goa and instead of spending a fortune at the huge Intercontinental luxury complex a few miles down the road suggested by Trailfinders, had booked the Village ...

... the colourful explosions reflected in the calm water. Our room was right on the river bank across from the very posh Hotel Intercontinental (where the cheapest room is reportedly $200 US - ours just a stones throw away and only 250 Rupee!!) ...

... nap, followed by some breakfast at dinner time, then back to the hostel. Tommy's got enough electronic gadgetry to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, part of which is a bunch of movies on the computer. We threw one of them on... I almost ...

... couple of bays around for a little Xmas treat - we are pretending we aren't scruffy backpackers and are checking into the Hotel Intercontinental resort for two nights of luxury for Xmas Eve and Xmas Day...which blows the budget a little but hey, it's ...

We've been keeping busy day by day and realise that today is our "1 month in India anniversary, 6/6/6. eerie...... Recent events, hmmmm, Mel hiffed Ant's laptop onto the soft marble floor after receiving another mystery electric shock. That's the third ...

My last day.  5 weeks ago, this day seemed so far away and now that I'm all checked in, packed and ready to go, I can't believe how quickly it's come around. Managed to hook up with the Canadian girls Monica and Jaclyn yesterday which was lovely; ...

... on lobster in garlic and butter and a bottle or two of wine. We topped this off with a trip to the skybar at the Intercontinental hotel for another bottle or two of wine. We then finished the night with a trip to the movies to watch Cheeni Kum itself. We ...

... calm in a crisis' Mum we came to the conclusion I had three choices. Go elsewhere in India and wait until Donna arrived in Goa, go back to Thailand where I had been so very recently or head to Malaysia and a whole new country. Not wanting to stay in ...

... , as he did with the banks when we drove through the financial district. "This Marine Plaza Hotel. One night 50,000 Rupees. This Intercontinental Hotel. One night 60,000 Rupees. Hyatt Hotel 200,000 Rupees one night. And so on until we get to the end and ...

... and festive new year - here we are in 2007! Our Xmas was really nice - staying at the Intercontinental was a lovely treat after the past two months of fairly basic accomodation, and we made full use of the pool, private ...

... , but Derek and Michelle routinely treated us while in India together, with one of the biggest treats being in Goa when they paid for our day at the Intercontinental Hotel--a day of Golf, pool side drinks, chess and frisbee.  Of course, they used the ...

... . . Dec 14: MUMBAI.  Our Novotel hotel in one of the suburbs of north Mumbai has some name hotels such as Intercontinental, and we were told most business people and movie actors live in this district.   Although our hotel was only one ...

... processed cheese!). After this taste of modern mumbai we went for a little luxury at the rooftop bar of the hotel intercontinental. We had the cheapest thing on the menu but still felt like celebrities surrounded by wealthy indians smoking cigars. We ...