Blogs from Anjuna Beach, Goa, India, Asia - page 12

Jaahas, huomenna kaks viikkoa Anjunan aurinkoa takana. Hiki valuu valuu jatkuvalla syotolla, joten nestetasapainoa on tullut pidettya ylla oikein huolella... Vanhoja ja uusia hippeja, reppureissaajia, tuijottavia paikallisia, kaupustelijoita, kaarmeita, rottia, liskoja, apinoita, rapuja, sammakoita, moskiittoja, sikoja, kanoja, kukkoja, villisikoja ja tottakai lehmia. Paahtavaa aurinkoa, vilvoittavaa merituulta, kookospalmuja, kylmaa olutta ja kajahtavaa paasiota. Kamppani on pohjois-Anjunassa, n. 16 neliota, varustettu sahkolla, tuulettimella, lansimaisella wc:lla ja suihkulla. Ihan mukiinmeneva. Isannat varmaan vaan vahan ihmettelevat, kun asukki saattaa valilla olla oitakin muualla rypemassa ja saapuu paskanen psykepaita paalla silmat ristissa kampille. Erillinen talohan se on, mutta kuitenkin isantien pihapiirissa. Uusia tuttavuuksia on tullut aikamoinen liuta. Suomalaisiakin ... read more

Due to the numerous bombings, rioting, protesting, and general pockets of unrest in India, they take various precautions. Every time you check into a hotel, you have to divulge various information. Passport and personal info, visa number, last travel destination, and the next travel destination. All of this info gets submitted to the police. Goa is a state on the west coast of India. It was once conquered by the Portugese, so you can find many Catholics here. Of course, the Catholic has a distinct Hindi flavor. Goa is a beach paradise, lined with tall palms, and a shoreline that ranges from soft red sand to rocky black cliffs. It is also a big party place, where many Europeans and Israelis spend many weeks, and where Indians go on their honeymoon. We stayed at Victor's guesthouse, ... read more

The lonely planet mentioned something about the days of Anjuna being the place to see and be seen as long passed. That was a couple of years ago now, and I think it's even more apt a description today, especially towards the end of the season. My first impression was that there were parties going on everywhere - I could here Goan trance music coming fom all directions in the distance and at first I thought that the daytime raves and parties that were in my book still existed. I soon realised however that the source of this music was not a proliferation of parties, but rather of restaurants and shops each competing for valuable air space in order to entice the various passers-by into their premises. Most nights there wasn't much activity past 9pm, ... read more

Yes as we havent written up that much for the past few days i would just like to quickly explain what we have done: Ate Swam in the sea Sun bathed And yesterday got invited to a flea market by our new German hut neighbours 'Thomas and Kareem' So we rose today at 7:30am, bright and early for our flea market adventure, we begn to prepare as we were to leave at 9:00am by a short 40min journey from reception where we would be meeting Thomas and kareem. However after breakfast and all, we didnt actually leave till about half nine as Thomas managed to grab himself semi-delhi-belly (Yes luckily we havent actually encounted full delhi belly yet) therefore we had to leave the wounded soldier behind. We arrived at the flea market and oh god, ... read more

Only 3 more days until I leave on my latest holiday, really, honestly can't wait. Not looking forward to the trip though because I've got 6hour, 1hour and 8hour waits between the different legs of my journey in London, Paris and Mumbai respectively. Hopefully I'll be able to find a place with a Wi-Fi hook up and then I'll be fine. I'd love to be able to sleep with all these waits but I know from experience that that's just not an option. I can't sleep properly unless I'm either really comfortable or really, really tired. Point in case its 11:20 am and I've been awake for around 36 hours now, probably 34 of those browsing rubbish on my laptop! I've decided (probably against better judgement) to take my laptop with me this time, I ... read more