Blogs from Baga, Goa, India, Asia - page 3

hello just finished my time in Goa so i am updating my blog, didn't really get up to much apart from relaxing on the beach and a couple of nights out drinking in a nightclub in the jungle. We spent most of our time in baga at a place called seby bar and restaurant, we stayed above the restaurant in a really nice room with a balcony for really cheap. The best thing was the bar was just down stairs so we didn't have to leave the facility if we wanted a beer also they had English food on the menu which was a nice change, i treated my self to sausage mash and gravy on one of the nights. The staff where really great their as well we spent a lot of time chatting to ... read more

On Friday I turned 23, and what a fab day I had!! Thanks to everyone back home who sent cards/messages by the way. I woke up early, around 7, and the day didn’t get off to the best ever start when I heard a strange noise, looked out of my window and saw it was raining, nooooooooooo!! I couldn’t believe it, this was the last thing I expected to happen being in Goa. Thankfully it had stopped after about fifteen minutes, and soon the sun was blazing, boy is it hot here right now!! Met up with Mum and Dad, and had breakfast on the beach, at Big Banana. Sam’s, my old favourite shack had been taken down police since I was last here in December, so have had to do quite a bit of shack ... read more

Haven’t done a Blog for ages so I thought it was time I sat down and wrote a few lines. After Vietnam we returned home to the wettest ever British summer, oh what a nice welcome home. Anyway, that doesn’t matter when you’re stuck in an office (like I was), I actually didn’t mind the rain too much it’s the getting wet that annoys me!! We did have a break from the horrible wet stuff during our weeks holiday to Calpe on the Spanish Costa’s (not sure which Costa - I think its maybe Blanca)?? Well it was a lovely holiday anyway. We stayed in a gorgeous villa with private pool and had a really fantastic week. Accompanying us on the holiday were Mum and Dad, Ceri, Kev, Alfie & Maisy and Bri, Catherine, Luke & ... read more

Goa was exactly what we needed; a chillsome breakaway from the sensory overload of Mumbai. I have felt far less vulnerable and anxious here, and we actually contemplated staying the rest of our trip here, and maybe forever. Baga Beach was our first of three beaches visited while in Goa and the most touristy, slightly reminiscent of Rosarito Beach on Spring Break 1999 but with more cows and less tequila. Baga is known as party central for the younger generation while Anjuna Beach, more north, has been an alternative/ hippy party scene since the 1970s. And looking around, things don't look like they've changed much either. Half naked hippies lay side by side with cows and lazy dogs while Goan gypsies with giant nose rings and bangles forever lure you with nag champa into their shops ... read more

I think on my last blog I was just about to go see a Bollywood film in Jaipur. The film I watched was ChakDe! India. This was not your usual all singing, all dancing Bollywood movie. This was more in the style of a Hollywood movie, namely the Mighty Ducks but with better acting and an Indian womens field hockey team. The atmosphere in the cinema was great with people cheering at the screen and whistling at any beautiful women. We were laughed at when coming out as the UK hockey team were beaten by the Indian team during the film. After to Jaipur we went to Udaipur which is a really beautiful and small city. The city is walls are surrounded by lakes and there are small mountains everywhere you look on the horizon. There ... read more