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By ByeByeWhitleyBay
September 23rd 2009
Hampi & Goa Asia » India » Goa » Benaulim
<Hampi> Arriving in Hospet early in the morning after our night on the sleeper train, we were immediately accosted by a tout doing his best to get us to go on a city tour in his Rickshaw. He was very persistent but in the end we let him take us to our hotel for a few rupees an told him we might call him later if we wanted a tour (we knew that we weren't going to, but it was the only way we could get rid of him). After a quick shower and change of cloths, we snuck out of [View Full Entry]

ByeByeWhitleyBay - Warren and Stacey | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 27th 2009 | 199 Views | [diary=440116]

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We awake to find that our new home is clean, well maintained and ideal for our needs, if not a bit green! The exploration of Benaulim starts with a 10 minute walk to the beach and breakfast at the only open beach bar, Pedro’s. We enjoy the beach for a while, savouring the moment. Walking back we stop to pick up groceries from both the supermarket and the greengrocer. It being the monsoon, all the tourist related places are closed up and we are living in a normal working Goan seaside town. After collecting the basics, of hiring a scooter, establishing [View Full Entry]

The Big Adventure - Paul and Zoë | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 5th 2009 | 170 Views | [diary=421966]

Benaulim apartment - bedroom
Benaulim apartment - bathroom
Just some of the shoes in the hallway outside our apartment

I'm an optimist who's continually forced to come to terms with reality. When I was still in Thailand my plan was to travel overland to Italy. No planes. And so I -in great solemnity- ripped my return ticket to Rome off, a burgeous symbol, and set in motion, well, with imagination more than in reality. I was (still only in my imagination) in Tibet when I realized that those high mountains are simply too cold in February (if you get physically there, I mean). And so here comes Plan B: a one-way ticket to Sri Lanka, OK, a small concession to [View Full Entry]

Marcoelitaliano - Marco Daprile | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 6th 2009 | 423 Views | [diary=424365]

Rajahstani Woman
Green Island
Kids

By Robbie B and Katie D
January 31st 2009
48 hours later Asia » India » Goa » Benaulim
Sorry for the rather brief last entry. We made the mistake of going to use the internet in a shop the size of a small cupboard- 3 Indian staff sat within 2 feet watching the screen over our shoulders! Varanassi was lovely though, and we were big and brave and managed to find the right train from the right platform. We set off for the peacefull city of Mumbai at 11:30am on the 29th and arrived at 2 in the afternoon on the 30th. We then had about 6 hours to enjoy the city which we spent most of touring the [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 31st 2009 | 115 Views | [diary=368955]

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By ATBD
January 23rd 2009
Goa - Yes, we came back for more! Asia » India » Goa » Benaulim
23rd January 2009 ATD - Leaving northern India was a relief for me. I feel more at home in the relaxed tropical environs of Goa, where we have decided to kick back for a month to recuperate from the wedding. We were sad to say goodbye to our driver Susil. Despite his undying devotion to blaring hindi music, he had been reliable and unwaveringly cheerful company. The flight was another long one. In India all flights seem to stop over in a city before you can get to your final destination. I had an extremely runny nose inherited from my mother [View Full Entry]

ATBD - Andrew & Alexia Dutton | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 23rd 2009 | 108 Views | [diary=383881]

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By Fried Gold
January 4th 2009
The End of the Beginning Asia » India » Goa » Benaulim
We thought it was about time we did a bit of an update as we've been a bit lazy over the last couple of weeks with Christmas and New Year. It's a bit of a long one so make sure your sitting comfortably. We spent 5 nights in Varkala and it was a really chilled out place. We bumped into an English guy we'd already met before in Goa called Steve and his German girlfriend Evy so we had a couple of evenings meeting up with them just hanging out in a bar which was cool. We ended up leaving on [View Full Entry]

Fried Gold - Jack & Vickie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 9th 2009 | 215 Views | [diary=359896]

Varkala
Kovalam
Kovalam

By ATBD
January 1st 2009
ATD - Day one of a New Year Asia » India » Goa » Benaulim
Alexia and I spent a quiet day recovering from the celebrations of the night before. We spent several hours under an umbrella at Johncy’s, during which I emerged victorious from a hotly contested game of travel-scrabble. Only because I was to drunk from the Pina Coladas I was sipping all afternoon babe! (ABD) We walked south down the beach and enjoyed a magical Goan sunset, distinctive for its changing spectrum of reds as it plunges spectacularly into the Arabian Sea. We caught up with the rest of our gang as evening closed in, and had a forgettable dinner at the ‘Hard [View Full Entry]

ATBD - Andrew & Alexia Dutton | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 3rd 2009 | 95 Views | [diary=369842]

Sunset on the first day of 2009
killer cocktails goan style!

2008 was a fantastic year, highlighted by the entry into my life of the passion of my existence: Alexia B Demetriou. We spent the last day of the year at place called Anjuna, in the northern part of Goa. On our way north we stopped for lunch at the Goan capital Panaji (Panjim). Panaji is much cleaner and has much more character than any large Indian cities we have seen so far. We ate at a lovely little Portuguese-style restaurant called Hotel Venite. It is notable for a few reasons. The doorway is marked by an intricate shell-work mosaic. Male and [View Full Entry]

ATBD - Andrew & Alexia Dutton | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 2nd 2009 | 134 Views | [diary=369576]

more Anjuna Markets
At Hotel Venite
Hotel Venite - Panaji

Adam, Bek, Anabelle, Tim, Anjali and us arrived in Goa today via a bus from the Maharastian chaos of Pune. The bus ride was difficult to endure. The constant hairpin bends (those Adelaidians amongst you just picture devil’s elbow repeated dozens of times in a row) made the experience similar to taking a roller coaster at a carnival but not being allowed off for several hours. So arrive in Goa we did, at around 6am, thankfully to be picked up by a friend of Bek’s friends through MRA. The bus had been too much for little Belle though, who lost the [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 2nd 2009 | 69 Views | [diary=369568]

Living the high life on Goan Beaches
Baby Love!

By Shons
December 11th 2008
Gorgeous Goa - boring Benaulim Asia » India » Goa » Benaulim
5 Dec - I don't sleep much following Liam's departure and am up at 6am to get to the airport. The staff have been so friendly at the Lytton Hotel. Very sad to leave but glad to get away from the madness of the black hole of Calcutta! I fly Kingfisher Kolkata to Mumbai to Goa with no need to change planes. Kingfisher are a FAB airline, I recommend them to anyone flying within India - new planes, friendly staff, v tasty food and lots of freebies! Just a pity they don't sell their beer during the flight, lol. Goa is [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 15th 2009 | 197 Views | [diary=363685]

The 'main' road
I'm sure there's a beach round here somewhere...


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