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I want to talk about a big part of myself that many of you don’t know a lot about. Her name is Maggie. Haha, the reason you don’t know a lot about Maggz is because she’s a great listener and does not feel comfortable talking about herself. You’ll never hear her boast about anything because she is too humble. For my friends or family who’ve met Maggie for the first time, they would have an amazing talk with her right off the bat. Then they realize that they revealed everything about themselves and didn’t learn anything about her, but somehow, [View Full Entry]

lostbuddha - Victor Chang | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 4th 2009 | 167 Views | [diary=441898]

snorkeling maggz
underwater maggz
monkey spying magg

Oh man... I just experienced some true India. I decided to take a train up north to the state Goa. It was those night trains that take 14 hours to get to the place. I spoiled myself by buying some 'first class' tickets on the train. I was half expecting the rooms to be like clean and have a nice window. Hahaha, so wrong, Vic, so wrong. The only space I had was the size of an upper bunk bed with a curtain! Such a cramped space for such a long ride. Then it started pouring so hard (finally) and it [View Full Entry]

lostbuddha - Victor Chang | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 3rd 2009 | 192 Views | [diary=441658]

for real?
the 1st class section
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By Steve Truman
August 18th 2009
Goa Asia » India » Goa » Panaji
I can remember that all my schoolbooks still showed Goa as Portuguese when I was at school - they hadn't caught up with the 1961 Indian takeover. I'm staying in Fontainhas, one of the oldest parts of Panjim, which is the capital of Goa State and it still seems quite European in appearance. It is sometimes known as Goa's Latin Quarter. Most of the food is Indian in style but with lots of influence from the Portuguese which means that this is the only part of India where pork can be quite a speciality. I was hoping that some restaurants mght [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 23rd 2009 | 125 Views | [diary=429143]

Temple
My hotel in Panjin
Basilica of Bom Jesus

By Hello World
May 3rd 2009
Panaji and Old Goa Asia » India » Goa » Panaji
We had to make a stop in Mumbai on our way south to Goa. We just spent one night here before heading off as we fly home from Mumbai so will be returning to do some sightseeing. We had some problems finding affordable accomodation, one place we looked had about 30 beds crammed into a dark grubby room with half naked, sweaty Indian men lying on them. No thanks! We did eventually find somewhere that was acceptable. The area we were staying in reminded us a lot of London. Many of the bulidings here were built by the British during their [View Full Entry]

Hello World - Lil and Luke | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 14th 2009 | 144 Views | [diary=398323]


By weelise
March 5th 2009
Such delightful creatures... Asia » India » Goa » Panaji
So one week into my travels and it feels like I've been here for ages! Took a tour yesterday to Dhudsagar waterfalls in the National park in the east of Goa ( the name of the park escapes me now!) It was a 2 hour drive in a wee bus( thank god for air con!) followed by a very bumpy 8 km jeep ride through the Jungle and rivers, listening to the guide telling us about the termites, small snakes, spiders that make their webs between the trees and eat birds , leeches and other delightful creatures that live in the [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 5th 2009 | 93 Views | [diary=379035]


By sarahandjoe
February 28th 2009
Our last days in Goa Asia » India » Goa » Panaji
The night before we left Palolem Beach, we decided to treat ourselves to an ayurvedic massage. Not really knowing much about it, we just ordered the full body massage, that focuses on our back, neck and legs, or so we thought. Joe started first while I ran to our hut to change into my bikini, when I came back, all I could see was Joe, lying on his front with his bare ass being massaged by a big fat Indian man and Joe's face of horror!!!! I nearly died of laughter but it was my turn to begin. Good thing I [View Full Entry]

sarahandjoe - The McGreals!! | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 8th 2009 | 213 Views | [diary=379860]

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YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, THEN GO BACK OR GO THROUGH THE PHOTOS (CLICK ON THE NUMBERS AT THE TOP) IN THAT ENLARGED FORMAT. CLICK ON THE MAP OF INDIA ON THE LEFT TO ENLARGE. Yes, here is another time-travel blog in keeping with my re-doing old print journals for our records. SRI LANKA AND GOA, INDIA - DEC 05 & JAN 06 As most of you know, in November, 2005 we were in the U.S. for the birth of our grandson, Evan, but returned to Pretoria, South Africa (where we were living for a year) just [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 17th 2008 | 826 Views | [diary=343050]

Auto-rickshaws
Bernard with baby sea turtle
Street Signs

By Tanya telling tales
November 2nd 2008
In and around Goa Asia » India » Goa » Panaji
Well we left mumbai in a whirl of craziness (as the norm there!) - last night there we took a "romantic stroll" down marine drive (as described in the guide book) - we only lasted about 30secs before getting a cab as children and their parents were letting off fireworks all the way down - health and safety is not big here! Took early morning train to goa - our names did not appear on the list for the train reservations but we got on any way and it worked out fine... 14 hours on a train was not all bad [View Full Entry]

Tanya telling tales - Tanya and Pilch | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 2nd 2008 | 276 Views | [diary=340818]

Train journey to Goa
Train journey to Goa
View from our room at Anthy's

By CAT WELLS
October 14th 2008
Escaping Baga, going to Panaji Asia » India » Goa » Panaji
Well we finally made it out of Baga, but not before we were harrassed mercilessly on the beach, in the bar, in the street and some guy even hovered outside our hotel (we think he was exposing himself in the bushes). Generally we didnt do much there and couldnt face the prospect of going to teh seedy bars and just ended up staying in for the two nights we were there. Unfortunately i woke up to find i had been abised by mosquitos in the night and had 39 bites all over my body but in practically a full sleeve up [View Full Entry]

CAT WELLS - CATHERINE WELLS | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 14th 2008 | 185 Views | [diary=334249]

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By Larry and jOOls
August 10th 2008
Udaipur - Mumbai - Goa Asia » India » Goa » Panaji
What will follow, in summary: Thursday 7th - Depart Udaipur Friday 8th - Arrive Mumbai Saturady 9th - Depart Mumbai Sunday 10th - Arrive Goa (Eventually!) So a trip between cities doesn’t really merit a posting, but if you have nothing better to do, you might want to have a wee laugh at how bad a day this turned out to be! The story We left Udaipur at 10pm on Thursday 7th aboard the 3tier sleeper train, all set for our 17 hour train ride down to Mumbai. The overnight part of our journey was made easy due to our long [View Full Entry]

Larry and jOOls - Andrew and Julie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 14th 2008 | 548 Views | [diary=312060]



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