http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Goa , Benaulim en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:35:16 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:35:16 +0000 Just a quick blog this time to tell the story about my trip south to Benaulim....Benaulim is another village close to the beach a little south of Candolim where I am staying now. I left Saturday morning took the bus to Panjim then to Margao and finally to Benaulim. I forgot lesson number one never sit at the back of the bus ESPECIALLY if you don't know where you are going. The bus may loo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-461814.html ltHampigtArriving 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 c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-440116.html 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 simpl http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-424365.html 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 Pedrorsquos. 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 al http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-421966.html 23rd January 2009ATD 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-383881.html Alexia and I spent a quiet day recovering from the celebrations of the night before. We spent several hours under an umbrella at Johncyrsquos during which I emerged victorious from a hotly contested game of travelscrabble. Only because I was to drunk from the Pina Coladas I was sipping all afternoon babe ABDWe walked south down the beach and enjoyed a magical Goan sunset distinctive for it http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-369842.html 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 l http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-369576.html 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 devilrsquos 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 Go http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-369568.html 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 shouldersVaranassi 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 1130am on the 29th and arrived at 2 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-368955.html 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 fr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-363685.html 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 even http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-359896.html Hey LeuteIch bin gu in Goa angekommen und die Zugfahrt war garnicht mal so schlimm wie ich erwartet hatte. Leider hatte ich eine Liege direkt unter der Decke und konnte waehrend der ganzen Zugfahrt kein einziges mal aus dem Fenster schauen weil alle anderen Sitzplaetze belegt waren. Auserdem waren direkt ueber meinem Kopf drei riesige Ventilatoren installiert die mich die ganze Nacht wachgehalt http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-348489.html So much for making my way down to Kerala When you travel in India trains have to be booked several days in advance as they tend to fill up very quickly so I decided to travel as far South as I could in Goa and bide my time on another beautiful beach while I wait for the day of my train journey to come around. The main city in South Goa is Magdeon or Margao. Itrsquos a small town with a smal http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-262585.html Now where was I Oh yeah Benaulim been a bit lax just lately call it the Goa effect. Highlight of this part of our journey had to be the arrival of Kiera for a week so little time so much to show her. First morning went on the dolphin boat sailed out away from the shore bout a quarter mile and there they were a school sliding in and out of the waves around us feeding only 5 of us in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-256298.html Erratum My proof reader aka Ken advises that Kerala not Goa is known as God's Own Country'. So apologies a rose by any other name etc. Don't want the comment box getting clogged up unnecessarily. Wish hubby was as good at spotting my spelling mistakes which are legion...Quiet day yesterday told about a less frequented area Johny Fishersman's beach 50R rickshaw ride from Benaulim vill http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-248840.html HelloPanjim capital of Goa is SUCH an expensive place and we had to fork out 40 pounds for one room for one night Never going back there again After the ailine broke my bag is had been mega uncomfortable to carry and i am going to complain maybe. We have now given up hvaing three meals per day and only have two because of the cost and also I have been ill and so most of the time do n http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-245878.html Evening It's Wednesday 13th Feb in India. Just to avoid confusionJust a shorter entry this time since we've pretty much been doing the same all weekbeach stuff After writing my last blog entry we had dinner on the beach while watching the most amazing sunsetevery day its beautiful as you literally see the sun disappear in sections till there is nothing left. After that we returned to our sha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-245875.html Just a quick update got my ticket to Goa yes so got up very early to Chatripathi Shivaji Terminus Mumbai's main station. I had no idea where to go or what to do so looked a little lost. A seemingly helpful man dressed as staff asked where I was trying to go and took my ticket big mistake He escorted me to my train and right to my seat and just when I was about to tip him for his kindnes http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-245188.html Dear all Jaipur's luxury seems like years ago with its hot showers and comfortable beds On our last day we went through the Bezar's and to a place called LMB for lunch however we just had a selection of desserts which I fear may have been the reason I was ill the next day I was very embarressed when it came to the bill as Sophie had gone to the loo leaving her ripped 500R bill on the table http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-245130.html Hello Hello This is my second attempt at writing this after i lost the first lot when someone changed something Anyway from where i left youin luxury we have been busy crossing the country After updating our blogs and having relaxing showers we headed out to see the sights of jaipur. What we hadnt noticed was the different scales of our maps relative to other towns so after ages on foot and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-245127.html