http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Goa , Vagator en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:25:16 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:25:16 UTC Hey guys... gonna be a short one coz not much has happened since we last wrote... Panjim was overall a little dull with not much to do but eat or be in our hotel room which all in all was not that pleasant looking slightly like a prison cell ... we woke in the morning and went to meet Chloe at the bus station this should be a simple task but in India it proved difficult you can't just wait http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-342157.html GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING CANADA and the UK and Europe and I think even India. So after their day spent at Elephanta Island Dave Jord thought that it would be a good time to try and meet up with some of Dave's Indian friends from good old Antwerp. After a couple calls to a couple secretaries Dave managed to get in touch with his good friend Anshul Mehta one of the diamond boys although in http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-311200.html My Mother always told me that the entire world is not just Barre Massachusetts the small town where I grew up. These past few months in India have been some of the most wondrous amazing and thought inspiring of my life. There's so much that I didn't know and I think that I'm now only realizing the tip of the iceberg. My feelings about myself and my place in this world have changed. My attitude http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-277221.html This is 100 pure sugar cane juice with a street value of 20 ruppies per glass. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-276899.html I love watching the sunset over the ocean. I wish you were here to enjoy it with me but you're not so I went ahead and took some pictures for you. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-276888.html Do you know what a Boomer Duet is It's bubble gum with chocolate filling. Sounds gross right It's delicious When Laura was here her fav snack was this weird ice cream that was encased in wheat bread. Lets talk about the beach. I love lounging on a beautiful beach drinking a cocktail listening to my i pod watching all the people and letting my imagination run wild. There's this one girl I've http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-276456.html Lets talk about terrorists. I'm embarrassed to say that until I came to India I didn't know too much about terrorists just that they don't like Americans they were responsible for 911 and going to the airport is becoming more and more a pain in the ass because of them. Here in India near Pakistan and Afghanistan they have MAJOR problems with terrorists. I was reading the news paper at break http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-276080.html Hello Friends and FamilyWe are currently in Goa India. We are well and happy. After waking to news about the major earthquake in China and the Terrorist bombings near Delhi India... We thought It would be a good time to say we are safe and well.We are a little behind in the blog but that is on its way soon. Stay tuned...NamasteJohn and Justice http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-276075.html n http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-273851.html s http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-273843.html random thoughts by mbaade.rather melancholy tonight angsty today. don't really want to leave G to the O to the A.... i like not having any responsibilities or anyone to answer to or anything to do except play on the beach watch tv go for long walks read for pleasure sleep eat play backgammon and flirt with the mafia. goa has made me fall in love with the monsoon. paradise to ourselves. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-266064.html sunday july 31yes we are safe. no there are no floods in goa. yes it does rain a lot here but there aren't acres and acres of concrete to trap the water and cause floods like there is in mumbai . everything here just goes straight downhill into the ocean and there aren't enough people around to spread disease.we love you all and thank you for your concern deep thoughts with arielle http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-265565.html july 23 fridayso the other day we were walking all around vagatore trying to find bicycles for rent and after we'd walked for hours and not found any bikes this guy in a bright yellow rain slicker pulls up on his moped and asks us if we want to be extras in a bollywood film. of course we say yes and take his name and number.his name is slash. his number didn't work. but lo and behold he sh http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-265562.html written by arielleumn. well after three days here i think it is safe to say that goa has grown on us. we're surrounded by jungle and ocean. it is beautiful here. AND there are hardly any tourists. it's like we have paradise to ourselves. we've spent the last couple of days playing frisbee on our secret beach we also switched hotels. we are now at the bethany inn which is the best hotel http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-265560.html to all those who're watching yes we are still alive 2 hours from puri to bubaneswar by bus1 hour to wait for train12 hours from bubaneswar to vijayawada by night train8 hours to wait in the station for our next train24 hours from vijayawada to vasco de gama via night train1 hour from vasco to panjim via public bus1.5 hours from panjim to vagatore via a public bus to mapusa and http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-265558.html Wow I am almost here 2 weeks feel like some sort of native really strangeWell in all honesty I love it more and more each day I cannot believe this is my first time here.Weather has become all blue skies again rain storms lightning thunder has vanished the rain was shocking streets flooding in a matter of minutes.Been eating like a horse so many deicious things to choice from last night v http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-261187.html I came I saw I've adapted I wrote that a few entries ago and it was pretty cocky of me. Sure at the time I was feeling that way after being here all of 24 hours.Now that I've got a few days under my belt I'd like to retract that statement and change it to I am WAY out of my element In a good way though I am certainly getting an education. I've taken to smoking Indian cigarettes because http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-256899.html Sometimes I get frustrated with my photos because there is no way they could capture the real beauty of this land you understand what I'm saying http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-256087.html I don't have your email address and I don't want to post Laura's contact info on this blog because it's public. I did however get a calling card and I will try to call tomorrow. I have no idea what the time difference is so that'll be funny if I call at 3am right I love you I'm happy and I'm safe no worries Love your first born xxx oooo http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-255797.html I LOVE IT HERENot even 48 hours and I'm in love with India and I'm constantly amazed at peoples kindness. Last night after I wrote Laura and I went to an open air cafe near our hotel. Met some English blokes who had me in stitches. They've been here for 3 months and had a lot of good advice to offer but I kind of feel like I've already got it down. I came I saw I've adapted. Ummmm not with o http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-255793.html I'm here I'm safe and I am absolutely AMAZED I can't wipe the smile off my face Thank you God for givng me such an awesome life and the freedom to travel and have these incredible experiences. AmenGetting here was hell. What the heck was I thinking flying 30hours in one shot with no rest. The past 2 days have been a blur of airports and planes. Thank goodness I'm narcoleptic I am so good at http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-255461.html had a good week here managed to get a cocohut right on the front of the cliff top with picture perfect views of little vagator beach. Hired a moped for a few days and zipped up to the the german night market which was hugh filled with indian and european hippie stalls just like the ones in ibiza. Had a great night there was a catwalk with designers showing off their clothes and music. I finally br http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-252952.html Mark had finally recovered from his short spout of hypochondriac fever and we made plans in the morning to hit the notorious 'nine bar' later in the evening. Ollie and I had already experienced the delights and they needed to be shared by allWe again spent most of the day in the shade as we were all still recovering from the slight burns we had recieved. Later in the evening torchless we tru http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-252591.html Although we were sad to be leaving our shack we felt we must head on as we still had half the world to visitAfter breakfast we took a taxi to Vagator a beach slightly further south which apparently was popular with Isreali ravers but as we were to find out the main crowd featured middled aged European woman and dirty local menThe beach was very ideallic and we checked into a small guest hous http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-251002.html 'Jasper je stukjes zijn leuk en zo maar wel wat onpersoonlijk' na verschillende van dit soort reacties te hebben gehad maar even een persoonlijk stukje. ja ik vermaak me. en ja het gaat uitstekend. ook al heb ik dunne poep. terwijl ik mijn laatste avondmaaltijd in Panjim at wist ik al dit is niet goed. en ja hoor de volgende dag was het toiletbezoek heel kort en heel luidruchtig. maar ik he http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-243835.html Toegegeven de stranden en de natuur zijn prachtig. Maar verder valt Goa een beetje tegen. Nou is Goa een provincie eentje van bescheiden grootte het is de kleinste provincie van India dat veel meer te bieden heeft dan strakblauwe hemels en mooie witte stranden gelardeerd met rotsachtige formaties en palmbomen. Zoals de talloze kerken van Old Goa de Portugese huizen van Panjim en de watervall http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-243542.html got up early and packed. went for breakfast and munches for the last time mark and charlotte were there which was nice to see them before i left. gave back my scooter then got taxi to airport. flight delayed typical. got to mumbai but had to wait three hour's for my flight. got to singapore but had to wait six hour's this time for the flight onto phuket. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-234819.html breakfast at munches with mark then down to little vagator beach till around 1 o'clock it get's so hot around this time that you can't sit in the sun because you just sweat off your sun cream and start to burn. went out for tea about five ish and whilst eating the power went out and it came over realy dark then started to rain. i could hear thunder in the distance but then goodness gracious me http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-234817.html same same rode around a bit walked up and down anjuna beach sat on my varander dinner then a few drinks. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-234810.html Hey AllFirstly apologies for the lack of blogging....kinda been busy and i keep having bad karma with computers and my camera. Either one or the other not working. I intend to do a mass blog overload soon. So beware Love LindsNext......HAPPY CHRISTMAS to everybody we hope you are having a festive and lovely time. We're just about to hitch a lift to the beach. If any of you have spare fina http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Vagator/blog-230213.html