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

www.diariodeunviaje.com (todo en nuestra pagina web) SUR DE GOA (5-10/12) Lo que diferencia al pequeño estado de Goa del resto del pais, es la mezcla de culturas latinas e indias en un entorno paradisiaco de playas y sol. Los portugueses llegaron aquí en 1.510 buscando un lugar estrategico para el control de la ruta oriental de las especias. Mas tarde, en 1.542, fueron los misioneros jesuitas los que desembarcaron en estas tierras, liderados por San Francisco Javier. Y no fue hasta 1.961, cuando el ejercito indio entro en Goa y termino con el dominio portugues en India. Tras varios siglos de control, la influencia portuguesa es evidente en las casas de estilo colonial, las iglesias, las fortalezas, el mestizaje de la gente y la religion, siendo la religion Catolica la mayoritaria. Hoy en dia, Goa tiene ... read more

I'll admit its a bit of jump in time as you all probably think we're in Laos or Thailand. I'll put my hands up, the blog is a little behind but you're enjoying it right? Anyway, we just thought we'd post a Christmas blog for those of you crunching their feet through the morning frost or wrapping up in your thickest coats. We didn't think Santa would find us this year but on the morning of Christmas Day 2006 we awoke in the most unfamiliar Christmas surroundings, climbed out of the mosquito net and opened the bamboo shutter out to the beach at Agonda, Goa, India. Our perfect little bungalow had been part decorated by the previous tennants and was the envy of the beach with a prime beach location, hanging textiles coloured lanterns outside. With ... read more

hey all... so we are now in agonda, as michael has written. i forgot my usb thing to get pix out of my camera, so no pix this time. it has been amazing here. so peaceful so wonderful. our hut on the beach feels like a campground in the tropics. we are constantly warding off little ants and thank god we brought the bug spray... more importantly... the afterbite. but it is not really a disturbance. its just a part of being here. the other part of being here is a lazy little costal town where even just after 2 days here we are seeing familiar indian and non-indian faces. we have had ongoing conversations with one guy from england - he is intriguing to me. i really loved watching him (upon arrival) just stare at ... read more

We found the beach weve been looking for....and it's called AGONDA! For 150rupees a night ($4.50USD) we are staying in a tiny hut, footsteps away from the Arabian Sea. It is so quiet here and the water is nice and warm. All that we have done for the past two days is games of dominoes, reading, swimming and eating seafood. The beach scene here is strange.........there are maybe 30people on the entire stretch (1.5miles) of beach......but there are about 40 cows that are always roaming around. Never in my life would I ever thought I'd be concerned with a cow eating my snack-food while I was swimming in the ocean! Also, it seems that heavy-set/fat people are considerd very wealthy here in India, so I (Michael) feel like Donald Trump!! It's great.....and alot different from the ... read more