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Published: April 16th 2006
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Well after the epic adventure that was Mount Everest we decided that we had earned some serious beach time so we arranged to leave Nepal behind and head back towards India but this time heading south - destination Goa. Little did we know that this was also the main destination for every other brit on tour as well.
After a quick flight to Delhi International Airport we then transferred to the domestic terminal which was only about 7Km away but as the staff at the international terminal think that this is your first time to India they try and rip you off with asking for big tips and making you think your going to miss your connection - I don’t think so pal - not this time.
Anyway we made our connection and landed in Goa without any further incidents, and our next decision was to decide on which of the many beaches we should go to first. We decided to head north first of all and work our way down the coast - first stop Anjuna Beach.
Being the fantastic organizers we are we didn't have any accommodation booked when we arrived so we put our faith in the lonely
planet and found a lovely hotel with lovely rooms, swimming pool, and of course a bar, unfortunately it was a bit out of our price range but after spending the last two weeks stuck to the side of the worlds biggest mountain we decided to splash out and treat ourselves for a couple of nights while we found somewhere a bit cheaper. The Beach at Anjuna is pretty nice and not to busy as the pictures show and even had a lady selling melons on the beach shouting out "lovely jubbly melons for sale" just to make the brits feel at home and of course you’re allowed to bring your cow to the beach - how bizarre. However there wasn't too much nightlife going on so too speak - we couldn't even find anything going off on St Patrick’s day - not a happy camper as you can tell... and no I hadn't shaved since Everest...! Infact the best “nightlife” we could find was a Saturday night market and while Suzanne was more than happy to shop I joined the many guys at the market bar waiting for the women to return from the many alleys of stalls and shops…
Baga Beach
Otherwise known as Brits on Tour We eventually found a place to stay that was more in line with our budget and not to shabby and which also hired scooters to get around the island which seemed like the popular and only option... how could we resist so we jumped on a scooter each and headed towards the Anjuna Flea Markets first where apparently there are many a bargain to be had. Now although I have my motorbike license back in the UK, I’ve never actually rode a scooter before but I don’t think it made much of a difference anyway as Suzanne zipped around on her scooter like Carl Foggerty - however I did have one obvious advantage over Suzanne - we drive on the left in the UK - as do the Indians, and not on the right as in Canada - oh the panic watching Suzanne trying to change the side of the road Indians drive on and I’m sure the jeep would have swerved first anyway.
Nonetheless we both enjoyed scooting around the place for a day and even popped down to the next beach down the coast to a place called Baga Beach to find that this is where the UK
had moved to - almost of them, every accent we could here was from the UK which was quite weird after not seeing or hearing another westerner for quite some time while in Rajasthan, anyway we returned to Anjuna on our little scooters and for a few more days enjoyed chilling out while watching sunsets and listening to chill out music - next stop Palolem Beach down south...
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