Blogs from Anjuna Beach, Goa, India, Asia - page 9

So here is how the conversation went, roughly... -Hello sir, how are you, I am a student but I work part time for this resort here in Baga... Where are you from? Ah! Canada. Well, please, pick a card here, a promotion card, yes sir, no worries, no committement. Now, let's open it.... Oh my God, sir, you won the consolation prize!!! No worries, see, it is written there, now worries, no hassle, no committement... You just have to follow me to the resort and pick up your prize. You are a couple? Sir? No? It is okay, we wil just pretend you are. COme with me, free taxi, we go to the resort. Trust me, you can keep my scooter, you pick up your prize, a nice cruise from Baga beach... -Well, we have things ... read more

I have been here 2 weeks already and I can't believe it. In a way it goes by so fast, I can hardly believe it, and at the same time it feels like home. Like I always lived here. Even the guy I buy te milk from already knows at what time I will stop by... I love India. Life on the road is great. A mix of quiet time, very relax, yoga in the morning, very nice to do this here. And afternoons going "to town", to buy some supplies, in the crazy pace of India. Although Goa is a lot mellower than Mumbai. But it is still busy, with trucks and rickshaw and cows and people and elephants on the street. I love it. I love the smells, the colors, the people, I think ... read more

Where should I start.... Well, the yoga here is AMAZING! So different to do yoga in the heat... My body loves it anyway. And since yesterday was a day off, it was time to go see the beach. AMAZING beach, some areas are super crowded but others are much much better. Walking on the sand, being offered 10 necklaces for 200 rupies, "best morning price ma'am". It's fun. I love it. Then Iain taught me a nice river where we covered ourselves with clay. Waw, Amazing how the skin gets soft after that! Nice to have someone to show me the cool places around! Then it was time for food and more time doing not much, drinking lassi and more lassi and then back home on the scooter. And in the evening it was the Arpora ... read more

Terve ystavat! Pyydan anteeksi passiivisuuttani taman blogin suhteen. Tama paikka vaan saa unohtamaan koko menneisyytensa. Kuulumiset talla kertaa on hyvaa ja pahaa. Maanmainioita ihmisia on taas tullut tavattua ympari maailmaa ja meininki on paaasiassa ihan hyvaa, mita nyt uutenavuotena sain turpaani joltain Inkkarisekopaalta. Siihen liittyykin sitten aivan helvetinmoinen tarina, jota en tassa rupea selvittamaan. Talla hetkella mietteeni liikkuvat Goalta pois lahtemisessa ja sen aionkin toteuttaa heti kun saan kamppani vuokrattua viimeiseksi 2 kuukaudeksi jollekkin. Ylimaaraista irtaimistoa ajattelin myoskin yrittaa kaupata, koska rahavarainnot parin ikavan yllatyksen jalkeen alkavat uhkaavasti kuihtua. Taidan tassa jossain vaiheessa joutua elamaan kuin Intialainen, eli ilman rahaa. Matkavakuutuskaan ei ole enaa voimassa, joten taytyy valttaa suurimmat tapaturmat yms. Yksi toinen... read more

Arrived in Goa to the most extreme humidity I had experienced so far on this trip. It was 34 degrees or so. After bartering with the taxi driver over price I was off to Anjuna beach. I chose this beach because according to lonely planet it is visited by plenty of backpackers but is one of the few beaches left in Goa untouched by the package holiday industry. Anjuna beach is legendary for being one of the beaches all the hippies came to party in the 60's! Also for it's wild beach partys around christmas time. So my driver drops me off right on the beach and I had to start shopping around for a place to stay. It was the first time I felt like a real backpacker and felt very independant but also a ... read more