Blogs from Baga, Goa, India, Asia - page 4

Hi all, After intense public demand, welcome to India mark 2. This time we thought we'd up the jealousy factor a little bit (the attached beach photos should help). We arrived in Goa last Wednesday and checked into a beautiful little bungalow in Palolem (South Goa). The 150 metre walk to the beach was a bit extreme, but we made the best of it!!! For the next few days we pretty much just chilled out on the beach and soaked up some rays - this has lead to a decent tan for Lucy and a distinct lobster red for me!! I did manage to block up my ears from swimming and had to go to the local hospital to have them cleaned out. The Doctor insisted on showing Lucy every bit of wax that came out; ... read more

Buss fran Palolem til Margao och vidare til Panjim, fin tur lengs med highwayen och vi kørde faktiskt førbi polisen som stoppade oss den dagen med scooter.. sa tydligen vanligt att de star just pa grensen mellan Canacona omrader i søder o Margao.. Framme i Panjim hade vi lite problem med o hitta ett rum, till sist fick vi nøja oss med ett litet ekkelt ratthull til rum..gikk omkring i Panjims gator o hittade en underbart charmig liten pub vid namnet Bar Marino.. et knyttelitet rum med 2 benkar (typ som en skolbenk fran gamla dager der benk och bord sitter sammen). Vi at middag pa Hotel Venite som ar en jatte mysig restaurang med goansk och portugisisk inspirerad mat... absolut ett maste for den som besøker Panjim. Føljande morgon efter frukost tog vi buss ... read more

Well after being here for a couple of days, we actually meet some fellow travellers -i know we nearly couldn't believe it!! So wednesday night is a bit of a big event in Goa - theres a club up in the hills called Club Cobarna and every wednesday they have ladies night - its free for the girls to get in and its free drinks all night - sweeeet!!! So we get a gang of us together and go to the kool bar i mentioned earlier for pre club cocktails. Theres Gemma and Lucy, fellow uni hallers from cardiff uni also travelling, Phil and Amy on a 2 week holiday in India, then theres Carl and Martin 2 doctors from London, Simon a random geordie, following on from the Shrek theme there was a guy i ... read more

Sitting in Brisbane it feels a long time since we were enjoying the delights of Goa! A lot has happened since then but we will try to recap! When we left Delhi on the 20th of December our flights were delayed. Thankfully only for 2 hours as all the internal flights suffer from delays and sometimes you can get stranded in airports for hours on end! We arrived in Goa and got a taxi to "Rani and Nanis Guest House"'our home for 6 nights... and what a great home it was! Based at the north end of the very busy touristy Baga Beach the guest house was saved from the maddness of normal tourist Goa by having a river between it and them... We found a fantastic beach which was about half a kilometres walk along ... read more

We were in Baga Beach, Goa. We stayed with our friends Tilly, Ian and Lewis at a little guest house called Nani's and Rani's. Most days we went to the mini beach which was a wee clamber over the rocks. On Christmas Day we were on the beach until midday and then mum organised for a boat to pick us up and take us dolphin watching! We saw three pods of dolphins and I loved it! When we landed back on the little beach our friends had ordered Ronans favourite snack which was ready on the table - chips and tomato sauce and coke - what a great Christmas lunch!! Later on, Cliff who owned the beach bar, stayed open late for us to have our Christmas Dinner on the beach! Fresh tuna steaks, yum yum. ... read more