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

Hey Leute! Ich bin gu in Goa angekommen und die Zugfahrt war garnicht mal so schlimm wie ich erwartet hatte. Leider hatte ich eine Liege direkt unter der Decke und konnte waehrend der ganzen Zugfahrt kein einziges mal aus dem Fenster schauen, weil alle anderen Sitzplaetze belegt waren. Auserdem waren direkt ueber meinem Kopf drei riesige Ventilatoren installiert, die mich die ganze Nacht wachgehalten haben. Ich habe die meiste Zeit genutzt um zu lesen oder Musik zu hoeren. Zwischendurch ist mir eine kleine Schabe oder Kakkalake ins T-Shirt gekrabbelt und die anderen Passagiere haben laut gelacht als ich panisch mein T-Shirt ausgezogen habe um es auszuschuetteln. Abgesehen davon gab es eine Menge Motten, die von den Neonlampen in jedem Abteil angelockt wurden. Naja nachdem morgens so gegen 6 am Bahnhof von Margao angekommen waren, haben wir ... read more

Erratum:- My proof reader, aka Ken, advises that Kerala, not Goa, is known as God's Own Country'. So apologies, a rose by any other name etc. Don't want the comment box getting clogged up unnecessarily. Wish hubby was as good at spotting my spelling mistakes, which are legion... Quiet day yesterday, told about a less frequented area, Johny Fishersman's beach, 50R rickshaw ride from Benaulim village, so hied off to investigate - white sand, good surf, shallow water, far from the madding crowd with a funky Beatle-themed beach shack cafe to chill in. We'll be back....for once didn't take mobile, no phone in cafe, so had to walk back - after midday the sun is merciless and effectively fries the brains, took a while to recover from that mistake (we're not looking for sympathy here). Went ... read more

Hello, Panjim, capital of Goa, is SUCH an expensive place - and we had to fork out 40 pounds for one room for one night!!!! Never going back there again! After the ailine broke my bag is had been mega uncomfortable to carry and i am going to complain (maybe!). We have now given up hvaing three meals per day and only have two because of the cost and also I have been ill and so most of the time do not feel like eating! The afternoon in Panjim consisted of a trip to the ATM (to get out the millions we owed for the room!!!) and tea on the terrace - I have never woken up feeling so hungry!!!! Also there was much compaining about the cost etc in Panjim! We checked out at 9 ... read more

We left Munnar on 15th January and have spent the last few weeks in Goa. Our arrangements to leave Munnar had a very Indian quality about them. We usually had breakfast at a small restauarnt close to where we were staying, where you could get a good south indian fry up for two for about GBP1.50. We had befriended one of the waiters and one morning he started asking us how long we would be staying. We told him we were moving on to Goa in a few days. He then wanted to know how we would get there. We told him by train from Ernakalum. This was the crucial information for him - of course we would need a taxi to Ernakulum (a distance of about 40 km) and he had a taxi business so ... read more

Hello again, everyone. Hope all is well at home. We are currently in Benaulim in central Goa and, according to the papers, are in the middle of an unseasonable cold spell. The night temperatures have been as low as 17 degrees!!!! At least it stays above 30 during the days. Prior to this icebox we were in Bangalore. We had arrived on the morning train from Hyderabad and since we had the time, we ended up cancelling our tickets to Hampi as it was proving to be quite difficult to leave to be in Goa for our previously booked hotel. We arrived at the Golden Palms well before check-in but found we only had to wait a few minutes for our room. This was great as the day was hot and the Golden Palms claims to ... read more