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

My friend Kirsten came to travel with me over the holidays. We went straight to the party-beach town of Goa. Goa has a large population of Christians, so Christmas is really celebrated here. The entire town was decked out in lights and Christmas decorations. It almost felt like christmas there (no snow of course!)... read more

Hey guys, sorry for the breifness of the first entry, bit busy you know?!?! Well, here we are in Goa, the Christmas destination :) spent a few nights in Panjim when we got off the train to find our flipflopped feet and beachwear!!! Now we're down in Calangute for a few days before making it to Armbol which is where we were initially meant to stay but hey, its christmas in a chrisian state and things get booked up quick :) So yes, Arambol for the celebrations with some friends, markets and generally chilling - there's not much to do on a beach except drink and read About the past week, we went to Aurangabad from Mumbai to go see some caves at Ellora and Ajanta - not normal caves mind, caves hand carved out of ... read more

Yeeppie... Now we can talk about holiday.... We arrived to Goa yesterday late at night with a group of fantastic Australians which we met at the station. The train was late 3 hours what apparently is normal here so we had a great fun watching people at the station. Actually they had a great fun to watch us... Australians are so funny and there is one disable guy James called sometimes by his friends "legs" as he has some major problems with leg's muscles since he was born. He is a hero for me, he managed to jump on the parachutes, and he is a great and very happy guy. To travel by train it is a big thing and special if you want to go to the toilet. There is a hole in the floor, ... read more

Goa has a special place in my memories. It is the place where I met my husband and also because this was my first expedition alone. I had heard that the new year eve is celebrated with much fun and frolic in Goa.As I had been selected as a lecturer in a college and had been saving money for something special, I decided why not take a trip to Goa.I found that people in North India are much intruding and misbehaving towards a lone female traveller. Though I didn't face such problem in Goa. Goan history: Often known as 'The Rome of the East', Goa was ruled by a great number of Indian kingdoms and dynasties from the 4th century onwards.The name 'Goa' is derived from the Konkani (The Goan Language) word 'Goyan', which means a ... read more

Hello all and any who check out my random travel rants.... Goa is the most bizare resort that I woke up in last Thursday - it is situated half the way down the west coast of India (about 150 KMs from Mumbai). From Goa airport I managed to get away without being persuaded to step into a taxi 700/800 Rubbies. Instead I managed to engineer 3 local buses that took me all the way to Calagunte for about 35 Rubbies. This is sadly where my seasoned travel instincts ended and I happily decided to become an affluent beach tourists. After checking out some nasty cheap hotels that were filthy I stumbled upon a Swedish owned resort called the Charleston (I actually forgot the name one day and managed to get back by remembering the Charleston dance ... read more