Blogs from Calangute, Goa, India, Asia - page 6

Just testing this new site, been in Goa since Oct last year running our Bar in Calangute (this is the 4th year since first opening), the bar is called Karma Shooters but everyone knows it as just 'shooters' we are coming to the end of the season now and are starting to wind down by taking some time off and relaxing on the beaches up and down Goa. The season will end for us on the 30th April when the last charter plane flies out, monsoon brings lots of rain, domestic tourists and travellers to Goa from all corners of the globe. There are some pictures of Palolem beach in the south which we think is the best in the whole state, it is away from the hustle and bustle of Calangute in the north and ... read more

We had intended to stay at Colva,a long and quiet beach, but because of Indians Public Holiday we couldn't find a room to sleep. We tried our chance at Calangati which is 2 hrs. by bus. We used two public buses and a rickshaw.We could hardly find a room after about two hrs. walk by our backpacks. The hotel room we rented is good enough and very near the sea and we paid 500 inR per night. Calangati is over crawded. During our journey we have observed that everybody takes his shoes off while entering houses,hotel room and shops. But that doesn't mean the areas are clean. The sellers disturb you most of the time to sell something but still their smiling faces worth. We have night train ticket to Mumbai on 31st Jan. The next ... read more

The #1 hotspot for New Years Eve in India is definitely Goa. Everyone and EVERYONE from taxi drivers to Baliwood stars is there. Amazingly, a whole group of our San Francisco friends joined us to celebrate New Years together! Our first meeting was on an overnight train from Southern India. You can imagine how strange and wonderful it was to see such familiar faces so far away from home in an Indian train compartment. From the train we proceeded to bask on the beaches all day and bounce around the clubs all night. It was all great excetp for the 80% of the time that we spent stuck in terrible traffic and fighting enormous crowds. Let's just say New Years in Goa has become too popular for its own good. To open the photo album, double ... read more

Salut a tous... Un tout petit mail, pour vous dire que je vais bien... Que ceux qui s'inquietent de ne pas recevoir de mes nouvelles se rassurent, rien de grave, hormi plaies d'argent (qui n'est pas mortelle) que j'essaie de resoudre, en vain pour l'instant, auquel cas il me faudra rentrer fin novembre en France... Je suppose que depuis la-bas (la France, justement), vous n'en avez pas entendu parler, mais il y a eu un cyclone en Inde, en Andra Pradesh, sur la cote Est, oppose a la ou je me trouve, avec malheureusement beaucoup beaucoup de vies perdues... Ceci a declenche de grosses inondations et des perturbations climatiques ici, a Goa, et nous avons eu droit a des pluies plus que diluviennes sans electricite et de l'eau jusqu'aux chevilles pendant 4 jours... Mais Goa est ... read more

Coucou. Apres une "petite" periode sans internet, assez longue pour que j'ai 6 mails qui m'attendent (!), me voici. J'ai recu des news de Doudou, qui arrive bientot ;o)) Le fait de le savoir bientot en Inde rend mon "attente" plus plaisante... nous nous rapprochons lentement... mais c'est lui qui bouge !!! Il vient me rejoindre apres plus de 8 mois, puisqu'il est reparti vers la France en Fevrier 2004, juste une dizaine de jours apres que nous soyons revenus du Sri Lanka. Il arrivera d'abord dans le Nord ou il restera pendant un petit mois a tourner avec des moines du monastere, a faire la visite des lieux sacres du Bouddhisme avec eux, avant de venir me rejoindre fin Decembre. Des amis comme ca, vous savez, on en rencontre qu'une fois dans sa vie... Ma ... read more