Blogs from Colva, Goa, India, Asia - page 2

Also nach unserem ersten ewas knapp verfassten bericht, kommt jeztz mal eine ausfuehrlichere version: Sonntag frueh sind wir nach einer etwa 11 stuendigen fahrt mit dem nachtzug in Margao angekommen. Von dort aus gings mit dem auto nach majorda, ein kleines kaff, in dem unser camp liegt. das camp ist wahnsinn! wir wohnen zu viert in kleinen zimmern mit bad und dusche. unseres teilen wir mit zwei schweizerinnen (Tabea, Irina). In der mitte der u-foermig angelegten huetten stehen palmen mit haengematten.... eigentlich erinnert die anlage ziemlich an eine ferienanlage. Das essen hier ist an und fuer sich echt richtig gut...indisch halt :) aber manchmal gibt es auch pommes oder sowas in der art. Gleich am montag haben wir uns die verschiedenen arbeitplaetze angeschaut...zahlreiche day care center, fishermen's school am strand, altenheime. die schule und das waisenhaus ... read more

Dear All Sorry for the delay on the updating of our blog site. We have met some wild and wonderful people. We have relaxed by the beach, climbed waterfalls, gone to religious festivals, eaten great food and have great memories of our first 2 weeks of our travels spent in Goa. I have uploaded a few photos so that you can see what we got up to... read more

Not alot to report, I've had a nice chilled out weekend, checking out the beaches. Went to Colva and Benaulim beaches, fairly touristy ( Colva more than Benaulim) but not too bad. was fun watching the parasailing ( rather them than me!) Found a lovely quiet beach yesterday not far from my hotel, Bollywood beach, a real paradise beach. White sand, hardly any people and no sellers! Tan is coming along nicely! It was quite revolting having to pass the area where they dry the fish in the open air, that apparently the locals like to eat with a beer! Off to do a bit of exploring today. Going up to Ponda to see the temples and the Spice plantation, hopefully feed some elephants... Big hugs...Lx... read more

So that's exactly what I did! And note to self: never book a room with shared bathroom just for the sake of a few Rupees! Got a bus from the chaotic Panjim bus stand to Margao which took about an hour. The sign above the ticket booth made me laugh though..'two seats reserved for ladies and freedom fighters'! When I got on it was so crowded and so hot I thought I would pass out but once we got started, apart from one or two near misses, it was fine. It took me some time to realise I was in the seats reserved for 'ladies. only'...but I am a laydee!! I then had my first experience of a Tuk Tuk, a little 3 wheeler jobby with a 2 stroke engine. These guys just do what they ... read more

Having finished our 20 month "vacation" six months ago we felt it was time to properly finish our trip by updating the website to reflect our status, why we haven't done it before now I don't know, but here goes..... We checked out of Singapore finally after dashing through the border here on a few occasions,we were the only westerners on our flight with cheap Tiger Airways in Singapore's low cost terminal, unsurprisingly we found no Swimming Pools, wireless Internet or Rolex Watches unlike our last flight from this financial city, what we did find was a plane full of Indian passengers checking in 40 to 50 kilos each, every other passenger checking in Televisions or washing machines, obviously a few folk had been on a shopping trip in Singapore! One plump chap in front of ... read more