Blogs from Goa, India, Asia - page 12

Dnes presne to iste co vcera,len na plazi uz boli dvaja nahaci a nacvicovatel s padakom do mna nekopol. UZ mu to aj dost slo. Kupanie zasa nic,furt velke vlny. Poobede ako som siel kupit vodu,tak chalan predomnou kupoval mlieko v sacku. Take tie male balenia co sme volakedy fasovali na zakladke. Tak som si ho hned kupil aj ja,vypytal som si k tomu slamku a uz sosal. Skoda,ze som o tom nevedel skor,mohol som sa premliekovat. Hadam v dalsich mestach budu mat. Jeden clovek co som stretol ,vravel,ze v Indii je mozne vsetko.Uz tomu postupne zacinam aj verit,som zvedavy co ma este caka. Inak je tato cast pohodova,ziadne velke davy otravnych indov,zobraci skoro ziadny,zvierat minimum na ceste,bordel tiez nie velky ale zas je tu kopa rusov. Vsade su dvojazycne nazvy, anglicky/rusky, niekde cisto len rusky. ... read more

Our train to Arambol, a beach in northern Goa, departed at 7:00 a.m. from Mumbai’s CST Railway Station and was supposed to arrive to Pernhem Station, a thirty minute drive from the beach, at 5:00 p.m. but, naturally, the train was running on Indian time so we didn’t reach our destination until almost 8:00 p.m. We weren’t in a rush, and this was my first Indian train experience, so I sat back and enjoyed the scenery, after first indulging in a two hour nap. We’d bought second class sleeper tickets even though it was a day train since it was a long ride and we wanted the extra space. Scott and I each had upper berths, which was nice considering the triple-bunk-bed style set up of each cabin. On day trains, the middle bunk folds down ... read more

Cestou sme naberali pasazierov. Isli sme cez les,konecne super cesta,nie ako cesta cez dediny,kde bol samy spomalovac. Vodic to dobre valil,miestami sa cely bus cely triasol. Nad ranom sme zastali na vymennej stanici. Asi 3/4 pasazierov prestupila do druheho busu a sla do mesta Gokarna. Od cinanky som sa dozvedel,ze su tam super plaze,skoda,ze som to nevedel skor ,isol by som radsej tam. Gokarna v preklade znamena chod chod,go = chod po ang a karna = chod po indicky,aspon tak mi to vysvetlil moj spolusediaci ind Inak sleeper kabinky su asi 170cm dlhe,takze vyssi clovek nema moc velku sancu sa tam vyspat,vojdu sa tam dvaja ludia na lezaka (neskor zistene,ze aj 6 indov v sede),kabinka sa zatvara supacimi dverami,tak je to trochu izolovane od zbytku busu. Cestou sme v mestach este vylozili par ludi,v meste Panjim ... read more

GOA We hadn’t quite included a trip to Goa in our initial planning; in fact we left it out purposely as we felt it would be part of the next big trip to India & be included with a trip to the South. However, we figured we needed a break after 3 weeks being Travel Escorts for Sarah & Louise and we had free access to accommodation (thanks to our friend Phillip De Souza in London, who is from Goa) so what could be better. As we had then planned to go to Satara to meet our friend Satish, he decides to come to meet us in Goa and so does Kaka (his spritely 89 year old father). We fly from Ahmedabad with Indigo Airlines – 1.5 hours and nothing much to write home ... read more

I have now reached India, must say I have mixed feelings about this place... Arrived n Mumbai early on Thursday morning and after the very well organised and clean Abu Dhabi it was to say the least the opposite. Very big, loud and less clean. It took me a day to find my way around and really haggle for a 'fair' price. Don't miss understand, I still got ripped off but at least I knew it.The people are friendly though. Much to my disapointment I have not had any stommach problems and I had prepared myself for a good 'Dheli-belly' by putting on a few pounds.... Well, I still have two month to go maybe I can eat some icecream to take care of that. Everything is very relaxed so as soon as you actually want ... read more