Blogs from Goa, India, Asia - page 127

Ahhh.....I finally reached the beach and oh, so nice. On the flight from Delhi to Goa, I met up with some Israelis girls (go figure) who told me I should go to Arambol beach in the north. Since i did not have a plan, i said OK. Funny how life works out because as I stroll onto the beach with my backpack in search of a place to stay, i hear someone yell "Larry". It turns out to be Malte, my German friend I traveled with from Pushkar to Jodhpur! I spent the next few days enjoying the wonderful beach of Arambol with Malte (aka "The Dude") and a group of Israelis (98% of the people there were from Israel). I will let the photos speak for themselves here. I hope everyone at home is doing ... read more

Salut a tous.... Ben finalement... Goa ! Et le peps qui va avec le retour a ce lieu bien aime... Sans passage a Pushkar... Pour mille et unes raisons, mais aussi parce que les 2 jours que j'ai du passer a Delhi m'ont dissuade d'essayer d'aller me frotter avec la chaleur d'un desert. Finalement, j'aurai du y aller avant, vers juillet... mais on ne change pas les choses, alors j'ai decide de revenir vers "mon" Goa, qui hors saison reste un endroit que j'apprecie tout particulierement. Il pleut toujours ici, tous les jours, ce qui signifie des temperatures plus clementes, moins de transpiration... et des odeurs terribles pour mes papilles olfactives... fringues et matelas... Le gros hic, c'est que c'est pas possible de laver son linge, car il peut pas secher. Nous avons acheter des biscuits, ... read more

random thoughts by mbaade. rather melancholy tonight; angsty today. don't really want to leave G to the O to the A.... i like not having any responsibilities or anyone to answer to or anything to do except play on the beach, watch tv, go for long walks, read for pleasure, sleep, eat, play backgammon, and flirt with the mafia. goa has made me fall in love with the monsoon. paradise to ourselves. lush emerald jungle, black & gold sand, red rock. went and said goodbye to the arabian sea tonight. today it didn't rain at all; partly cloudy skies. between the clouds the stars were shining; don't know when i'll see the ocean or the stars that bright again. certainly not in delhi or philly. "star light, star bright, first star i see tonight, i wish ... read more

sunday july 31 yes, we are safe. no, there are no floods in goa. yes, it does rain a lot here, but there aren't acres and acres of concrete to trap the water and cause floods like there is in mumbai . everything here just goes straight downhill into the ocean, and there aren't enough people around to spread disease. we love you all and thank you for your concern :) ****** deep thoughts with arielle: molly's durnk!! hehahaoiena! ********* thursday aug 4 well... we booked our train back to delhi. a lovely 40+ hour ride. sleeper class, but not airconditioned. they were all booked until september 29th... which is about 1.5 months too late to be leaving goa. notsomuch looking forward to the train. leaves sunday the 7th at 14:10 and arrives in delhi on ... read more

written by arielle: umn. well, after three days here i think it is safe to say that goa has grown on us. we're surrounded by jungle and ocean. it is beautiful here. AND there are hardly any tourists. it's like we have paradise to ourselves. we've spent the last couple of days playing frisbee on our "secret beach" we also switched hotels. we are now at the bethany inn which is the best hotel we've been in. we each have our own bedroom, a huge t.v. WITH - CHANNELS IN ENGLISH - a refrigerator full of sodas and candy bars including SNICKERS! and a balcony. the only problem is the bathroom as the toilet has poor suction and the shower nob has the unfortunate problem of electrocuting us. however! after several attempts, we managed to remember ... read more