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Asia » India » Goa August 12th 2004

Whoa GOA!!! Beaches for miles, the sand and the surf, tall drinks in coconut shells, laze, munch on goan fare, snore………………………snort, thump …ouch - wake up pal, smell the coffee--- woke up on a wet flight from Delhi to Goa last Thursday. The flight has a stop at Mumbai where you change planes and with the drippy rain finding its way everywhere, its not exactly what gets your senses tuned to a visit to the Mecca of beach country in India—my reco; get that early morning straight flight from Delhi into goa. Add to this the fact that I was going to Goa on work - two business off-sites back to back. What a waste of an opportunity! Whilst you visualize running like a wild bronco down the beach side, the reality I knew would be ... read more

Asia » India » Goa February 26th 2004

Asia » India » Goa » Palolem February 5th 2004

Danes koncujem s Palolemom. Spet je bilo carsko! Najboljsa so bila jutra. Sel sem tect po plazi, potem sem se razmigal, sploh ni zgledalo cudno, ker ostal folk pravi podobnim vajam yoga - no 8 let atletike pravi temu streeching. Potem pa plavat, pa se martinckat. Tudi tukaj, sem kljub ogromnemu stevilu finih restavracij nasel enih par indijskih, v katere zahajajo domacini. Menu sicer ni dolg 5 strani oz ga najveckrat sploh ni, ampak okus je isti, poleg tega pa dobim 2x vec. Da ne omenim, kako se lastnikom fino zdi, ko pri njih jem. Po treh dneh se samo usedem za mizo in kelner mi brez vprasanj prinese zajtrk na mizo. Isto, ko grem zvecer na plazo. Se postavim pred pult v trgovini in zopet brez besed dobim pivo predse. Nato se ulezem na topel ... read more

Asia » India » Goa » Palolem January 31st 2004

Dragi prijatelji, hvala za vaso zaskrbljenost. Sporocam vam, da se vracam domov, ker sem se skregal z mojim duhovnim voditeljem in so me vrgli iz Ashrama. Jaz sem na vsak nacin hotel uporabljat sekret papir, on pa je rekel, da je to le produkt pokvarjenega zahoda in naj se prilagodim tisocletni indijski tradiciji - praskanja dreka iz riti z levo roko. Vse ima svoje meje, padlo je nekaj tezkih besed, pa so mi pokazali vrata. No spet sem na poti in grem naprej! Ooty se vedno. No izkazalo se je, da tukaj okoli ni tako enostavno hoditi. Sem hotel it na 2600m visok hrib pa so mi rekli, da rabim potrdilo od gozdarskega oddelka. OK, si recem, grem tam, pa se izkaze, da mi ga ne bodo dali, ker je nevarnost pozarov. ??? Ja, si mislim, ... read more

Asia » India » Goa » Anjuna Beach January 3rd 2004

No takole. Novo leto sva prezivela. Bolj ali manj. Praznovali smo na plazi, folka se je kar nabralo in bil je koma party. Ogromno ljudi, tujcev in domacinov, vse ceste so bile zabasane. Dva dni sva bila pri Yogiju -35 let staremu Indo-Americanu, ki BTW v zivljenju sploh se ni bil v morju. Rodil se je v Bombaju, zdaj pa zivi v L.A.-ju in se se ni sel kopat v morje. In to ni edini primer. Indijci namrec zelo slabo plavajo in si ne upajo v valove. Po novoletni noriji pa sva se preselila v eno majhno ribisko vasico, kjer se je cas ustavil. Vse poteka na izzy, nobenemu se ne mudu, turisti oz hipiji tukaj ostajajo po mesece. Plaza skoraj prazna, naokoli so palme, pesek... Nekaj takega kot Zipolite v Mexicu. Najin dnevni ritual poteka ... read more

Asia » India » Goa December 23rd 2003

Route Bangalore-(74km)Tumkur-Gubbi-Tiptur-Kadur-Tadikede-Bhadrabati-Shimoga-Jog-Sagar-Sharavathi Valley-Murudeshwar-Honnavar-Gokarna-Karwar-Palolem-Colva-Panaji-Old Goa-Fort Aguada-Baga-Anjuna-Vagator-Arambol-Terekhol-Parnem Tunnel-Belgaum(NH 4)-(70km)Dharwar-(20km)Hubli-(197km)Chitradurga-(160km)Tumkur-(74km)Bangalore Day 1 Trip to Goa was during third year of college to celebrate New Year rave party was an exciting one. One of my college buddies possessed a car, Fiat Palio. We packed our travel bags and started off late in the morning from Bangalore. We shared our turn to drive the car every 4 hours. The drive was pretty exciting considering the fact that I was driving a car after a long time. We took the diversion to NH 4 and were heading towards Tumkur. The scenery was not that great as long as we were in Karnataka close to Ba... read more
Camping By Night
Murudeshwar Shiva

Asia » India » Goa » Palolem December 5th 2002

Still heading South towards Karnataka on the way to Kerala - which at some point - given that I don't fall in love with a place and a girl at the same time means I will head back to Delhi to catch my plane to Bangkok. The beaches are beautiful here - the crescent shaped beach of Palolem where yesterday morning the moon was sitting on its side and smiling with Venus directly above was magical - one of many magical things I am struggling to write down without losing the experiencial side of it. ... read more

Asia » India » Goa » Anjuna Beach December 2nd 2002

It was a huge sleeper bus and quite ideal for us in the circumstances. The trip flew by and we settled for the next few days in Anjuna. We took in the Market in Anjuna which had traders from all over India and tourists from all over Europe it seemed. Settling at the Guru bar near the beach for a few days was a great way to get away from it all.... read more

Asia » India » Goa » Vagator October 20th 2002

Had breakfast-yummy porridge. Got taxi to vagator. Could not really find where we wanted to stay, so looked at Boons Ark- fab cottage style room- immaculate and lovely grounds for Rs300.. we think!! Completley unpacked (glorious!) and had a wander- we like vagator; lots of bars and restaurants- a reasonable beach surrounded by rocks. Had lunch at a cafe on the beach- hummus and falafel. St chatting to an indian lad who works/smokes there!! Sent emails. Went to Willy at night; very good spagehtti. Had a few beers at tin tins / jaws. Cool storm in the distance; no rain seen 21.10.02 Up at 11ish- had breakfast; cornflakes with fruit (very tasty). Strolled down to the beach and got a sunlounger outside soclipse. Chatted to a few of the beach sellers- not too hassly really. Sun ... read more
sunset on vagator beach
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bri in rickshaw

Asia » India » Goa October 22nd 2001

2001………..6wks-2nd CYCLING TRIP-2,200kms IN SOUTHERN INDIA 9.10.01 Maravanthe (33.15km) I spent the day recuperating at the overpriced Turtle Beach Resort. They normally want 55rp, a bit over $20, for a timber hut without attached bathroom. I'm paying 25rp. My bartering was easy- I'm the only tourist here. The last one was 5 wks ago. There's been a smattering of local tourists, but with it being off season for beaches and the in-season for terrorism, they can't be making much money. But talk about LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. My hut is on stilts over-looking a nice little bay, with very friendly fishermen busy mending their nets and maintaining their boats. They unfortunately speak only fractionally more English than my 'zilch' Hindi. My day has been spent sleeping, walking the beach and reading. I'm feeling much better, and intend ... read more




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