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Asia » India » Goa » Palolem December 29th 2014

Day 9 Yyyyaaayyyy..... An easy morning with no alam!..... And it's my birthday! We got up, got showered and all ready for a good breakfast. As we left the room, Muhto, and his son, was already waiting for us outside our door! We all went back into the room, as we needed to. catch up with Muhto. Hen Tom presented a lovely birthday cake that he had sourced through Muhto! It was such a nice surprise. I also brought one gift from home to open. Thank you Claire and Dimitri, I love it! I had a card from Tom, but not from home as we are travelling today, so I knew that I couldn't actually enjoy them here. We all had cake before breakfast. What a great start to the day. Thank you so much Tom ... read more

Happy Thanksgiving 2014!

Asia » India » Goa » Anjuna Beach November 27th 2014

daveolivertravels

Sorry I haven't posted in a while but Happy Thanksgiving. This day also marks my 4th month on the road. This Thanksgiving what am I thankful for? First, I am thankful for my health. People take it for granted, but good health is invaluable. All the money in the world can't buy good health. It can help you afford the best in healthcare, medicines, and treatments, just not good health in and of itself. So health leads me to the second thing on my list... Second, being able to travel. I am thankful that I am able to travel the world, from the middle of the Amazon rainforest, to the Himalayan Mountains, to the most cosmopolitan of cities like Paris, Buenos Aries, New York, etc. I am thankful for the exposures to new cultures and experiences ... read more

Goa, India.

Asia » India » Goa November 24th 2014

Prach

Goa, India. Goa is exotic & is definetely not one of the places to stay in 5-star resorts! It is recommended to be as close to the beaches, local culture, local sea food, local pubs, local markets as possible. It's all about blending with the place to get the most out of it. My trip to Goa was 6 days long or actually, 6 days short! Because, it is one place which you can never get enough of! The best thing about Goa is that time just stops there. In all the 6 days spent there, I never bothered to look at the time. I just did not care what time of the day it was. Because time is not a limitation in Goa for anything. Goa is a well connected state to all possible parts ... read more

Motorbike I love...

Asia » India » Goa » Arambol November 17th 2014

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toserveandtolove

Will try to put in a picture of my Enfield in this entry.... read more

Goa Trip

Asia » India » Goa » Varca November 14th 2014

AravindPai

Preparation Learning from past experiences (in fact mistakes), we booked Varca Beach resorts in Goa on the first day (2 months in advance) when bookings were available. We had faint hopes of getting our new car (Honda Mobilio RS) which was booked in July. On the morning of Saturday, 11th Oct 2014, even though we were told the car will only arrive in Nov, I convinced Grishma to visit the showroom. Initial response from the manager was on expected lines. As a last try, we narrated the story of Indigo XL, and our plans to go by drive to Goa. Suddenly the person looked up his list, and there was a car available for immediate delivery. Moral of the story: ‘keep asking and presenting your case, there is nothing to lose, but everything to gain’. We ... read more

Anjuna, Goa

Asia » India » Goa » Anjuna Beach November 9th 2014

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Sheyes93

Having just spent a week in Goa, I'm missing it already! Anjuna is pretty good, I can imagine how fucking class it would be in high season! Maybe next time! Basically it's a little town/village at the back of the beach, with hotels, bars and restaurants all around. All along the beach there's clubs, bars and the most expensive accommodation, a beach hut costing at least 2500rs a night! Fuck that! I end up walking back up the beach to the cheaper area just back from the beach, bump into a guy on the way back and end up in a room in the middle of a residential area, 5 minutes from the beach and 282rs a night. Spot on. Got offered a job one night when I was out, I was so tempted to stay ... read more

Goa

Asia » India » Goa September 19th 2014

The highway

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December 23-31, 2008.This was my first trip to Goa out of my 8 trips (until 2014) to this magical part of India. Actually this was the second one, but since the first one was with my parents, this was effectively the first. I had to fight with my manager for a vacation amidst a critical project for this trip, after all it was planned long in advance. I was looking forward to catch up with my Techfest gang from IIT after a long time. The usual suspects, apart from me, were Rahul, Punty, Saluja, Sunnu, CLPa, Tyagi, Torka, Piyush (who joined later), Chaman and some of the WAGs. The plan was for everyone to assemble at Bombay, take Torka's car and a hired car and set out for Goa. So after a whole night of work ... read more

Day 24 - Panjim

Asia » India » Goa » Panaji August 11th 2014

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Lesley2912

Day 24 - Market Day Today is market day nearby our hotel. We starts the day with the hearty breakfast at the hotel, before taking the complimentary bus into Doña Paula, to the market. We are planning to use the gym, and go swimming today.... We'll see! Well, we got the bus into Panjim, as planned, and it was a really good 5 hours of browsing, walking, chatting, drinking and resting! We saw the Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception. We found a bench opposite, and gazed at the beautiful facade for a while. I have been surprised, all over India, by the amount of religious diversity around, but also by how easily they all live harmoniously together. We walked through the Fountainhas, and it's adjacent enclave of São Tomé, is a charming area which ... read more

Night 20 & Day 21& 22 - Heartfelt move to Goa....and the marathon sleep

Asia » India » Goa » Panaji August 10th 2014

Lesley2912

Day 21 & 22 - Heartfelt move to Goa....marathon sleep! Today Kyla, Jude and I shopped all day, finding, or not finding in my case, all the last minute bits and pieces It was a difficult night. The first to leave the rooftop, firework party was Patrick. Patrick was eccentric at times, but special to all. He drove you mad, but then you loved him for it. A hard act to follow. Lucy, Rebecca, Laura, Zoe, Hannah and Rachel left shortly after. Jude, Kyla, Tom and Ankur and I had a tough night after that. We have become so incredibly close over the time together. Tom was leaving first, at 3am. He had made the choice of not going to bed. Jude and I stayed up and had a few drinks, but we also had to ... read more

Day 23 - Goa - Doña Paula Circle

Asia » India » Goa » Panaji August 10th 2014

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Lesley2912

Day 23 - Goa We started off in Goa by having a total marathon sleep. In effect, we lost day 22 due to travelling and sleeping! We got up at about 9ish. We sorted our bags, did washing and got an amazing hot shower! We went for breakfast at 10.20, it finished at 10.30, so just made it. Due to theatstjon sleep, we were both starving! I think we ate everything on offer this morning! When we returned to the room there was a lovely swan decoration on my bed, made from towels. There wasn't on Jude's bed as it was full of crap! We have noticed that when I wake up in a morning, my bed doesn't look as if it has been slept in, whilst Jude's looks like she has had a fight in ... read more

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