Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Long overdue Goa Update

Well well,  I've been really busy these last two weeks. Don't really have much time anymore, hence the lack of updates. So now I need to write two updates...Goa and Kerala (both awesome trips!)

Well, Goa was a pretty fun place. Nothing like the pictures, but I couldn't expect much since we had after all been warned about the weather. The weather was honestly interesting...it used to rain in phases, and as it turned out, it usually decided to rain whenever we were indoors or in a car. So that worked out pretty well, as we could enjoy ourselves when it didn't rain. In fact, we slowly began to even measure time in terms of rain cycles! For example, one of the mornings, we decided to head out for lunch after three more rain cycles. Pretty amusing =)

Anyway, travelling from Bangalore was just me and a friend of mine, and we met up with about 8 guys from Pune and 4 other French people working in Doha (friends with one of the Pune guys). We stayed in a place right at Anjuna beach, which I honestly can't call a "beach". Check out the photos below for a better idea on what I"m talking about:


Yes, there are goats on the "beach"! And these goats look so mean, not one of those friendly goats

It's basically a cliff,, with rocks and eroded land lol. Anyway, we later heard that Baga beach was supposed to be the more "happening" place. We arrived in Goa on Saturday morning, and then later in the afternoon, visited a spice farm. It was pretty cool, they showed us different spices and flowers and stuff, and then later we ate a local meal (which was good too!)

Following that, we visited some sort of temple, and then a church and then we were on the way to checking out some museum, almost reaching the entrance, when we finally realized that literally NO BODY in the group were actually interested to see it. lol, I was kind of wondering since the beginning of the day why we were actually doing all that, when we were in Goa.The church was interesting because it had a Portuguese kind of architecture (I think), and some nice statues and stuff. It looked a bit like a fort from the outside! (see below)


Anyway, that night we went out to check out the night life in Goa. Awesome night! We started off by eating dinner at Baga beach before heading out and then around 2 am we all headed to the beach and just chilled there for about an hour, until the next wave of rain arrived. 

The next day (Sunday) was a lazy day. We chilled by the pool,, while it poured cats and dogs. We played cards and just talked, and then during the dry interval, we headed out for lunch, before getting a taxi to the bus stop to head back

If I was to describe Goa to you, I would say the islands and stuff is kind of like Khao Yai. A lot of trees (and certain areas farm), thin road and well, you would think you're in a forest, except suddenly, you reach the sea! I think I would definitely visit again, but this time in March or December, when there are alot of tourists (although that would mean spending more than we already did....heck, Goa is not cheap! But what do you expect? It's a tourist city)

Oh and yeah, credits of photos goes to my friend who traveled from Bangalore with me.




1 comment:

  1. So the goats were mean to you I see... poor thing, even getting dissed by them goats.

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