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Beer, beach, bike, party, food, music, tanning, hippies are the few words that come in my mind when I think about Goa not to forget vacation.
After shifting to Bangalore, I thought of going again to Goa and this time a Volvo bus took me from Bangalore to Goa.
Day 1: 24th October – After settling in at Anjuna Beach resort near Anjuna Beach – also known as hippy beach of Goa, we found ourselves sipping beer in a couple of hours at beach side café - San Francisco’s.
Anjuna Beach resort had a nice swimming pool, average ac/non-ac rooms, friendly people, Activa can be hired from there, a library and a cafe.
I was there some 2 months back but this time sun replaced clouds, Activa replaced my Bullet, a lot more people and a little costlier menu at restaurants. After a few hours walked around flea market at Anjuna, which was a lot cooler than I could think. As I see the sun set, music at U-V bar set the mood and a stroll on beach sand relaxed the body.
Not much that day before a dive in resort’s swimming pool, a few beers, some nice dinner and a lot of sleep.
Day 2: 25th Oct – This day we set out for Arambol beach, which was crowded (still less compared to other beaches). We went straight to sweet water lake and had a bath there as well as at the beach. A Himachali guy – Babloo’s shack looked the best for coconut water, beers and food and we relaxed there for a while. The restaurants in Goa take a little longer than usual, good for us to just relax and wait for a delicious sea food platter.
Arambol beach is very nice to swim and is less crowded. I liked everything about Arambol – markets, beach side shacks, small guest houses. It is so much in Goa, still away from the crowd but is almost 40-45 minutes drive from other happening beaches of Goa. On the way back, spent some time in dark at Vagator beach.
After coming back, we ended our day after a nice dinner and hooka.
Day 3: 26th Oct – We got up late and after finishing our breakfast and spending some time at pool, went to Baga beach. I have been there before also and contrary to others, I don’t like this beach at all. It looks like another Juhu beach or Marina beach and we immediately decided to move from there, to another beach I could never like – Calangute. There were water sports on peak and we wanted to experience some, but on seeing the crowd we were really disappointed and we moved away from Calangute. Just for a change, went to fort Agauda and another mistake of being landed up in the middle of a thousand strong crowd there.
Just as we were coming back from Agauda, we went to Sinquerim beach. To my surprise, it was a really nice beach, safe to swim and we enjoyed parasailing and Jet skiing there – Rs 2000 for 2. I did it for first time so enjoyed it, though it is nowhere close to adventure. After spending a lot of time there, we went to a nice restaurant in that area and tried lot of sea food, chicken with beers.
After coming back to our resort, we rested for some time and then thought of giving Goa parties a try. I have been to a trance party earlier at U-V in Anjuna which was nice, but this time we went to Club Cubbana. It was a loud party but for some time we really enjoyed, just gave ourselves completely to music and nothing else.
Day 4: 27th Oct: Was our last day at Goa, after checking out from resort went straight to small Vagator beach and really enjoyed swimming in the beach, spotting jelly fishes, relaxing at the beach side and a lot of beers. Met some more friends there and did some liqor shopping.
I checked out some more places at this beach as we liked the greenery, peaceful surroundings, being on hill top and just some 30 steps or so down to beach.
In the evening returned Activa to Dominic and left Goa with great memories and a promise to return back soon.
Some quick tips:
Activa on hire – Rs 200 per 24 hours.
Petrol price – 58 Rs litre when it is 76 per litre in Bangalore.
Party places – Club Cubbana, U-V bar, Curlies.
Water sports - At Sinquerim beach.
Some nice places to stay – Shalom Guest house at small Vagator. Rooms ranging from 700 to 1500. Contact – 0091 9881578459
Babloo for bamboo huts on rent at Arambol beach – 0091 9405932651.(250 – 300Rs for 2)
Thalassa cottages at small Vagator . Contact – 0091 9850033537 for nice air conditioned cottages with deck. Ranging from 1000 (non ac) to 2500 Rs.
Anjuna Beach Resort at Anjuna Beach.
Cochi chos resort at Vagator with nice pool side bar – Rs 2000 for very nice room.
Ok, so if you are planning for Goa, go ahead and enjoy. If you need to ask anything, leave a comment and I will try to help.
Cheers!
Beer, beach, bike, party, food, music, tanning, hippies are the few words that come in my mind when I think about Goa not to forget vacation.
After shifting to Bangalore, I thought of going again to Goa and this time a Volvo bus took me from Bangalore to Goa.
Day 1: 24th October – After settling in at Anjuna Beach resort near Anjuna Beach – also known as hippy beach of Goa, we found ourselves sipping beer in a couple of hours at beach side café - San Francisco’s.
Anjuna Beach resort had a nice swimming pool, average ac/non-ac rooms, friendly people, Activa can be hired from there, a library and a cafe.
I was there some 2 months back but this time sun replaced clouds, Activa replaced my Bullet, a lot more people and a little costlier menu at restaurants. After a few hours walked around flea market at Anjuna, which was a lot cooler than I could think. As I see the sun set, music at U-V bar set the mood and a stroll on beach sand relaxed the body.
Not much that day before a dive in resort’s swimming pool, a few beers, some nice dinner and a lot of sleep.
Day 2: 25th Oct – This day we set out for Arambol beach, which was crowded (still less compared to other beaches). We went straight to sweet water lake and had a bath there as well as at the beach. A Himachali guy – Babloo’s shack looked the best for coconut water, beers and food and we relaxed there for a while. The restaurants in Goa take a little longer than usual, good for us to just relax and wait for a delicious sea food platter.
Arambol beach is very nice to swim and is less crowded. I liked everything about Arambol – markets, beach side shacks, small guest houses. It is so much in Goa, still away from the crowd but is almost 40-45 minutes drive from other happening beaches of Goa. On the way back, spent some time in dark at Vagator beach.
After coming back, we ended our day after a nice dinner and hooka.
Day 3: 26th Oct – We got up late and after finishing our breakfast and spending some time at pool, went to Baga beach. I have been there before also and contrary to others, I don’t like this beach at all. It looks like another Juhu beach or Marina beach and we immediately decided to move from there, to another beach I could never like – Calangute. There were water sports on peak and we wanted to experience some, but on seeing the crowd we were really disappointed and we moved away from Calangute. Just for a change, went to fort Agauda and another mistake of being landed up in the middle of a thousand strong crowd there.
Just as we were coming back from Agauda, we went to Sinquerim beach. To my surprise, it was a really nice beach, safe to swim and we enjoyed parasailing and Jet skiing there – Rs 2000 for 2. I did it for first time so enjoyed it, though it is nowhere close to adventure. After spending a lot of time there, we went to a nice restaurant in that area and tried lot of sea food, chicken with beers.
After coming back to our resort, we rested for some time and then thought of giving Goa parties a try. I have been to a trance party earlier at U-V in Anjuna which was nice, but this time we went to Club Cubbana. It was a loud party but for some time we really enjoyed, just gave ourselves completely to music and nothing else.
Day 4: 27th Oct: Was our last day at Goa, after checking out from resort went straight to small Vagator beach and really enjoyed swimming in the beach, spotting jelly fishes, relaxing at the beach side and a lot of beers. Met some more friends there and did some liqor shopping.
I checked out some more places at this beach as we liked the greenery, peaceful surroundings, being on hill top and just some 30 steps or so down to beach.
In the evening returned Activa to Dominic and left Goa with great memories and a promise to return back soon.
Some quick tips:
Activa on hire – Rs 200 per 24 hours.
Petrol price – 58 Rs litre when it is 76 per litre in Bangalore.
Party places – Club Cubbana, U-V bar, Curlies.
Water sports - At Sinquerim beach.
Some nice places to stay – Shalom Guest house at small Vagator. Rooms ranging from 700 to 1500. Contact – 0091 9881578459
Babloo for bamboo huts on rent at Arambol beach – 0091 9405932651.(250 – 300Rs for 2)
Thalassa cottages at small Vagator . Contact – 0091 9850033537 for nice air conditioned cottages with deck. Ranging from 1000 (non ac) to 2500 Rs.
Anjuna Beach Resort at Anjuna Beach.
Cochi chos resort at Vagator with nice pool side bar – Rs 2000 for very nice room.
Ok, so if you are planning for Goa, go ahead and enjoy. If you need to ask anything, leave a comment and I will try to help.
Cheers!
