Our time in Goa was absolutely sensational! Plenty of lying on the beach and of course plenty more eating... On Friday we rode the scooter to Ashvem beach, about 40 mins from where we were staying to spend the day there. The beach was far quieter than calangute and the water was amazing. Jay developed a heat rash so he hid under the brolly most of the time... Not me!! It was great just riding back on the scooter and stopping to get yummy indian snacks (all deep fried of course), dodging cows and playing chicken with the oncoming traffic and jay swallowing the odd firefly or two...
Friday night we stocked the bar with mixers for our duty free and set ourselves up on the balcony for a few drinks. About 11pm we made our way to club paradiso on Anjuna Beach. After many offers of cocaine and hasish we got inside to find ourselves in a sensational club right on the beach. The place was loaded with locals and europeans (mostly russian) and the music was awesome. We got home when the sun was up and felt very sorry for ourselves most of our last day in goa..Walking around later in the afternoon we felt like we were in the movie "the hangover".. All sorts of people were talking to us, saying 'hey aussie friends', 'great night last night', 'you going out again tonight?' etc. We had no idea who these people were or where we had met them! Hilarious!
The restaurant we went to most nights (maggies) had the most sensational Indian food and the waiters all knew us by name and gave us all the local tips and tricks and a brandy on the house every nightafter dinner. If you come to Goa to have to go to this place! Saturday afternoon we had our 90 minute ayrevedic massage. Wonderfully relaxing except for the occasional slap in the face, the odd scratch or poke In the eye.. My hair came out as one matted clump and I think it will remain oily for several days but at least we were relaxed!
After a yummy last dinner in goa we stocked up on Indian snacks for the houseboat, returned the scooter and said bye to our new friends then home to pack for an early night. On Sunday we had another 530am start and flew from Goa to Bangalore to Cochin. The security was full on at the airport with line after lineof checks. I think we had to show our boarding passes 7 times .. And that was before we even got to the departure gate! After a 1.5 hourdrive (non scary) we arrived at our beautiful resort. We have been treated like royalty with fresh coconut juice in coconuts bought to our room. Nothing is too much trouble for them. We are the only westerners here and we went straight to the pool to catch the rest ofthe afternoon sun ... The serenity! ...Until about 15 locals turned up with their kids yelling out over and over again at what could only have been (assuming we got the right translation) as "papa look at me, papa, papa, papa, papa look at me,papa, papa - you get the drift... (they are here on a weekend awayfrom Cochin). Our serenity turned to what can only be described as a bunch of seagulls fighting over a hot chip at the beach! :) They were really nice bunch of people that we spoke to for a while by the pool.
We made the most of what was left to the afternoon by using the peddleboats, lying in hammocks, jay doing head stands in the yoga centre and bombs into the pool. We were approached by a guy at the resort to see if we could go with him on a boat tomorrow morning to take some pics for their new brochure. I think they want to portray their image as a young, fun and westen friendly! Anywho, should be a laugh! We are leaving here at 11am tomorrow to go to our "luxury" houseboat for 2 nights (you never know what your gonna get by way of "luxury") so we are very much looking forward to that!! We are waiting for dinner now and drinking the rest of our coconut juice...
After a yummy last dinner in goa we stocked up on Indian snacks for the houseboat, returned the scooter and said bye to our new friends then home to pack for an early night. On Sunday we had another 530am start and flew from Goa to Bangalore to Cochin. The security was full on at the airport with line after lineof checks. I think we had to show our boarding passes 7 times .. And that was before we even got to the departure gate! After a 1.5 hourdrive (non scary) we arrived at our beautiful resort. We have been treated like royalty with fresh coconut juice in coconuts bought to our room. Nothing is too much trouble for them. We are the only westerners here and we went straight to the pool to catch the rest ofthe afternoon sun ... The serenity! ...Until about 15 locals turned up with their kids yelling out over and over again at what could only have been (assuming we got the right translation) as "papa look at me, papa, papa, papa, papa look at me,papa, papa - you get the drift... (they are here on a weekend awayfrom Cochin). Our serenity turned to what can only be described as a bunch of seagulls fighting over a hot chip at the beach! :) They were really nice bunch of people that we spoke to for a while by the pool.
We made the most of what was left to the afternoon by using the peddleboats, lying in hammocks, jay doing head stands in the yoga centre and bombs into the pool. We were approached by a guy at the resort to see if we could go with him on a boat tomorrow morning to take some pics for their new brochure. I think they want to portray their image as a young, fun and westen friendly! Anywho, should be a laugh! We are leaving here at 11am tomorrow to go to our "luxury" houseboat for 2 nights (you never know what your gonna get by way of "luxury") so we are very much looking forward to that!! We are waiting for dinner now and drinking the rest of our coconut juice...
Last couple of relaxing days before we hit crazy Mumbai!Hope everyone is well.. Jay & Rach XO
PS - Somedays I can't work out if they think I am a rock star or afreak show.. Sssooooo much staring... In fact I don't think it can becalled staring, maybe 'leering' is a better word for it?
PS - Somedays I can't work out if they think I am a rock star or afreak show.. Sssooooo much staring... In fact I don't think it can becalled staring, maybe 'leering' is a better word for it?
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