Goa RULES! We had such a great time there, we really didn't want to leave. To be honest, the days merged into one big blur of excellence - its kind of hard to remember what we did, but we will try our best.
Anjuna markets were fantastic. After an early start where we got on the local bus network and were the only white people on the crowded little bus, we headed off for the famous Wednesday markets. It was a long walk from the bus stop to the markets, but when we found them = YAY!!!! They were huge and a mix of colour and ethnicity and people trying to peddle their wheres, with a background of trance music coming out of various stales. The first people we spoke to when we got off the bus, said Hi and asked us "Do you want smoke? you want weed?" We laughed and keep walking. We got some bargains and some not so bargains, but all in all we were happy with our purchases and gave credit where credit was due - especially to Ganesh, the 12 year old tattooed boy who sweet talked us into his shop. After getting shopped out, we headed back to Central Goa to get our bags and re-bus it down to South Goa, to Palolem Beach. Although there was a nasty bus driver who yelled at us "This is not the beach! Get off the bus" simply because we waited for all the locals to get off so tat we could get our 18kg backpacks on our backs without taking anyone out. He was rather cranky - and not our fault as some local young men wanted photos of us - not surprisingly.
Anywho, we made it to Palolem and after eventually finding our simple guest house (which seemed like we walked half way back out to the main road to find, we headed to the beach to suss it out. Its a laid back, sleepy beach town and even though it is a little Touristy, there wasn't a tourist vibe there. Suffice to say we found a lovely lady in a shop who gave us some good deals (more bloody shopping) and a restaurant bar that we ate some of the best Indian we have had to date. The owners dubbed me "Red Tomato" cause i was getting some sun (thankfully I tan over night) and Tash got constantly teased for moving her towel around all day long moving with the shade of the umbrella. We meet some lovely people, had a ball relaxing and had a boozy last night there with our new friends, before an early morning for our last breaky on the beach, to get the last rays of sun and then trek to the airport to get to Cochin.
Goa is amazing. We loved it. There are some many beautiful beaches and beach huts and chilled people. A wonderful break from the craziness of the first few weeks of our trip. Boo that it had to be over!!!!
Anjuna markets were fantastic. After an early start where we got on the local bus network and were the only white people on the crowded little bus, we headed off for the famous Wednesday markets. It was a long walk from the bus stop to the markets, but when we found them = YAY!!!! They were huge and a mix of colour and ethnicity and people trying to peddle their wheres, with a background of trance music coming out of various stales. The first people we spoke to when we got off the bus, said Hi and asked us "Do you want smoke? you want weed?" We laughed and keep walking. We got some bargains and some not so bargains, but all in all we were happy with our purchases and gave credit where credit was due - especially to Ganesh, the 12 year old tattooed boy who sweet talked us into his shop. After getting shopped out, we headed back to Central Goa to get our bags and re-bus it down to South Goa, to Palolem Beach. Although there was a nasty bus driver who yelled at us "This is not the beach! Get off the bus" simply because we waited for all the locals to get off so tat we could get our 18kg backpacks on our backs without taking anyone out. He was rather cranky - and not our fault as some local young men wanted photos of us - not surprisingly.
Anywho, we made it to Palolem and after eventually finding our simple guest house (which seemed like we walked half way back out to the main road to find, we headed to the beach to suss it out. Its a laid back, sleepy beach town and even though it is a little Touristy, there wasn't a tourist vibe there. Suffice to say we found a lovely lady in a shop who gave us some good deals (more bloody shopping) and a restaurant bar that we ate some of the best Indian we have had to date. The owners dubbed me "Red Tomato" cause i was getting some sun (thankfully I tan over night) and Tash got constantly teased for moving her towel around all day long moving with the shade of the umbrella. We meet some lovely people, had a ball relaxing and had a boozy last night there with our new friends, before an early morning for our last breaky on the beach, to get the last rays of sun and then trek to the airport to get to Cochin.
Goa is amazing. We loved it. There are some many beautiful beaches and beach huts and chilled people. A wonderful break from the craziness of the first few weeks of our trip. Boo that it had to be over!!!!
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