was one that we visited many times, it was actually very popular with tourists from American and Spain, and the beach stretched 8-km west of Mapusa. The golden sand, swift sea breeze, music and scenic views make this one of the most popular beaches within Goa. You can eat, drink and sleep within the beach, and depending upon what time of the day you come, there is always something happening. During the day, it's a place to just take everything in, relax, sip a coconut, and takes some sun in; perhaps go for a swim or even have some fresh fish for lunch caught only minutes before. However, in the evening this beach transcends into a musical carnival, with youngsters coming out to dance to the local music, a collection of Bob Marley, UB40 amongst other being played. A lot of the tourists their seemed to be Hippies, which was quite pleasant to ...
jaygami1986 08.03.2008
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Advantages: Hot, Stunning views, Lots to Do, Fun, Perfect for a tan! Disadvantages: None
the extreme heat or being inside a vehicle. You probably know what I'm taking about - don't you just hate sitting in a car when it has been sitting in the sun for ages and it is just far too hot. Luckily the mini van had some form of cooling system - the air conditioning, but it was a shame that it didn't work that well. But I soon got used to the heat. Goa is awesome though, hardly ever rains, in fact I don't think it rains at all, but I'm not too sure considering I stayed for four days. It's just the shock of heat that is really uncomfortable. All I needed was a nice cold shower so I waited patiently in the mini van until we got to the hotel. But I was more fascinated by the stunning tropical views of all these palm trees, beaches, and not quite like the Mediterranean Sea was the Indian Ocean; however it did have a really unique aspect to ...
mightyd 18.07.2006
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Advantages: cheap to eat, excellent weather, lovely locals Disadvantages: some ares poverty stricken, visa costs £30
My best friend and myself visited Goa in March this year. It was our first time here; we had a fantastic time and would certainly return there.
Before we left
Before we left for Goa, we were required to buy a Visa. This cost us £30. We downloaded the forms from the Internet and sent them to the Visa office in London. Our visa took about 2 weeks to arrive.
The Flight
The flight was 10 hours from Gatwick airport to Goa. From the airport our hotel was about an hours drive. Although we were not looking forward to the journey as we just wanted to get to our hotel the drive turned out to be excellent as we got to see various parts of Goa that we wouldn't have necessarily seen if we hadn't made the journey.
The Airport
The staff at the airport were very efficient. Our baggage came out within 5 minutes of us arriving which was ...
daylehall 01.11.2006 (02.11.2006)
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