Tag Archives: Goa

After an eventful night of being woken up every so often by the neighboring hut owners on their drunken adventures, I rose and ate breakfast bleary eyed and yawning. I had read in a few places that Anjuna Flea Market was a really great place for people watching and for buying really interesting bits andContinueContinue reading “India: Sightseeing Goa, Day 12”

Waking up to find another dull and dreary day I was at a loss as to what to spend my time doing. Luckily I was given some advice by a lovely South African couple and their children: Tiracol Fort. It is over the river, right at the top of Goa and you ride through someContinueContinue reading “India: Sightseeing Goa, Day 13”

Today I hired a moped and visited Fort Aguada and some beaches along the coast of Goa. The first stop, Fort Aguada was built by the Portuguese in 1612 to guard the mouth of the Mandovi River. It used to store water for the ships and was used as a lookout point for the port. Now itContinueContinue reading “India: Sightseeing Goa, Day 10”

Waking up extremely early this morning I managed to get a lot of packing done. Feeling lazy, I decided to take a taxi to the nearby (like five minute walk away) Bus Station. This is one of the most confusing Bus Stations that I have gone through yet! Its deals with three types of buses: the GSRTCContinueContinue reading “India: Sightseeing Goa, Day 9”

Well I got to Panjim after a short bus journey and quickly found a cute and rustic hotel in which to stay: Hotel Republica. Deciding that I was quite hungry, having not eaten yet, I walked down the road to a little place called ‘Georges’ and was squeezed onto a table with a couple (This is somethingContinueContinue reading “India: Sightseeing Goa, Day 7&8”

So today I have not done much…just sunbathing really! I thought that I would like to have a beach day for my birthday. It was either that or a travelling day and I really didn’t want to be lugging my backpack around with me on my birthday! So I ate breakfast and then spent mostContinueContinue reading “India: Sightseeing Goa, Day 6”

Today I took the moped to Old Goa. Old Goa is about 50km from the beach that I am staying at. Obviously I got lost on the way though! Eventually getting to Old Goa, I realized that it was nothing like I thought it would be. I thought it would be a little more ‘lived in’, butContinueContinue reading “India: Sightseeing Goa, Day 5”

Today I rented a moped…I went really far! I started by visiting a small Vintage car Museum in a little village called Ashveck. It has all sorts of old cars that have been lovingly restored by the owner over the years. After the museum I visited some beaches further up along the coast from whereContinueContinue reading “India: Sightseeing Goa, Day 4”