Gorgeous Goa in Monsoon! Who said Goa sucks in Monsoon. They can take a flying kite. Technology mixed with little bit luck can leave you with a lifetime album of Goa. Technology coz jus check the weather report and choose the weekend which shows less rain, cloudy weather and pray to rain gods for it to be true. Both were in our favour when we made JLT trip to Goa in August ( yeah i m writing this post a little late). Yeah make sure, you are in north goa than south else you will find yourself the only one wandering
Lovely weather, slight drizzle only when we signalled the clouds, lush greeney all around, no scortching sun and free of aimless crowd. Though you would not find as many shacks and hippies as you would in season but there are enough for you to visit on a three day holiday. We stayed on baga beach in Chalston beach resort.....
Not a great resort in terms of rooms(were clean but small-good value for money though-Rs 1800 per night with bfast) , but yeah they have a decent swimming pool and a lovely beach shack. Good food I reckon. And most of all its on baga beach...a little faraway from main Calangute and Baga beach.....almost looks secluded.
So We started the day as most of the tourists do.....hiring a bike(costs about Rs200 a day) and spirits flowing:-). We went to the pool, shopped for sometime, soaked on the beach and in the night headed to Mambos on baga beach....Rs.500 for the entry with no cover charge. it pay and party. Good music, decent crowd and loads of fun. We kept roving till 2 am with almost a lot of shops open.
The next day was even more fun with a slight drizzle in the morning and thereafter a beautiful day. We started beach hopping with small stopovers to refill our spirits! visited anjuna, vagator and for the first time Arambol ( i have been to goa 3 times before but not visited this one). Can be called a black beach...though arabian sea has black sand, you wouldn't find it that black on Calangute, baga . Arambol is about 20-25 kms from baga and is still a a part of north goa. Use your GPS navigation to reach there or rely on locals and signboards.
Sat by the beach with a glass of tea.A big glass of Tea. Chairs in the open with cool sea breeze and cooler rocks view. Oh! how could i forget to mention my experience in this roadside Mango tree restobar by Vagator beach. loved the ambience...Right on the road with a lot of antique look to it still feeling modern.
Evening was for Mandovi river cruise....have done it before too but this time it was different.....remained on the top of the cruise with lovely breeze....almost feels like you are with yourself (jus wait for all others to go down for that not so amazing dance performances). Some people will try accosting you on the road saying that cruise tickets will be over by 6....don't buy anything from them. Head Straight to the tickets counters and choose the best cruise yourself. We fell prey to one such accoster and ended up on a cheap cruise.
Returned to the room, the night was still young and inviting. So changed in partywear and landed in Anthony's pub. Best experience in Goa. Live Karaoke(check the days though, they don't play it everyday). Candle light dinner on the beach with hookahpot. Not very expensive. Lovely and mesmerizing ambience.....wonderful crowd. And now while returning to the hotel it started pouring....well the rains had some good in store for us. We stuck to that place for some more time and enjoyed more performances
The next morning we checked out our luggage in our swim wear! yeah that's right....it had started pouring as the forecast had mentioned. Went to the pool in rains. loved it. And my hubby dear struck a idea of walking on the beach in rains. I had never done it before and gosh loved every moment of it in the pouring waters. Though didn't explore the dangerous sea, a walk on the beach in rains is carved in my memory. Food was in amazing in the hotel beach shack. Goan prawns vindaloo with some coconut fenny(yeah its something different...try it you may like it) Boarded the bus back to bangalore in the evening. Please don't book any other travels than Paulo (we had booked some seagulls or seabirds), they are pathetic with wet mattresses, rude staff and cramped space. Paulo sleepers are spacious and great. Their punctuality is even better.
So next monsoon, don't curse the rain gods and pack your bags for Goa. U would actually send me roses for a wonderful experience. Oh yeah don't forget to look into the forecast.
Lovely weather, slight drizzle only when we signalled the clouds, lush greeney all around, no scortching sun and free of aimless crowd. Though you would not find as many shacks and hippies as you would in season but there are enough for you to visit on a three day holiday. We stayed on baga beach in Chalston beach resort.....
Not a great resort in terms of rooms(were clean but small-good value for money though-Rs 1800 per night with bfast) , but yeah they have a decent swimming pool and a lovely beach shack. Good food I reckon. And most of all its on baga beach...a little faraway from main Calangute and Baga beach.....almost looks secluded.
So We started the day as most of the tourists do.....hiring a bike(costs about Rs200 a day) and spirits flowing:-). We went to the pool, shopped for sometime, soaked on the beach and in the night headed to Mambos on baga beach....Rs.500 for the entry with no cover charge. it pay and party. Good music, decent crowd and loads of fun. We kept roving till 2 am with almost a lot of shops open.
The next day was even more fun with a slight drizzle in the morning and thereafter a beautiful day. We started beach hopping with small stopovers to refill our spirits! visited anjuna, vagator and for the first time Arambol ( i have been to goa 3 times before but not visited this one). Can be called a black beach...though arabian sea has black sand, you wouldn't find it that black on Calangute, baga . Arambol is about 20-25 kms from baga and is still a a part of north goa. Use your GPS navigation to reach there or rely on locals and signboards.
Sat by the beach with a glass of tea.A big glass of Tea. Chairs in the open with cool sea breeze and cooler rocks view. Oh! how could i forget to mention my experience in this roadside Mango tree restobar by Vagator beach. loved the ambience...Right on the road with a lot of antique look to it still feeling modern.
Evening was for Mandovi river cruise....have done it before too but this time it was different.....remained on the top of the cruise with lovely breeze....almost feels like you are with yourself (jus wait for all others to go down for that not so amazing dance performances). Some people will try accosting you on the road saying that cruise tickets will be over by 6....don't buy anything from them. Head Straight to the tickets counters and choose the best cruise yourself. We fell prey to one such accoster and ended up on a cheap cruise.
Returned to the room, the night was still young and inviting. So changed in partywear and landed in Anthony's pub. Best experience in Goa. Live Karaoke(check the days though, they don't play it everyday). Candle light dinner on the beach with hookahpot. Not very expensive. Lovely and mesmerizing ambience.....wonderful crowd. And now while returning to the hotel it started pouring....well the rains had some good in store for us. We stuck to that place for some more time and enjoyed more performances
The next morning we checked out our luggage in our swim wear! yeah that's right....it had started pouring as the forecast had mentioned. Went to the pool in rains. loved it. And my hubby dear struck a idea of walking on the beach in rains. I had never done it before and gosh loved every moment of it in the pouring waters. Though didn't explore the dangerous sea, a walk on the beach in rains is carved in my memory. Food was in amazing in the hotel beach shack. Goan prawns vindaloo with some coconut fenny(yeah its something different...try it you may like it) Boarded the bus back to bangalore in the evening. Please don't book any other travels than Paulo (we had booked some seagulls or seabirds), they are pathetic with wet mattresses, rude staff and cramped space. Paulo sleepers are spacious and great. Their punctuality is even better.
So next monsoon, don't curse the rain gods and pack your bags for Goa. U would actually send me roses for a wonderful experience. Oh yeah don't forget to look into the forecast.
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