Wow, I can't believe we were going to skip Goa. It is the sandy beach paradise of India. We started in Anjuna beach, which was supposed to be very busy...it was not. It was a little beach town with locals selling clothes and fruit, the beer flows quickly due to the fact that there are no liquor taxes in Goa. a 650ml of alright beer is exactly a dollar. A 26oz of my fav..Bacardi Rum costs $8 CAD!! Awesome. And the swimming is free. The food is great, the hostels aren't expensive and the sun is hot! We made some friends on the way out to Goa on the train and hung out with them throughout the rest of our Goa experience. Mark and I never really party, we made friends with our favorite restaurant, and hung out for just over a week, laying around on the beach. I tell you; being able to wear a tank top or just a bikini in India and not get stared at the whole time is one of the best feelings in the world! I think the only time I had to do work was when I bought a cob of corn from the street stall woman and got chased by a cow with horns who wanted it a heck of a lot more badly than I did. But I ran and well, he couldn't get through the gates! Needless to say I ate the corn and fed him the cob, it was a good compromise!
After this we took 4 buses and a Rickshaw to get down south to Palolem beach. It was supposed to be "the quiet beach' yet because everyone knows about it, it is not very quiet anymore. We stayed for 2 nights rented a scooter bike and took a look around to find a quiet beach. We found one not too far away, I am not mentioning the name, due to the fact it is quiet and I don't want to ruin it quicker than it should be, but it was a great find. We got an awesome beach bungalo, which Mark had scoped out 2 days before, and we are paying about $10 a night, it is a nicer one than the rest and on our balcony we can see the ocean and the sunset. (Mark is a romantic after all!) But I must tell you about the awesome party that we went to before this.
So since we have been to this party people say that they have them back at home, however I have never heard of them before this one!
Since the beaches have brought many people down for drinks and loud music, the locals have complained to the government that the nights have become too loud, and they say it is not what they think is fair. This happened about 6 years ago (I'm guessing) but the law now states, "No loud music after 10:30pm"
The people still wanted to party though. So some British people came up with a plan. Wireless headphone dance party. Each headphone set comes with volume control and 3 different stations for 3 different live DJs spinning different music. I have found this a great thing because you won't blow your ears off unless you do it to yourself. As well, if you don't like a certain type of music you can change and your friend can listen to different type as well. It is weird though, because you take the phones off and it is almost silent besides people talking to one another, and everyone is dancing to a different beat. It sounds and looks stupid but it works really well. It was one of my favorite parties of all time and will never be forgotten. Pictures will be soon to come.
But as I am sitting here my last day on the beach is withering away and even though the Air Con is awesome, I have to bask in the sun for as long as I can, in as little clothing as I can get away with in this country. Because tomorrow we are back in the main cities and I have to be fully covered up, in this crazy heat!
UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!
( I apologize if some things are not correctly spelled in my blogs, it is because most of the keyboards are sticky or don't have letters are just used and abused)
After this we took 4 buses and a Rickshaw to get down south to Palolem beach. It was supposed to be "the quiet beach' yet because everyone knows about it, it is not very quiet anymore. We stayed for 2 nights rented a scooter bike and took a look around to find a quiet beach. We found one not too far away, I am not mentioning the name, due to the fact it is quiet and I don't want to ruin it quicker than it should be, but it was a great find. We got an awesome beach bungalo, which Mark had scoped out 2 days before, and we are paying about $10 a night, it is a nicer one than the rest and on our balcony we can see the ocean and the sunset. (Mark is a romantic after all!) But I must tell you about the awesome party that we went to before this.
So since we have been to this party people say that they have them back at home, however I have never heard of them before this one!
Since the beaches have brought many people down for drinks and loud music, the locals have complained to the government that the nights have become too loud, and they say it is not what they think is fair. This happened about 6 years ago (I'm guessing) but the law now states, "No loud music after 10:30pm"
The people still wanted to party though. So some British people came up with a plan. Wireless headphone dance party. Each headphone set comes with volume control and 3 different stations for 3 different live DJs spinning different music. I have found this a great thing because you won't blow your ears off unless you do it to yourself. As well, if you don't like a certain type of music you can change and your friend can listen to different type as well. It is weird though, because you take the phones off and it is almost silent besides people talking to one another, and everyone is dancing to a different beat. It sounds and looks stupid but it works really well. It was one of my favorite parties of all time and will never be forgotten. Pictures will be soon to come.
But as I am sitting here my last day on the beach is withering away and even though the Air Con is awesome, I have to bask in the sun for as long as I can, in as little clothing as I can get away with in this country. Because tomorrow we are back in the main cities and I have to be fully covered up, in this crazy heat!
UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!
( I apologize if some things are not correctly spelled in my blogs, it is because most of the keyboards are sticky or don't have letters are just used and abused)
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