Hampi‘s ruins instilled an emptiness in my mind, never foretold. 9/11 with horrid visuals of twin towers crumbling to dust had been the only profound destruction I ever witnessed, with the panic stricken voices of United 73 airlines to jostle with the Islamic extremists to bring the aircraft down. I needed the sense of comfort to prevail again. Staying true to the ancient trade route of Portuguese, I headed for Goa, right in the middle of Monsoon. I had my people for company.
Before I tell you in more detail about the drenched holiday, I would like to give you a glimpse of Goan beaches. They adorn different colors with changing climate!
Baga Beach
- Claim to fame: the longest stretch
- Crowd: mostly local
- Shacks: aplenty
- Restaurants: If you can pull your soul out of the shacks, yes, a lot. Visit Suza Lobo and try their baked crab.
- Water sports? yes yes
- Accessible during monsoon: yes, selected parts
- Look out for the night markets
Calangute Beach
- Claim to fame: the haunted beach at North Goa
- Crowd: locals and international tourist crowd
- Shacks: aplenty
- Restaurants: many. Try a candle light dinner with lobster sometime!
- Water sports? Nay
- Accessible during monsoon: nay
Colva Beach
- Claim to fame: White sand beach at south Goa. Watch out for the D’mello House nearby!
- Crowd: locals mostly
- Shacks: No
- Restaurants: many. Try thee crab at Babumoshai
- Water sports? Nay
- Accessible during monsoon: yes, till the tide comes in.
Candolim Beach
- Claim to fame: Tired at North Goa with crowd? This is awaits you in close vicinity
- Crowd: Mostly international tourist during season.
- Shacks: aplenty
- Restaurants: many if you explore the main road. Supermarkets as well
- Water sports? Nay
- Accessible during monsoon: no
- Visit Aguada fort and the prison behind
Vagator Beach
- Claim to fame: Crescent shape with hills for border
- Crowd: mostly international tourist
- Shacks: Few
- Restaurants: many on top
- Water sports? Yes
- Accessible during monsoon: not at all, just visit for the Fort adjacent
- Sunburn happened here!!!! Respect.
Anjuna Beach
- Claim to fame: Rocky beach, spectacular sunset view
- Crowd: locals and international tourist crowd
- Shacks: no
- Restaurants: many.
- Water sports? Nay
- Accessible during monsoon: yes, but cant go down on the rocks
My way to do Goa!
- Beach: only Candolim
- Sunbath: at Candolim
- Visit: December/ January
- Eat: Pomphrets
- Water sports? Fly with them, fly high
After all these, if you wanna see the small film I had made about my Goa travels, during monsoon, check this out.
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All thoses beaches looks so nice ! Love the pictures
Do visit Goa when in India. It is worth the time!
your pictures tell all the story…… beautiful…..
Goa is always a good idea!
i will be there in coming October for a 6 day trip…. i love this place…..
Such a therapeutic read for a homemaker to see her friends travel and how !! You make me wanna be more than I can be !! High five to that !! Do well always so much more to you never give up I would say
Oh! This post is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ! I can’t find a bigger or a better word to describe it! Keep writing!