Goa - Part 1 (Anguna)
I always thought Goa was a beach. Or perhaps a city with a few beaches in its vicinity. What I learned in fact, is that Goa is a state, albeit a very small one. We wanted the end of our trip to be relaxing. Sightseeing is great and all that but hanging around a beautiful beach in the sun doing nothing but swimming, reading, eating and drinking is pretty good too. So we wanted to make sure we chose the right beach/village to go to.
Anguna wasn't it. Instead, we ended up going to a cool place called Palolem in the very south of Goa and didn't leave for about ten days. Though I've titled this post 'Part 1,' our Anguna stop was simply a day trip we took one day. They have a very cool market there every Wednesday. We had known about it, as it is quite famous in the area.
Anguna beach. Nice but wait till you see Palolem.
Here's the market. Actually, this is only a small part of it. The market is huge. For those of you who know me well, you know I can't stand shopping. But this was different. I might have shopped more than Lindsay (or at least comparable). You can basically buy anything here and the haggling is great (you get very good at haggling in India). Lindsay bought some cool things. I bought many cheesy t-shirts.
Lots of jewelry.
Lots of spices.
Lindsay with some vendors.
We rented a scooter and drove the 2 hours north to Anguna. It was insane. Indian drivers are crazy. This is a billboard we saw on the way. I love it. Only in India you would see this. Is there anything missing from this picture that, I don't know, could reinforce the message they are trying to convey?






1 Comments:
Hey, like man, remind me to tell you about my friend Mike (a real hippie) who spent the winter in Goa (twice) back in the 70's. The really cool thing about it was that he got there by bus from London!!!
Otherwise, great photos, great times - take care
Your Hippie Uncle Doug
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