Everyone, good afternoon!
I want to leave my review about a trip to GOA. Maybe something will be useful to someone, the reviews helped me personally. Before going to GOA, I read a lot of reviews of those who have been there, basically all the reviews are correct and adequate. So I had a lot of information and was ready for anything.
Our hotel “Dona Teresina” was probably built in the 1950s, the furniture of the same years of production, if someone in Russia went to the outback, such as Uryupinsk, the same thing. The room did not have: air conditioning, TV, kettle, hot water (we did not need it), but fortunately there were no animals either. I brought a boiler with me, it helped out a lot (you can buy it there, I saw a set there: a boiler, a glass and something else). In principle, we only needed a room for an overnight stay (we arrived late, got up early). Minus the fact that the pool was open until 6 o'clock. evenings. Well, everything else was good. Our hotel is very well located: at the exit on the left (10 meters) the inexpensive Babutes Restaurant and their own shop, right across the road (20 meters) a restaurant and a shop, very convenient. Well, behind them are shops, restaurants, exchangers, cafes such as Baskins Robins, etc. It takes 7-10 minutes to the Calangute beach, along Holiday Street past these shops, tents, massage parlors. I liked that you can buy something, things, fruits, look, chat, while you go you get some information.
Our Calangute beach is really, probably the best, I would even compare it with KATA BEACH in Phuket (Thailand), I even forgot where I am now. Sea, Sun, sand (by the way, singing like Phuket's Karon Beach) - everything is great. True, somewhere in the second half of the day the waves and currents began. It was cool for us men, but the girls got it.
The coastline combines several beaches of Baga, Calangute, Candolim to Fort Aguda and is approximately 6 km. We walked along all these beaches, we did not sit still. You buy, lie down and move on. Throughout the entire journey of the neck-café , you will not remain hungry, the price is basically the same for everyone (we were not tied to any one place). They don't charge money for sunbeds if you order anything from them.
Somehow we decided to walk to Fort Aguda. We passed the entire beach line, then went along a deserted path along the coastline. We took a lot of interesting pictures, on the rocks, in a cave (we saw it by chance, went down from the cliff, took pictures, and rested there). We reached the wall of the Fort, climbed a steep path and got into the fort itself. If anyone decides to take a walk, go to the very end, to the wall. You will see a small white lighthouse, go straight to it along the path, a little higher and there will be Fort Aguda. Were on other beaches: Anjuna did not like the rocky bottom, Ashvem - well, less people, that's all. So I agree with many reviews, our beach is the best. Other beaches are visited only because of a tick, like they were there. It’s a pity we didn’t have time to go from Baga along the coastal path to Anjuna, our friends went there. You can kill several birds with one stone if you go on Wednesday: firstly, the trip itself, secondly, during the day, an excellent clothing market, thirdly, the beach itself, and fourthly, in the evening at the Lilliput restaurant, a cult trance party with GOA trance music and interesting people. True, sometimes the party will not take place if the organizers do not agree with the police.
They didn’t take motorbikes, as it immediately formed a company of us, they took mostly taxis, went on long excursions, and then they got used to it and no longer wanted to. Regarding excursions, we didn’t want to take from guides - it’s expensive, but because of their indifference.
We got such a story, on the second day I was thrown into the sea by a wave against the bottom and I badly bruised or dislocated my big toe. I thought it was a fracture, turned blue, everything was swollen.
Didn't go to the doctors. In the evening, the youth dragged me to Baga, to the Titos club. And from Baga we decided to go on foot to our Calangute, somewhere in the middle of the way we saw a travel agency, everything was in Russian, there was also a medical office. The owner turned out to be an indis by the name of Charlie, who speaks excellent Russian. He also turned out to be a doctor, he has four higher educations, the first he received from us in St. Petersburg, at the Institute. Mechnikov, besides, he is an Ayurvedic doctor (herbal treatment), he also has Ayurvedic massage parlors. In the end, we got to talking and became friends. He examined my injury, said that there was no fracture, immediately sent someone for ointment, and did not take money from me (after the start of treatment, everything went away after three days). And in the future, throughout the vacation, we constantly kept in touch with him. We took excursions from him, he gave us good discounts, for example, two excursions cost $ 150 in total, he sold us for $ 100. Plus, as friends, we already asked him to always be with us, it was very convenient for us, our guide, and even a personal doctor. Once, on a long trip, my son became ill, Charlie stopped the car at some tree, picked the fruit and said it should be eaten. It was all over after lunch. We turned to him as an Ayurveda doctor with our sores and problems. He wrote out prescriptions for everyone, gave medicines on medicinal herbs. They also did Ayurvedic massages in his salons, the prices are slightly higher than on the beach, but he used pure oils. In other salons, they used oils drained from someone else. Charlie brought us different types of tea at our request, straight from the plantation. I really liked the rose. They took a lot of other things from him, therapeutic toothpastes, Himalayan stone (good after shaving, relieves skin irritation, heals cuts), and many others.
We liked Charlie as a kind, good person. Yes, he can still come to the call as a doctor.
I really liked the people in GOA, good-natured, sympathetic. Before the trip, there was a doubt that traders would pester, pull beggars by the hands. It turned out that the fears were in vain, the traders walked along the beaches, offered to buy something, but you don’t need to say anything, they left. I didn’t see beggars on the beach, but they sat somewhere, if you want to give it, but no, you go your own way, no one bothers. I really liked the women, both young and old. Mostly everyone is beautiful, and the rest are just pretty. All are smartly dressed, proud (as in the Caucasus), slender, straight posture.
I want to mention one case. Somehow we were wrapped up and did not have time to exchange money. We had lunch on the beach in a cafeteria, and we did not have enough money to pay off. Well, of course they said, we'll bring it tomorrow. The young mistress looked at us carefully and said, if you don’t have money, I can lend you as much as you need, bring it in when you can. Our surprise knew no bounds. After all, we were with them once and were not going to come again. In the morning we had task number 1 to find this cafe and return the money. Of course, we paid more money for such an attitude.
And one more thing that we learned at the end of the holiday. Money can be changed in these cafeterias on the beach with the owners. The rate is higher than in ordinary exchangers, for example, we changed at the rate of 53.7 and 53.8 per dollar, and they gave 55 rupees for 1 dollar. They asked why so, they say the local population is not allowed to buy currency.
I want to note one more thing, at about 10 am, the cleaning of the beaches by public utilities begins. There is a team of workers along the shore and cleans up the entire beach area.
Rescuers sit all over the beach at a distance of 100-200 meters, in direct line of sight from each other, so they can communicate not only by radio, but also by flags. Every 20-30 minutes, a rescue service runs in cars along the coast. And the lifeguards are really on guard. There are flags along the shore: red and yellow-red, I thought it was a storm warning.
I did not immediately understand why the rescuers were chasing their fellow tribesmen. A lot of people from other states of India come to rest on the beach. It turned out they were driven into the zone marked with yellow-red flags, so as not to interfere with other vacationers. On the one hand, we feel good, but for the locals there is some kind of injustice.
Taxis were taken from our hotel and from others. At first, ours are jammed with prices, but we immediately named our price (as experienced, we read reviews). If they did not agree, then we immediately went to others (every 20 meters there is a taxi rank), and they took it there. For example, we were immediately announced 700 rupees, we agreed from 500 to 300 rupees.
It's good for party girls in GOA. In nightclubs such as Kuban, LPK, Titos, admission is free for girls and alcoholic drinks are the same. Guys entry 1000-1500 rupees.
In general, only good memories remain, maybe someday I will visit this country one more time, because. I did not complete the program - I could not visit the theater and go to a concert.
Sincerely, Alexander.
Zelenograd, Moscow.
I want to leave my review about a trip to GOA. Maybe something will be useful to someone, the reviews helped me personally. Before going to GOA, I read a lot of reviews of those who have been there, basically all the reviews are correct and adequate. So I had a lot of information and was ready for anything.
Our hotel “Dona Teresina” was probably built in the 1950s, the furniture of the same years of production, if someone in Russia went to the outback, such as Uryupinsk, the same thing. The room did not have: air conditioning, TV, kettle, hot water (we did not need it), but fortunately there were no animals either. I brought a boiler with me, it helped out a lot (you can buy it there, I saw a set there: a boiler, a glass and something else). In principle, we only needed a room for an overnight stay (we arrived late, got up early). Minus the fact that the pool was open until 6 o'clock. evenings. Well, everything else was good. Our hotel is very well located: at the exit on the left (10 meters) the inexpensive Babutes Restaurant and their own shop, right across the road (20 meters) a restaurant and a shop, very convenient. Well, behind them are shops, restaurants, exchangers, cafes such as Baskins Robins, etc. It takes 7-10 minutes to the Calangute beach, along Holiday Street past these shops, tents, massage parlors. I liked that you can buy something, things, fruits, look, chat, while you go you get some information.
Our Calangute beach is really, probably the best, I would even compare it with KATA BEACH in Phuket (Thailand), I even forgot where I am now. Sea, Sun, sand (by the way, singing like Phuket's Karon Beach) - everything is great. True, somewhere in the second half of the day the waves and currents began. It was cool for us men, but the girls got it.
The coastline combines several beaches of Baga, Calangute, Candolim to Fort Aguda and is approximately 6 km. We walked along all these beaches, we did not sit still. You buy, lie down and move on. Throughout the entire journey of the neck-café , you will not remain hungry, the price is basically the same for everyone (we were not tied to any one place). They don't charge money for sunbeds if you order anything from them.
Somehow we decided to walk to Fort Aguda. We passed the entire beach line, then went along a deserted path along the coastline. We took a lot of interesting pictures, on the rocks, in a cave (we saw it by chance, went down from the cliff, took pictures, and rested there). We reached the wall of the Fort, climbed a steep path and got into the fort itself. If anyone decides to take a walk, go to the very end, to the wall. You will see a small white lighthouse, go straight to it along the path, a little higher and there will be Fort Aguda. Were on other beaches: Anjuna did not like the rocky bottom, Ashvem - well, less people, that's all. So I agree with many reviews, our beach is the best. Other beaches are visited only because of a tick, like they were there. It’s a pity we didn’t have time to go from Baga along the coastal path to Anjuna, our friends went there. You can kill several birds with one stone if you go on Wednesday: firstly, the trip itself, secondly, during the day, an excellent clothing market, thirdly, the beach itself, and fourthly, in the evening at the Lilliput restaurant, a cult trance party with GOA trance music and interesting people. True, sometimes the party will not take place if the organizers do not agree with the police.
They didn’t take motorbikes, as it immediately formed a company of us, they took mostly taxis, went on long excursions, and then they got used to it and no longer wanted to. Regarding excursions, we didn’t want to take from guides - it’s expensive, but because of their indifference.
We got such a story, on the second day I was thrown into the sea by a wave against the bottom and I badly bruised or dislocated my big toe. I thought it was a fracture, turned blue, everything was swollen.
Didn't go to the doctors. In the evening, the youth dragged me to Baga, to the Titos club. And from Baga we decided to go on foot to our Calangute, somewhere in the middle of the way we saw a travel agency, everything was in Russian, there was also a medical office. The owner turned out to be an indis by the name of Charlie, who speaks excellent Russian. He also turned out to be a doctor, he has four higher educations, the first he received from us in St. Petersburg, at the Institute. Mechnikov, besides, he is an Ayurvedic doctor (herbal treatment), he also has Ayurvedic massage parlors. In the end, we got to talking and became friends. He examined my injury, said that there was no fracture, immediately sent someone for ointment, and did not take money from me (after the start of treatment, everything went away after three days). And in the future, throughout the vacation, we constantly kept in touch with him. We took excursions from him, he gave us good discounts, for example, two excursions cost $ 150 in total, he sold us for $ 100. Plus, as friends, we already asked him to always be with us, it was very convenient for us, our guide, and even a personal doctor. Once, on a long trip, my son became ill, Charlie stopped the car at some tree, picked the fruit and said it should be eaten. It was all over after lunch. We turned to him as an Ayurveda doctor with our sores and problems. He wrote out prescriptions for everyone, gave medicines on medicinal herbs. They also did Ayurvedic massages in his salons, the prices are slightly higher than on the beach, but he used pure oils. In other salons, they used oils drained from someone else. Charlie brought us different types of tea at our request, straight from the plantation. I really liked the rose. They took a lot of other things from him, therapeutic toothpastes, Himalayan stone (good after shaving, relieves skin irritation, heals cuts), and many others.
We liked Charlie as a kind, good person. Yes, he can still come to the call as a doctor.
I really liked the people in GOA, good-natured, sympathetic. Before the trip, there was a doubt that traders would pester, pull beggars by the hands. It turned out that the fears were in vain, the traders walked along the beaches, offered to buy something, but you don’t need to say anything, they left. I didn’t see beggars on the beach, but they sat somewhere, if you want to give it, but no, you go your own way, no one bothers. I really liked the women, both young and old. Mostly everyone is beautiful, and the rest are just pretty. All are smartly dressed, proud (as in the Caucasus), slender, straight posture.
I want to mention one case. Somehow we were wrapped up and did not have time to exchange money. We had lunch on the beach in a cafeteria, and we did not have enough money to pay off. Well, of course they said, we'll bring it tomorrow. The young mistress looked at us carefully and said, if you don’t have money, I can lend you as much as you need, bring it in when you can. Our surprise knew no bounds. After all, we were with them once and were not going to come again. In the morning we had task number 1 to find this cafe and return the money. Of course, we paid more money for such an attitude.
And one more thing that we learned at the end of the holiday. Money can be changed in these cafeterias on the beach with the owners. The rate is higher than in ordinary exchangers, for example, we changed at the rate of 53.7 and 53.8 per dollar, and they gave 55 rupees for 1 dollar. They asked why so, they say the local population is not allowed to buy currency.
I want to note one more thing, at about 10 am, the cleaning of the beaches by public utilities begins. There is a team of workers along the shore and cleans up the entire beach area.
Rescuers sit all over the beach at a distance of 100-200 meters, in direct line of sight from each other, so they can communicate not only by radio, but also by flags. Every 20-30 minutes, a rescue service runs in cars along the coast. And the lifeguards are really on guard. There are flags along the shore: red and yellow-red, I thought it was a storm warning.
I did not immediately understand why the rescuers were chasing their fellow tribesmen. A lot of people from other states of India come to rest on the beach. It turned out they were driven into the zone marked with yellow-red flags, so as not to interfere with other vacationers. On the one hand, we feel good, but for the locals there is some kind of injustice.
Taxis were taken from our hotel and from others. At first, ours are jammed with prices, but we immediately named our price (as experienced, we read reviews). If they did not agree, then we immediately went to others (every 20 meters there is a taxi rank), and they took it there. For example, we were immediately announced 700 rupees, we agreed from 500 to 300 rupees.
It's good for party girls in GOA. In nightclubs such as Kuban, LPK, Titos, admission is free for girls and alcoholic drinks are the same. Guys entry 1000-1500 rupees.
In general, only good memories remain, maybe someday I will visit this country one more time, because. I did not complete the program - I could not visit the theater and go to a concert.
Sincerely, Alexander.
Zelenograd, Moscow.
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