Indian disappointment

Written: 2 november 2013
Travel time: 2 — 31 october 2013
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 5.0
Cleanliness: 4.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 6.0
India is a graveyard of common sense. As the guides say - India is a country of contrasts, you either love it at first sight or hate it. The first association that comes to mind after returning from there is dirt. Dirt everywhere and everywhere, dirt in such quantity that it does not fit in the head. One big dump. . . The hotel is not bad, quiet, cozy, there are several shops with fruit and water nearby. There is nowhere to eat nearby, so the restaurant on site saves. It itself consists of two-story houses, there is a swimming pool and a well-groomed green area. The rooms are ascetic - bed, wardrobe, bedside table, mini-bar, TV and that's it. There is air conditioning, which is vital in India. Breakfast at the hotel is coffee, toast with butter and jam, and freshly squeezed watermelon juice. Dinner menu. The bus takes you to Calangute Beach. The beach is dirty, I advise you not to be lazy and take a walk to the right, where there is a cafe with sun loungers and free wi-fi, it’s convenient to sunbathe there and have lunch. The tours didn't live up to expectations either. One of them - to the largest statue of Shiva - about 7 hours drive for a 30-minute admiration of the dubious beauty of the statue. Then the town where the largest Indian cow lives and a nice bonus - Om Beach, which seems like a paradise in comparison with the beach of North Goa. The second excursion is Dudhsagar waterfall and elephants. Elephant riding and swimming with them brought a lot of pleasure, the waterfall itself is also worthy of attention, though it’s hard to get to it - an hour of driving through clay mud in a jeep that gets stuck every 10 minutes, then 20 minutes on foot to the waterfall, crossing mountain rivers with slippery cobblestones on bottom - the result - wet tourists with broken knees and drowned equipment. Well, to be fair, I must say that many people like it there. Foreigners sell all their property and move to India for permanent residence. . . It means there is something in it.
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