Friday, December 9, 2011

Goa-north goa

it is country club resort at Anjuna Beach





Goa-north goa

we took a one day tour for north Goa, from Fernandes travels, here the buses are normal ones, no AC coaches.But in Goa, though weather is humid and sultry, breeze is so much, sometimes it looks as if you are going to fly with this fast wind,its really pleasant.North Goa is mainly beaches, first Miramamr beach,its in the city of Panaji,3 kms only,then Fort Aguada---this is actually a reservoir for water supply, as Aguada means water in portugese,its a 17th century fort,now looks like in ruins like in Mandu ,we passed thru a lake and boating point where dolphin shows are organise,sadly not there now a days(same reason-offseason),( i took this trip in July) for the namesake he took us to a temple also, nothing famous, as the famous shanta durga temple is on some height and one has to climb some stairs and all,passed through mapusa city,its famous for its friday bazar, not there now a days-again the same reason:(,its capital is Bardez,then to Vagator beach--here Rangeela was shot,and many other movie, its quite long and they say there is avery good statue of head of lord shiva made by some hippy,though we couldnt see it as it needs lot of walking and climbing rocky train, me being an old person not possible, but its surroundings were beautiful with tall tress all around, thought they are spread all over goa.Next is Calungate beach, this is the longest beach and very popular in the season and last is Anjuna in this tour, at Anjuna Musafir was shot:). We had lunch at vagator beach, as that was the scheduled spot from the tour management,and as usual it was not good food.
One thing I saw in Goa that most of the restaurants are bamboo shacks with music and all, and speciality everywhere is sea food,and most of the people sitting ,drinking, as wine,feni,bear everything is very popular and cheap here.
we always had dinner at our resort, as the vegetarian food was just superb over there with good service and very nice , romantic surroundings .(ducks roaming in the waterways-I liked watching them).

Note..I own a membership in Country club and I would like to rent out my time share sometimes.In Goa their resort is at Anjuna beach.a very good location and it has very good facilities too..rest places also one may check on their website.http://www.countryvacationsindia.com/..if anybody is interested in going there, please mail me ..it takes two weeks to get the reservations done.

11 comments:

Pratibha said...

Its great that you take so many trips..Even I just visited Goa in September..your post refreshed all memories :)
Goa is just beautiful...

Renu said...

Pratibha: yes Goa is my favourite destination in India...I am very fond of seeing the new places and have seen lots of them.in India and abroad..

hamaarethoughts.com said...

I wish cud visit those lovely places..
I stayed in Mumbai..but cudnt make it to Goa!

Ramakrishnan said...

Nice account of Goa visit. Thanks for the Country club offer.

sm said...

beautiful place
nice pics

Bikram said...

I will surly email planning ot go to goa next year with family :)

and some lovely pictures

Bikram's

Amrita said...

Itneeeeee chote pics!!

Renu said...

R.Ramakrishnan: Thanks!.I have taken this memebership with so much money and not utilising it, on top of it I am paying yearly maintenance..so thought of renting it..if I can cover the maintenance also, its good for me.

Harman:But you are living in such a beautiful place:)

sm: Thanks!

Bikram: sure, I would love that, and I can assure you that you will like it.

Amrita: Pata nahi kyon itnee choti ho gayi..ajkal mera blogger bada pareshaan kar raha ha...

Rachna said...

Pics are good and I love Goa as well. We just went in April this year.

Sujatha Sathya said...

heyy we too are members & had stayed in country club too at Anjuna Beach resort. coincidence :)

your post brought back memories

if you increase the photo size,it would look even more nice

Renu said...

Rachna: dont know why they became so small:(

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