Goa Day 4

Day 4
10-11-2015

Woke up early and Deepa and I were at the beach by 8am. A nice leisurely walk along the waters edge, soft endearing conversation and then breakfast at the newly discovered Udipi restaurant Navtara in Calangute.

This was followed by some swim suit selection for Alisha, and then she and I got on the scooter and did the same route like the previous day. Very good fun, and a very special time for me. Alisha is very engaged when we spend one-on-one time together. We also saw a peacock in the tree up at the Lighthouse.

Dinner at Florentine that night but it was a bit of a let down. Waiting times, poor service, average food quality and measly serving sizes. The beginning I the end for this place, he has grown beyond his competency. This is what we felt.




Dropped the kids back to the hotel and Deepa and I were back in Saligao later that night to check out the place. It was good.
(wink).

Day 3

9th Nov 15

With the ladies still asleep, Armaan wanted to go for a shoot to the beach. So off we went, and on the way met the local bike hire guy and fixed up for a Honda scooter (local not tourist plates so the traffic cops wouldn't hustle us).

We drove upto the Lighthouse, pausing to show Armaan Coco beach across the river as well as River Rays.

Armaan very excited to ride the scooter at the helipad and down to Aguada jail too.

Back to the hotel and on the way back we saw the prep of the Narkasurs to be burned later that night.

We headed out to Morjem beach where we spent the rest of the afternoon and evening.

Later after dinner, Deepa and I took a drive around upto Panjim to see all the Narkasurs. We also went to E19, Miramar, and Roma apts.

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Day 2

8th Nov 2015

We woke up well rested and after a leisurely breakfast of Vegetable sandwiches (again), we headed off to Little Vagator.

Chance meeting with another guitar player who wanted to have a go playing and pointed out the strings were old and needed changing. How right he was, and we puzzled over why we hadn't thought of that before. We did that promptly when we got back to Bom, and what a difference it made to the quality of the sound.

The shack we were sitting at was also kind enough to share some of their Tarli curry made for the family, although we had asked for a Prawn Curry.

Another beautiful day at the beach, and then scrambling our way back up the rocky cliff after dark. Filled petrol in Anjuna and delighted to realize petrol at Rs 55 a litre versus Rs 68 in Bombay.

Dinner at Bobs Inn in Candolim where we had some delicious Mussels, Spag-Bol and Prawn papads.
Also saw the pic of the church in Pilerne, and a cameo if the church in old Goa in the background. This got me into a lengthy tirade about it as somehow it unsettled me. Deepa and the kids didn't really get what I went on about.

Back to the hotel where Deepa and I dropped off the kids and then went to the lighthouse late at night and stopped by Sinquerim river for a chat. Just like we did when we were just married.(wink).






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Day 1. . .continued

Reached the hotel by 1100 hrs, a quick couple of chilled beers and we were off to the beach which was about 200 m away.

Armaan got his hands on a body board and discovered a new passion, Alisha made a 32 year old Russian friend who only spoke Russian and Alisha only English. Must have been some interesting conversation. . . .considering they were chatting for over an hour !

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The Goa Trip 2015 - Day 1

All night drive from Bombay. Started at 2100 hrs, traffic jam at Mulund for 30mun, Panvel, and the ghat section leading to Lonavala. It was the Diwali weekend coming up, so I'm guessing that's the reason.
Nice road all the way, but very dense fog at Kolhapur. Visibility less than 30 feet. Had to pull over for about half an hour, then cruise all the way to Belgaum and down crazy bendy Chorla ghat to Goa.


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