Travelling

The better part of being in Goa is the cruise. We directly went to the mandovi bridge and found a few agents there. We booked our tickets with Paulo Cruise for 5.30pm We boarded the cruise well on time. The lower deck had filthy washrooms. There was also an air-conditioned enclosed room on the lower deck where the performances were conducted. They had a few local dances by their dancers and also had a few dance activities fort be guests. The upper deck had chairs to sit and have a good view of the sea, sunset, water, other ships and the natural beauty in general. There was a counter also to buy some food items and drinks while onboard. This was an average experience for us. While on our way back to the hotel, we saw a few more cruises on the way which looked better than what we had experienced. Anyways, we enjoyed and the kids had fun.

This was one of the most over hyped places that we visited in Goa. Somehow the night markets are very famous in Goa and most of them happen either on Wednesdays or Saturdays. We checked with locals and decided to visit tthe Clive's Saturday night market. It was like any other flee market that happens almost everywhere now. The place was huge and was full with stalls, which was even difficult to complete or to remember which stalls have already been covered. But, all the stalls had almost similar stuff with not much of variety or options to choose from. We felt that visit of ours as a time waste.

A completely commercial beach, they have their agents roaming around in various areas and promoting the commercial activities of the beach. They have boats that take tourists in the middle of the sea showing various spots like goa jail, light house, aguada fort and dolphins jumping in their natural habitat. The boats were okay, but the natural view was nice. The shore was dirty owing to numerous commercial activities. You could find all kinds of tattoo makers, souvenir shops, ice cream sellers, corn vendor , hat vendor, sunglasses vendor and various other vendors as well.

Arambol beach is a very neat and clean beach with amazingly clean water. The beach was an hour's drive from out hotel but the drive was scenic , the route was slopy , some hills but quite serene. The shacks were better than the ones at Calangute beach though the prices were same at 200INR for a pair. Got tattooed there. Spent a good amount of time there watching the waves , playing in the water and sand.

The most famous and most commercial beach in Goa. Our hotel was 10-15 min walking distance from Calangute beach. The beach and the water is quite dirty with trash scattered around. The beach has agents who offer a package of 5 water sports in around 1300 INR. The shacks are okay. The charge 200 INR for a set of 2 and those charges are waived off if you buy snacks from their shop. It's good to relax on the shacks with some snacks/drinks and look at the sun rays falling on the water and then finally the sun going down. As a matter of fact that's one of the most picturesque landscape of Nature.

A waterfall which had been huge and surrounded with greenery in the past, and probably still has the same beauty during monsoons even now. It is located near sonalium in Goa. We could see the waterfall from the train (Goa express). The train's scheduled time while reaching goa is quite early in the morning and the fall would not be visible then , but while coming back by the same train, the time is well suited to see the waterfall.