Another air jaunt, and we're in subtropical Goa, a colonial stronghold of the Portuguese until the early 1960's. We're headed away from the crowds, the party hubs, the hippie haunts of old, and thus, well south of the city. The airport lies south of Panaji, Goa's administrative capital, which bleeds into Old Goa.
The beach is lovely, quiet, wide and clean, and we spend hours each morning and evening walking the shoreline, watching sparse numbers of fishermen, tripping over innumerable sea-stars, unwittingly rubbing the callouses off the soles of our feet. The water is delightful, and it's a well-deserved rest. We particularly enjoy the locals bringing their buffalo down to the beach. Sadly, we left the camera at the hotel on the first occasion, when two young fellows had their pinkish hued buffalo rolling and frolicking in the waves at the shore--very very happily indeed. Sweet!
We try to hire a scooter, but that turns out to be difficult, and apparently risky without an international driver's license, so we take one day to head into Panaji via Margao on the local bus, wandering to the main cathedral, the high courts, and looking over the vestiges of Portuguese architecture.
After this, it's on the Aurangabad, base for visiting the caves at Ellora and Ajanta.
Restful days at Varca Beach, Goa:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JTYw9bN8BaK8Zimo7
The beach is lovely, quiet, wide and clean, and we spend hours each morning and evening walking the shoreline, watching sparse numbers of fishermen, tripping over innumerable sea-stars, unwittingly rubbing the callouses off the soles of our feet. The water is delightful, and it's a well-deserved rest. We particularly enjoy the locals bringing their buffalo down to the beach. Sadly, we left the camera at the hotel on the first occasion, when two young fellows had their pinkish hued buffalo rolling and frolicking in the waves at the shore--very very happily indeed. Sweet!
We try to hire a scooter, but that turns out to be difficult, and apparently risky without an international driver's license, so we take one day to head into Panaji via Margao on the local bus, wandering to the main cathedral, the high courts, and looking over the vestiges of Portuguese architecture.
After this, it's on the Aurangabad, base for visiting the caves at Ellora and Ajanta.
Restful days at Varca Beach, Goa:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JTYw9bN8BaK8Zimo7
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