Goa Trip 2019 - Something Fishy

Goa…Goa… Goa is a destination we always love to Holiday

In our 12 years of married life, we have traveled 9 times to Goa.  I think if I ever buy a house in my life it will be in Goa..Goa…. J

Canacona Railway Station

On 27^th February 2019, I took Netravati Express from Trivandrum Central at 9 am to Canacona station. The train reached the station 4:30 am the next day,   our first stay was at Palolem Beach, Canaona station was the closest railway Station. My husband joined me at 11pm in the same train from Mangalore because he was in Bangalore.

Sunset at Palolem Beach

Our first stay was at Neputune point  one of the shacks on the beach, we had a good view of the beach from room and enjoyed one of the best  SUNSET in my life. It is so strange that I had never liked Sunset because being in the boarding during my School days by evening I always long to go home and miss my home,  I always get the same feel whenever I see the sunset. But after viewing this beautiful sunset, it gave me a peaceful feel and I know I going to enjoy my Sunsets In future.

We had traveled here to enjoy the beaches, food and relax – purely to enjoy the simple, chilled life!

View from our room

The Silent Palolem Beach

After taking a peaceful stroll along the shore, we sat in a beach bar sipping a cold drink and just looking at the view, we wanted take time to soak up the ambiance and really “feel” what this place was all about. So to sum up Palolem – it really is a tranquil slice of paradise!!  It was like living each moment. Bliss… Heaven…

Chilling with Lassi and Robin Sharma

This Journey I  surprised  myself by carrying my walking shoe and jog on the beach every day , it helped me to enjoy my food without a guilt feel  about calories.

My morning Jog

Biju's morning walk

My seafood lover husband was never ready to taste anything  other than seafood  but I enjoyed the  Goan Cafreal , Vindaloo and Xcauti.

Fish Thali meal

We had an amazing Goan fish thali meals at SuMaya  for 150/- which includes a fat Mackerel  fry with  fish curry, salad, vegetables and Kismur ( a local delicacy with dry prawns , fresh coconut, green chilies and onions}  

Fish Thali at SuMaya

Biju  tried  his luck with fishing, he carried his fishing rod all the way from home but couldn’t get a single fish and blamed on the technical error of the  fishing rod.

After 3 nights stay at Palolem we moved to the Southern part of Goa, that’s Cadolim, Calangute and Baga Beach , those are the crowder, louder beaches

The man behind the Gelato Icecream at Palolem Beach, Nicky's Icecream., He was so proud of his creations, loved his homemade Gelato Icecream, got few tips from him about Gelato Icecream and loved the Mint Chocolate flavours. 

We took a train from Canacona then to Madgao and from there took a bus to Panjim and then another bus to Calangute beach

Within Goa, there is the Konkan railway , train can be a fast and effective way to get from one end of the state to the other – such as from Canacona to Madgao. The main Goa railway station is at Madgao and there are also train stations for Panjim and Vasco de Gama.

State run and private buses are also a good way to get around and most services run between towns – they are more regular than trains. Taxis, Car Rental, Tuk-Tuks/Autos are very expensive and a bit of nightmare

Scooter rental on the other hand is much easier and is how most travelers get around in Goa. Be careful to check the quality of the bike you are given before setting off on any journey.  Mostly it will be between 200 /-to 400/- per day depending on the season

At  Cadolim we booked through Airbnb but not so happy with the place, the picture we saw online was different  when we reached there.  Anyways our two days stay what I loved was making my own breakfast since there was a kitchen in that apartment which provided an induction and the utensils to cook.

If you are around  Baga and Calangute side don’t miss out the lovely Fish Thali meals which is served at  Fat Fish,  It’s difficult to get a table due to heavy rush so make sure you reach on time during lunch time, last visit I was disappointed even though we got the table the fish thali got over by the time we settled down for the meal.

We hired the scooter for two days and going around Baga, Calangute, Anjuna Beach and listened to  some lovely music at Fishermen’s Cove ,Cadalolim  and don’t  miss to take  home Bebinca the ever loved Goan sweet available at infantaria calangute

In this trip we couldn’t visit any church but if go further north  you can have a good look at the Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, a walk that will take you along side the Mandovi River promenade where you can see a range of shipping – from the moored casinos on the quay to the huge cargo ships that dock. Stop by  for a delicious Goan style Pau Bhaji.

One of my previous  visit I took a cooking class at Siolim and learned more about traditional Goan cuisine.  This trip was more of a relaxed, lazy, chilled Holiday

We checked out  on 5^th March 2019 morning and took a bus to Panjim  and did little bit of shopping, I even visited the baking store Ariefe La Moulde at panjim and took a bus to Vaso de Gama since our train to Bangalore was from there.

It’s a ritual every time we visted Goa and the last day we need to have the Fish Thali meals from Antasharm, Vasco… so happily settled down there and had the wonderful  meal , packed our dinner for the journey and walked towards Vasco  railway station which is 5mts away.

Our train was at 3:15 pm to Bangalore,  got into the train with a mix feel  of  not leaving Goa but need to get back to our life, looking  forward to another wonderful  Holiday.

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