Anjuna and Vagator - Goa

Hi all,

adter the last entry we spent a few quite amusing days in the real hippy-haven part of Goa, listening to trance covers of the most unlikely 90's one-hit-wonders. Anjuna had a strange feel to it as everything seemed to be shut up for the low-season, which we actually preferred... until we spent a night in a very budget guest house, in the company of a whole colony of cockroaches which wanted to fight us for the beds. Not a wink of sleep was had, and a sharp exit made the following morning as soon as we could get out of the place. We headed the few miles along to Vagator and indulget in a place triple the price of the night before, but worth every penny.

Vagator was also a bit of a ghost-town with not much going on, but the scenery was beautiful, and it was so quiet that you could easily imagine how nice it was before it was developed into a holiday resort. We made ourselves regulars at a nice little bar and took advantage of a World Cup - Kingfisher promotion for a couple of days.

Good thing this was all very relaxing, because it was followed by a five-hour delay through the night at the train station, and then a 12 hour journey to Calicut, in the north of Kerala, intending to travel south and see some of the backwaters and Keralan beaches. We're in Kocki now, which seems like a really nice and varied city, and heading down to Alleppey tomorrow to continue the journey south.

Photos at www.flickr.com/photos/juliets_piccies

I'll write again soon,
take care

Juliet and Peet xx