Goa Trip 8-13 Jan 2020

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8th Jan: Day 1..

Priyanka: cab @8:45, flight-indigo@12-45.

Rajat: cab@11:20, flight-goair@15:45.

Stay: Grand Hyatt.

Property visit.

Cruise ride & dinner at boat: 7 pm.

9th Jan: Day 2..

Team activities

Property: jacuzzi, pool, steam baths.

& gala party.

10th Jan: North Goa: Day 3..

morning beach walk with team, check out from Hotel after breakfast nd lunch, check in in North Goa. We stayed at casa caisua. Good but better properties like White pearl, park regis near hanuman mandir, lazy lagoon at lower cost.
chapora fort [dil chahta hai movie shooting]: awesome lake view.
vagator: (silver sand beach): pinakin beach Cafe, nice lighting.
anjuna beach: sunset: [curlies: deck+ club] [no swimming as lot of rocks] [wed, sat shopping market] [eva cafe] Shiva valley: really bad.
Went to navtara for food. It was Okish. had spinach dosa. came back home and slept.

11th Jan: Day of covering all the North Goa beaches.. Day 4..

Morjim beach: nice, way from Tito restraunt.
ashwem beach
mandrem- small bridge.
arambol- Buddha design lamba Cafe.
querim- nice salad nd sandwich, clean. best beach in north goa. way to querim is also really good.
Sunset point, zoori restaurant.
fruit + bread dineer at home.
baga beach: nightlife, tito lane for shopping, restraunts, Las olas: just amazing ambience with decorations, and glamour of Tito lane.

12th Jan: Day 5.. South Goa is the original part of Goa that we fell in love with. South goa beaches: https://traveltriangle.com/blog/beaches-in-south-goa/

South goa: more greenery, wide road, less crowded, lot of palm trees. Good views on the route.

check out and left for South Goa. We stayed in between North and South Goa Stayed @ hotel anthurium circle. Room was good. But its better to stay in South Goa itself. Would Recommend stay at beach houses at Agonda.
Colva: was overcrowded nd very hot, no fotos.
benaulim [Dear zindagi movie]: slept, had salad.
varca: only foto, bench separate price.
agonda: large fotogenic beach, huts, Lunch @ zest Cafe: must must recommended.

13th Jan: Day 6.. cover remaining South Goa and area around Panjim.

palolem beach: backwaters. Amazing view, clean water, water activities, palm tree, beach hut. ferry ride to honeymoon and butterfly beach. Would recommend water activities at Palolem beach instead of North Goa since water is cleaner there.
checkout from Hotel Anthurium and left for Panjim.
basilica of bom jesus: old goa church, church of st. francis, se cathedral UNESCO world heritage site, 400 yrs. old.
returned Scooty. walked and covered some more areas.
panjim market.
immaculate conception church [aashiqi2 and josh] [proper dress needed] panjim church [dilwale movie]
fontainhas: heritage walk, take fotos: coloured houses, galleries and neat streets.
river madovi: + paradise cruise: http://paradisecruises.in/book-online-river-cruise.html
flight @ 9 pm. we had a late back attitude and almost missed flight.
Reached home, had dinner and slept with dreams of amazing memories.

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Some good blogs:

Places we skipped @North Goa:

calangute beach:
candolim beach: pete’s shack on ca I'llndolim beach(vietnamese cold coffee) [candolim is cheaper than baga and calangute]
Sinquerim beach: Dolphin watching tours:
Massage yoga magic
fort aguada: okish [golmaal movie]
Reis magos fort.
st jacinto island (finding fanny movie). Did not get time to go.
houses of goa museum: okish
dona paula view point: [singam movie, golmaal movie]
miramar beach.

Places we skipped @South Goa:

Netravali Wildlife Reserve: since an hour drive, dont go when its hot. + Tanshikar Spice Farm: farm-to-table lunches: cacao smoothie; 94211 84114: 550/- including lunch.
butterfly conservatory of goa
mangeshi temple: shiv temple: 500 year old temple
sal river backwaters river,
cabo de rama fort,
cola beach

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