 | Hung by my own petard
2008-12-31, Benaulim, India. By: marlau | | The beach shack that we frequent was having a Xmas dinner at about four times the price of a usual meal compounded by the fact that it was a typical English Xmas dinner of roast beef, roast potatoes a... |
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| The Beach Vendor
2008-12-13, Benaulim, India. By: marlau | | Well we're well settled into our routine which involves food, sun, reading, sudoku and socializing. Hard to believe we have been here for ten days. Many people we have met are getting ready to leave a... |
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| Just Arrived
2008-12-11, Benaulim, India. By: marlau | | Our first journal entry for this year. We were rerouted from Mumbai to Bangalore because of the terroist attack in Mumbai. As we have toured Bangalore and surrounding area on a previous trip we decide... |
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| Gotta Love India
2008-03-26, Benaulim, India. By: marlau | | Hard to believe that we are beginning to pack up as we leave for Mumbai this Sunday and will be home a week from today. The weather here has been very unseasonal with quite a bit of heavy rain, specta... |
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 | Local Happenings
2008-02-29, Benaulim, India. By: marlau | | Just before Lent Goa celebrates with Carnival. Parades everywhere, throwing of colored water, firecrackers, fireworks and in general lots of noise and festivities. Our local celebration consisted of a... |
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 | Bull
2008-02-20, Benaulim, India. By: marlau | | Saturday morning is usually a quiet on the beach road. So when we saw numerous motorcycles on the road we figured something was up. And the motorcycles kept coming with two or three men on each one. W... |
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 | Indian Train to Goa
2008-01-20, Benaulim, India. By: marlau | | We're still having problems with pictures.
Took the train from Puri to Baubaneswar to get our train to Goa. It's a short trip, about an hour. On the train we sat with a lovely Indian family and muc... |
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 | Last days in Benaulim
2007-04-02, Benaulim, India. By: marlau | | Well we see the end of our wonderful stay in Benaulim. Next week we take the train to Matheran, a hill station just outside (2 hours) of Mumbai. It's an overnight trainride from here to Mumbai and the... |
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| Jottings
2007-03-26, Benaulim, India. By: marlau | | The serious lapse in the journal updates this year is because of our staying in Benaulim. We do little touring as we have seen much of the area during our other trips. We did find that staying in one ... |
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| The snake and the frog - not a parable
2007-02-20, Benaulim, India. By: marlau | | A couple of days ago Barbara entered our blissful abode and announced that there was a snake in the room. She commanded me to get rid of it and retreated to the furthest neutral corner. The object in ... |
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| At the beach
2007-02-13, Benaulim, India. By: marlau | | Because we are both over 60 yrs we are able to receive concession with the railway which means that we get a 30% discount. The have the right to verify your age by asking for your passport. Barbara wa... |
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 | Goa
2006-01-10, Benaulim, India. By: archandfi | | Goa
Train from Hospet to Margao in Goa took 10 hours and was a very good journey. Plenty people selling food and drinks, quiet carriage, non-scary toilet. The first 5 hours or so were mostly occupi... |
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 | Beach Road Beach Life
2005-12-09, Benaulim, India. By: marlau | | Life in Benaulim continues at a regular pace. Often in the morning we walk to the village and have breakfast in a "Breakfast Garden". We usually have fruit (fresh) salad with curd and coconut. Then de... |
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 | Beach bums
2004-02-09, Benaulim, India. By: eberglund | | So, here we are in the old Portuguese colony of Goa. It is pretty much everything you could expect from a tourist resort- blue sky, warm water, palm trees, white sand, beach chacks, fat middle aged Br... |
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 | Starfish biology
2001-10-14, Benaulim, India. By: nsuffield | | Walked along the beach that seemed to stretch forever! 2.4 seconds after we stepped on the sand young girls encircled up touting their jewellery, saris and shawls. Managed to get rid of them and then ... |
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| Flashing eunuchs and bare bums
2001-10-13, Benaulim, India. By: nsuffield | | Early morning train from Mumbai ... not too many tears. And as we looked out the window to watch the sun rising over Mumbai we saw people walking along the railway tracks on their way to work ... some... |
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