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First stop on what turned out to be a two year trip. Read my trip report from three months in this fascinating country. (1994 to 1995)

India, part 2

Si_lad
2004-03-26 21:33:05

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Taking it easy

We negotiated a deal to rent a scooter for a month from a young lad called Mario at 90 Rps a day.

Now we had accommodation and transport we could relax, and that’s what we did – and I can honestly say that Goa is a great place for it.

We became very friendly with the family who ran the local bar – the Rosmans’. The bar was small and friendly and Mr Rosman cooked us up fantastic food at night – usually fresh seafood (Pomfret, Kingfish, Shark or Prawns) or some hot prawn Marsala. All of this was washed down with lashing of cold Kings beer or the local Port, which was dirt-cheap at 60p a bottle. We soon befriended other travellers who were living around the area and before long we had quite a large group – usually meeting at The Rosman Bar in the evening or strolling along the beach to Colva. This group included:

John and Denise (American)

London John

Danny (from Manchester)

Sam (German)

We also met a really nice Danish couple called Soern and Melina. We were wandering across the rice fields when a group of water buffalo decided it would be fun to charge us. As we ran we saw Soern and Melina oblivious to the whole thing, so we shouted at them and they ran with us. They only had a week longer in Colva, but we spent most of the time together and had some heavy drinking sessions at the Rosman bar – even though there was a prohibition on due to local elections. On their last evening we arranged a special dinner and had the most lavish feast of Tiger prawns and other fresh seafood – courtesy of Mr Rosman of course!

Most of our days were spent relaxing on the beach and travelling around on our motor scooter. We spent a few days in the cities of Panaji and Margao – posting things or collecting mail (or doing other city type things) and we took a trip up to Anjuna flea market – which is held ...