Goa Revisited…
holiday mode
Morjim beach
cruising through Goa on an Activa
La Plage
Juhi Pande
sunset outside Ku
First up I apologize for the disappearing act but a bunch of friends and I decided to scoot off to Goa to celebrate a birthday weekend (no, not mine but it sure felt like it!) I highly recommend Goa in this slightly on-offish season when everything is still open but won’t cost quite as much. We stayed at Montego Bay (which allows you the luxury of a non AC tent nearly on the beach with attached facilities) just a hop skip and jump away from the soft sands of Morjim beach. You can make like a (very content) vegetable on the beach and down Bloody Mary’s and crispy calamari at a shack called Golden Eagle, hop on your (225rs-a-day) Activa for a visit to Ku (where the delightfully eccentric owner Marie will be sipping wine and telling dramatic stories), savor the to-die-for chocolate fondant & strawberries and cream at La Plage on Ashwem beach (run by a pretty delicious looking Frenchie) or have your big epiphany about how everything pales in comparission to the sight of a vanilla sky as the sun dissapears into the sea. See? Everybody wins.
Juhi Pande
Celebrity spotting: VJ Juhi Pande (well she was part of our crew and a completely delightful person to be on holiday with) also quite a welcome distraction on the sleeper bus from Mumbai to Goa which I suggest you NEVER take. Life is just too short for rides like that! My semi-namesake Malini Ramani was wearing one of her own flow-y creations at a beach party featuring a rather bristly Prem Joshua who clearly isn’t a fan of children and specifically asked them to leave (maybe its just not my scene but honestly Prem where is the love? From what I could hear you should hold on to whatever kind of captive audience you can get. Imagine, I took a 450rs hit on a show ticket which I regret almost as much as the sleeper bus.)
Recommended reading: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
“Let’s go somewhere.”
“Definitely. Where’d you have in mind? “
“I know this great restaurant at the end of the universe.”
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February 26th, 2009 at 11:27 am
i remember around 3 years back i had picked up the entire volume (yup,all the 5 books in one killer volume) thanks to my bookwallah friend at fountain who specifically kept it aside for me:) ..and what a volume it is!..Adams’ wodehouse-ish style of writing combined with science fiction makes reading very very pleasurable..
p.s.my fav line from the book: “i love deadlines,i love the whooshing sound they make as they go by”:)
May 1st, 2009 at 10:04 am
[...] for each other.) If I spot them I promise to take pictures! Till then think of me chilling here, here and here! (This time we’re trying out the Leela Cottages on Ashwem Beach, I hear they are [...]
May 4th, 2009 at 12:00 am
[...] though La Plage was closed for the season the Leela Cottages down the beach more than made up for it. These have to [...]
November 19th, 2009 at 12:17 am
[...] though La Plage was closed for the season the Leela Cottages down the beach more than made up for it. These have [...]
January 20th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
[...] in Palolem and Silent parties ( FYI this is Nikhil Chinapa’s favorite shack to stay at.) b) Montego Bay in Morjim a hop skip and jump from La Plage & A place called Ku c) Leela Cottages on Ashvem beach and all [...]
March 2nd, 2010 at 12:30 pm
‘Girls just wanna have fun’ and what better than the company of such a fabulous (and hard working) bunch. Keep at it and usher in those smiles. “Enjoy!”