We are going to do a series on the Goa trip we made last week. Here's the first installment:
Travel & Anjuna
Last week we made a trip to the coast for a couple of days of exploration and relaxation. It was over the Diwali holiday so we only had to miss one day of school. The journey started with a 12 hour bus ride (overnight) on a sleeper bus. It was pretty much a bus full of bunk beds and no bathroom. They stopped for dinner at 9 pm and a couple of times in the middle of the night for random breaks on the side of the road. Mike slept great, soundly like a baby, but Sara had a little bit more of an issue sleeping. At one point she was called “the princess and the pea” due to her strange sleeping rituals. Oh well. The bus went well and we found ourselves in Anjuna (our first destination) after being dropped by the bus on the side of the road and getting a taxi.
Anjuna was a little sleepy when we arrived at 7 in the morning, not even the guest house we wanted to stay in was open, so we walked about 5 minutes and found ourselves a rocky coastline overlooking the Arabian Sea!
After checking into the Manali guesthouse ($2/person!), we found ourselves having breakfast with coconut trees over our heads and the ocean not 50 feet in front of us. This was Mike’s first time seeing the ocean and was pretty giddy the whole time. We headed out to the famous Anjuna flea market right after breakfast. It was an experience for sure. People everywhere were trying to get us to go to their shop and buy their stuff. There was some fun fabric, shawls, spices, and knick knacks. We learned the art of haggling and got some relatively good deals. We spent the rest of that day on the beach, though it was a little too rocky to swim in (we attempted). The Manali guest house was great to us the first night, but we had to move on to our next destination.
Travel & Anjuna
Last week we made a trip to the coast for a couple of days of exploration and relaxation. It was over the Diwali holiday so we only had to miss one day of school. The journey started with a 12 hour bus ride (overnight) on a sleeper bus. It was pretty much a bus full of bunk beds and no bathroom. They stopped for dinner at 9 pm and a couple of times in the middle of the night for random breaks on the side of the road. Mike slept great, soundly like a baby, but Sara had a little bit more of an issue sleeping. At one point she was called “the princess and the pea” due to her strange sleeping rituals. Oh well. The bus went well and we found ourselves in Anjuna (our first destination) after being dropped by the bus on the side of the road and getting a taxi.
Anjuna was a little sleepy when we arrived at 7 in the morning, not even the guest house we wanted to stay in was open, so we walked about 5 minutes and found ourselves a rocky coastline overlooking the Arabian Sea!
After checking into the Manali guesthouse ($2/person!), we found ourselves having breakfast with coconut trees over our heads and the ocean not 50 feet in front of us. This was Mike’s first time seeing the ocean and was pretty giddy the whole time. We headed out to the famous Anjuna flea market right after breakfast. It was an experience for sure. People everywhere were trying to get us to go to their shop and buy their stuff. There was some fun fabric, shawls, spices, and knick knacks. We learned the art of haggling and got some relatively good deals. We spent the rest of that day on the beach, though it was a little too rocky to swim in (we attempted). The Manali guest house was great to us the first night, but we had to move on to our next destination.
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