After the relative desertion of Da Nang our next stop was far more busy. Hoi An is a major tourist destination. It is the ‘must see’ place in the central region with a reputation for being ‘magical’. It is certainly much more pretty than Da more »
Georgetown We headed up to Georgetown on another coach type bus with massive armchair like seats and freezing air con. Georgetown is the capital of Penang, most of which is on an island. Arriving by bus meant that we crossed the famous bridge on our more »
Arambol – Our Favourite Spot in All of Goa! Arambol is just a few miles up the road from Mandrem and a short local bus ride saw us in a rather different sort of village. The ‘hippies’ have been coming here for years and there more »
Mandrem is another small seaside village in northern Goa. It is still very much in development and although there is one area geared towards tourisim is still quite quiet and toilet roll, for example, is remote outside of the little tourist lane. Most of the more »
Candolim; full of Brits! Candolim was the nearest beach to head to which did not have the reputation for being absolutely rammed with rowdy package tourists and Indian bachelor groups. Instead, we found a mini England. Nearly all the voices we overheard were British, some more »
The Novelty of a Seatbelt The journey from Galgibaga beach to Agonda was one of the most comfortable we have had in India. We treated ourselves to a proper taxi and as you can see from this photo I am well chuffed to be sat more »
A Gorgeous, Unspoilt Spot Galgibaga Beach was exactly what the French lady (I feel terrible that I have forgotten her name) had promised. Very quiet indeed. At first we felt a bit like it is never good to get what you wish for as it more »