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Arambol Beach sunset

The Gallery: Updated!

minisuitcase news flash: Over 100 extra photos of India have been added to the gallery page! There are now more than 300 pictures from India to see. It has taken a while as handling pictures is quite a bandwidth intensive task but now the gallery more »

The Map Has Arrived!

Hello, I just want to let you know that you can now see a map of our travels by clicking the new tab at the top of any page, (or, here) It is up to date as of today. Comments and suggestions welcome; enjoy!

A quick stop in quiet Mandrem

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 »

Mapusa and the Famous Market, Goa

Our First Stay in a Government Hotel A local bus that soon became overcrowded took 45 minutes to travel the quite short distance to Mapusa. (I don’t think I will ever not appreciate a UK bus ride from now on.) We had decided to stay more »

Panjim, Goa. What Happened to the Carnival?

Our Stay in Goa’s Capital City We arrived at Panjim to our pre-booked hotel and were not very impressed. The room had an excellent view but inside it was finished in 4 different types of vinyl; a different variety on the floors, walls, ceilings and more »

Old Goa, a day trip from Benaulim

Old Goa: Mostly Churches Our day in Old Goa was full of old churches and chapels. It was what the guides had foretold but not very exciting and Henry does not now want to see another church for a long time. Our adventure started with more »