We left Arambal and headed for Agonda, with a quick stop in Margao for a domino's pizza. Finally we arrived -WE DID IT!
We arrived at the welcoming gates of Tina Beach Resort which our friends, a young Indian couple Ragu and Tina own.
We arrived at the welcoming gates of Tina Beach Resort which our friends, a young Indian couple Ragu and Tina own.
In all the years I've been coming here, I never fail to feel a real sense of calm when I walk through the resort towards the beach.
It's even nicer when the trees open up and you're looking towards the restaurant and can hear the sea.
Got settled into the accommodation for a week of rest and relaxation. Over the years we've spent many an evening relaxing on the balcony of these huts with a wee G&T or two. Purely medicinal though as we don't take anti-malarial medication, and Indian tonic still has quinine in it.
Enjoy the quiet beach.
Look right and it's quiet.
Look right and oh, it's also quiet.
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Our priority that week was to find a house to rent for 3 months, so that when we returned from the UK on 28th Dec, we could move in straight away. Firstly though, as we had posted our bags from Vashisht to Ragu in Goa with all our summer clothes and also clothes we would be taking back to the UK ,we had to get our bag as we had been wearing the same set of clothes for the six weeks of our bike journey.
When you post a bag in India you have to take it to a tailor and have it made into a parcel. So I had took my packed rucksack to a tailor and he had covered it in white fabric and sown the fabric up. When Ragu brought our parcel to us it felt very light but looked intact. We unstiched the tailor's fabric and got the rucksack out. Lo and behold, the top of the rucksack had been slit open with a knife and most of the contents removed. Someone in the postal system has unstiched the tailor's fabric, knifed open the rucksack, grabbed what they could and sown up the fabric again. So we enjoyed a week in Agonda with the clothes we had been wearing for 6 weeks solid and only a couple of things to change into. Even my bikini was stolen so no lounging on the beach getting a sun tan. Still, it was a glorious week enjoying the sun, relaxation and catching up with friends
With the help of our good friend Menin, a local fisherman, we found a house though and would be moving into it the day we get back. We would be arriving back in Agonda at 4am on 18th Dec and Menin was insistent that we were to phone Ragu to confirm we were definately arriving, Ragu would then phone Menin to tell him, Menin would then pick us up at the airport and give us the keys to the house. He would not hear of us getting a taxi from the airport. We don't normally go along with Indian made plans as they tend to go astray but Menin wouldn't give us any choice.
We left Agonda one week later and headed to the UK for three weeks.
With the help of our good friend Menin, a local fisherman, we found a house though and would be moving into it the day we get back. We would be arriving back in Agonda at 4am on 18th Dec and Menin was insistent that we were to phone Ragu to confirm we were definately arriving, Ragu would then phone Menin to tell him, Menin would then pick us up at the airport and give us the keys to the house. He would not hear of us getting a taxi from the airport. We don't normally go along with Indian made plans as they tend to go astray but Menin wouldn't give us any choice.
We left Agonda one week later and headed to the UK for three weeks.
