Author: Elize Tikmane
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The first day in Mumbai
It was a pleasant surprise when we realised that all the crazy noises of Grand Road station area stop somewhere around midnight. Seems that there is a special law that forbids to honk in the night and morning time. We woke up around 7:30 and everything was calm. Almost no people on the streets, no…
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From Goa to Mumbai by train
Our train was scheduled to leave at 6:48 from Thivim train station. Because it is about 40 minutes of taxi drive from the Dunes resort to the train station, we had arranged our taxi at 5:20. Goa was still sleeping when we did fly through it, but cows were up and very much awake. On…
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Bits of Goa
The hut The first impression when I entered my hut in Dunes – a boy’s tree house. The only difference – it had electricity, a fan, wc and possibility to get a hot shower. The first nights for me (also for Stijn when he arrived) were not easy to fall asleep. You hear everything. The…
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On the way to Old Goa and Panjim by bus
We could not postpone this trip any further, so on Tuesday morning we had a good breakfast in Dunes cafe and then we went to find our way to the bus. We had enquired the staff of the reception several times about the stops, the busses, timings and prices. I am not sure if we…
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Enjoying Mandrem Beach as close as possible to the water
Just before we went to bed, I got a message from Manoj (one of my teachers) with an invitation for lunch the next day. It was a chance for us to catch up before he leaves. Ok – no problem -change of plan. We post pone the visit of Old Goa & enjoy the beach…
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Exploring Goa by motorbike
We had planned to make a trip to Old Goa. A taxi to both directions would cost 1700 Rs, in order to safe some money we considered taking 3 busses, but as it was Sunday there would be only one bus per hour, which would leave us with too much uncertainty for the rest of…
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Mandrem Beach, Goa
I am here for 2 weeks, Stijn for 4 days. Saturday was our first day of really being here, enjoying the beach and laziness. Up until Wednesday I was busy with Yoga Teacher Training – 100h in 10 days is a lot to deal with, so it took some days to come back to “reality”.…