Shandy on the beach
March 31, 2007 | Filed Under Goa, Travel, food & drinks | 2 Comments
It was not until the third day of Goa that I discovered that Shandy is the perfect drink for the beach. Particularly after 12 noon and before 4.00 pm.
Shandy is a mix of beer and lemonade/sprite. I like it three quarters beer and one quarter sprite. You may like it differently. I had it at a beach near Aguada fort and there were kingfish kababs to go with it. The combination is quite a gastronomic delight.
It goes well with the sun, the beach, the water and the view.
An average day in Goa
March 30, 2007 | Filed Under Goa, Travel | 2 Comments
Pre-script — there is no such thing as an “average” day in Goa
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| From Maningoa |
0800 hrs — get up thirsty, dry throat
0815 hrs — order for water and check out Iranian women running around cottages
0830 hrs — stir up fellow roomies
0900 hrs — go for chai (yeah who drinks chai in goa?)
0930 hrs — stir some more roomies to get up
1000 hrs — breakfast on a beach shack
1030 hrs — hit the water
1100 hrs — order fish and beer
1115 hrs — hit the water with the beer
1130 hrs — king fish kababs with shandy
1200 hrs — laze in lazy chair
1300 hrs — hit the water
1330 hrs — order port wine bottle and squids fried in butter and garlic
1400 hrs — gorge on squids and another bottle of wine
1430 hrs — hit the water
1500 hrs — king’s beer time (Goa’s local beer)
1515 hrs — another king’s beer
1530 hrs — laze
1600 hrs — water sports time (or get buried in the sand)
1700 hrs — shandy and prawns xacuti
1730 hrs — get back to room and get a shower
1800 hrs — watch the sunset
1900 hrs — have “discussions”
2000 hrs — play some pool
2100 hrs — visit a shack for dinner (preferably Britto’s)
2130 hrs — eat, drink, make merry
2230 hrs — delicious
2330 hrs — i am feeling happy (thanks to long island iced tea, red wine, and more)
0030 hrs — i am feeling happier
0130 hrs — chocolate liqueur time
0230 hrs — night drive in open gyps
0330 hrs — back to room, more discussions
0430 hrs — sleep (huh!)
Goa state of mind
March 30, 2007 | Filed Under Goa, Travel | 1 Comment
Experienced Goa for the first time in 29 years. My body came back to Bombay on last Sunday but the mind still lingers on somewhere in a shack in Goa, drinking wine and shandy, eating squids and king fish kababs and being hit by treacherous waves of an angry sea.
Thank you Ashraf for making this possible.
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| From Maningoa |