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Goa in the rains!

By ⋅ August 14, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Most peo­ple would prob­a­bly stay away from Goa dur­ing the mon­soons. But some­how, I like this sea­son. Maybe, because one of my fond­est mem­o­ries was going with a few friends to Goa in August of 1998.

We found a mag­i­cal beach way back then — no peo­ple, no crowds — just us and the rains! Of course, things have changed since then. The beach got dis­cov­ered and became like any other Goa beach filled with shacks and stalls all along the main road.

happy trails

Dur­ing the rains, how­ever, the shacks close down and the ven­dors move else­where in search of business.

And so, I return to the same beach, in search of some peach and quiet.

All along the stretch of the cres­cent shaped beach are just a few oth­ers who have braved the rains, and a few dogs. And so we take long walks (mostly in search of meals). Read, sleep, gaze into the sea and lis­ten to the sound of the roar­ing surf. There’s lit­tle else to do and lit­tle I want to do.

the crooked tree

It rains a lit­tle now and then and I hap­pily whip out the rain­coat. It’s been a while since I’ve had the oppor­tu­nity to wear one.

A shop keeper charges us 150 for port wine on the first day and 100 the next day. But that’s the way it seems to work around here, so we don’t com­plain much.

looking out

If you’re look­ing for some peace and quiet, head for Goa. It’s a mag­i­cal time before the crowded tourist sea­son begins next month.

The Flickr Album: Goa in the Rains

Discussion

32 Responses to “Goa in the rains!”

  1. Travel Guru you are the best!!

    Love the pic of the li’l pup…nose & eyes.

    Posted by Mehak | August 14, 2007, 11:36 pm

  2. Hello,

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    Posted by Mike Thomas | August 15, 2007, 1:25 am

  3. Bliss. Thanks for bring­ing your favorite place alive thor­ough your blog. Happy Inde­pen­dence Day.

    Posted by Lubna | August 15, 2007, 5:56 pm

  4. hey what’s the name of the beach you went too (the pic in the blog post). louly it is!

    Posted by Aqua | August 16, 2007, 4:03 pm

  5. Thanks mehak! He was a real cutie! Felt like bring­ing him home!

    @ mike: done!

    @ lubna: thanks and same to you!

    @ aqua: this is south goa. Will send details if you make plans later though you seem more like the Taj types ;)

    Posted by Anita | August 16, 2007, 5:25 pm

  6. Beau­ti­ful pic­tures! Love the one with the foot­steps lead­ing to the sea.

    Posted by Anindita | August 16, 2007, 8:07 pm

  7. the one thing i like the most about your blog is the pic­tures. “Goa in the rains” col­lec­tion is very good!!

    Posted by simba | August 17, 2007, 10:41 am

  8. Anita, the boat pic­ture is stunning!

    And yes, it is us insid­ers who know how Goa is so much more beau­ti­ful in the rains :). Me and my best friend (both can­ce­ri­ans, with birth­days falling two days from each other) have a pact that we cel­e­brate our birth­days in goa together, every year.

    It is just some­thing else.

    Posted by Prakriti | August 17, 2007, 11:20 am

  9. Beau­ti­ful pic­tures! I wish I could visit Goa now…

    Posted by Pooja | August 17, 2007, 1:09 pm

  10. Palolem it is. :-). With the beach shacks closed in Aug, is there any acco­mo­da­tion right on the beach? Was Cia­rans open?

    Posted by kaalia | August 17, 2007, 1:39 pm

  11. You are absolutely right and your pic­tures are proof that Goa is absolutely lovely dur­ing the Mon­soon. Won­der­ful pic­tures. I wish I was in Goa.

    Posted by Eye For India | August 17, 2007, 2:03 pm

  12. I love Goa in the rains. The rains brings out the beauty of the entire region (Pune to Goa, every high­way is at its scenic best dur­ing this time). And then, for those who love indulging in the world­class Goa resorts, this is the time when the rates are among the low­est. So if you were look­ing for­ward to that spa vaca­tion, this is the time to go.

    BTW, nice pics!

    Posted by Traveller | August 20, 2007, 10:12 am

  13. Absolutely gor­geous pho­tographs! Stunning!

    If any­thing, I will have to be jeal­ous here. I have been dying to go to goa for the past so much time; but each time we end up going some­where else. I’ve never been to this beau­ti­ful beach! :(

    Posted by Narziss | August 20, 2007, 1:51 pm

  14. I was there in Goa last week, it was fun. Vis­ited places where tourists don’t go at all — cou­ple of secluded beaches, bird sanc­tu­ary, a lake & a fort cum view point — in all these places we were the only visitors :)

    Posted by Prashanth M | August 20, 2007, 2:44 pm

  15. @ Anin­dita: thanks! i like that one too :)

    @ simba: thank you!

    @ Prakriti: thanks! that’s a nice pact indeed!

    @ Pooja: ah, maybe you can ;) just take off!

    @ kaalia: ah, i see you’ve vis­ited! only the beach resort was open. noth­ing else…

    @ Eye For India: thanks!

    @ Trav­eller: you’re right. the whole region puts on a dif­fer­ent look! i wanted to go right upto pune, but couldn’t!

    @ Narziss: thank you! next time, make it a point to go just there!

    @ Prashanth M: wow, must have been good fun! was it still raining?

    Posted by Anita | August 20, 2007, 5:23 pm

  16. Can relate to the Goan mon­soon. Was at the same beach on a rainy sea­son last year, and was delighted to be in that empty beach on a lovely rain­less but cloudy weather. And the sea was calm too..

    Posted by Arun | August 20, 2007, 7:11 pm

  17. Loved the black-n-white pic very much.

    Posted by Vasuki | August 21, 2007, 2:03 pm

  18. Hello anita,
    It was really nice going through your few blogs and was really an incred­i­ble efforts put in cre­at­ing such amaz­ing blogs. I really appre­ci­ate your efforts, actu­ally i came into your pro­file to search in some info abt kodaikanal, but i didn’t find that blog. Actu­ally, we’re going to kodaikanal this week­end and so wanted to take a count of some beau­ti­ful places which we shouldn’t miss and so research­ing so much.

    Would appre­ci­ate your sug­ges­tion too.We’re going for 3 days, and so far planned only for Kodaikanal & Madurai.

    thanks in advance.

    Posted by Abhishek | August 22, 2007, 6:56 pm

  19. Hello“salam“
    i‘ mehdi from iran, just want to say i love indi­ans ‚they are really good men, respect­ing to the ani­mals in india is really good, i like mr.gaandi(great man)
    thanks–

    Posted by mehdi | August 22, 2007, 8:31 pm

  20. Anita ,

    Hmmm What a coin­ci­dence — We as a bunch of 8 ppl went to GOA in same rainy sea­son -( much to the con­trary views from every­one) — off­sea­son is best time to go to most of the places — I do so atleast. weather was just driz­zling and beach was des­orted 2 — so leass crowd in hotels too — had a gr8 time and come and see my GOA snaps @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/invisiblechina/

    Posted by Invisible China | August 24, 2007, 10:18 pm

  21. Do you remem­ber read­ing this book called “Chas­ing the mon­soon”? I believe it’s a photo nar­ra­tion of chas­ing the south­west mon­soon from Ker­ala to Goa.

    .….…. G.…O.…..AAAaa!!

    Posted by Ari | August 27, 2007, 7:24 pm

  22. @ Arun:you were there too? :) guess it’s not a dif­fi­cult place to iden­tify if you’ve been there!

    @ Vasuki: thanks!

    @ Abhishek: thanks and i think you’ve already left for your week­end. i didn’t actu­ally spend much time at kodai but i believe it’s filled with places to stay as its a pop­u­lar tourist destination!

    @ mehdi: thanks for visiting!

    @ Invis­i­ble China: :)

    @ Ari: i actu­ally gifted the book to some­one but haven’t read it myself. am plan­ning to read it soon!

    Posted by anita | September 2, 2007, 2:06 pm

  23. Thats my home.…… and you have cap­tured it per­fectly. We used to play foot­ball on the beach because the grounds would be flooded and the rain would make the sand a bit harder. Have spend whole evenings play­ing foot­ball on the beach in the rains. Caught tad­poles think­ing they were fish. Wore huge gum­boots so we can wade through knee deep water on the way to school. Eat­ing the local hot freshly baked round bread(oonda)while its pour­ing out­side. The rains have always been the most awaited sea­son for me when in Goa. Its just so beau­ti­ful… Miss home :(

    Posted by Abhijeet | September 5, 2007, 6:14 pm

  24. Great pic Anita. I got addicted to your blog recently. Good read.
    And rgding Goa dur­ing rains, The two or 3 trips I’ve done to goa (by road from man­ga­lore) have always been dur­ing the rains. And they’ve been just magical!

    Posted by sampath menon | September 9, 2007, 10:44 am

  25. Nice pics Anita..
    I love Goa in rains. it looks damn beautiful.

    Posted by Mrunal | September 10, 2007, 10:45 am

  26. Your images are very inspir­ing:-)
    I liked your blog design too!

    Posted by Abhijit | September 10, 2007, 5:00 pm

  27. Hi Anita,

    This is urgent…can I use some of your Goa pics for an arti­cle I am doing on Goa? Your pics are awesome…please let me know soon­est. This is urgent!

    Posted by Ruhie | February 11, 2008, 7:21 am

  28. Goa remains as an endear­ing and charm­ing scenic loca­tion with enchant­ing beaches, many churches, tem­ples, array of old houses hav­ing Por­tuguese archi­tec­ture and ever­green hills. A Tour to Goa must con­sists of explor­ing the sen­sual beaches and his­toric forts that have kept alive the legacy of Por­tuguese. Goa Tours and Goa Tour Pack­ages is designed to explore the mys­ti­cal charisma of the remains which is exotic. It is a promise that the indian goa excur­sions or hol­i­days add a few golden moments in your live with immor­tal mem­o­ries of goa.

    Posted by Arun | November 7, 2008, 4:39 pm

  29. Hi,

    The infor­ma­tion about the pack­age tours seems to be quite interesting.

    The Make­MyTrip UAE trav­els will also pro­vide the pack­age tours to India also from India he will pro­vide the pack­age tours to any place at least cost. The jour­ney would be good and mem­o­rable com­pare to the other travels.

    Posted by nichypal | January 15, 2010, 4:23 pm

  30. The beaches view are look­ing fantastic,it show the beauty of Goa dur­ing the rainy sea­son which is really won­der­ful for a tourist.In mon­soon you can visit these beaches in Goa Calangute, Aram­bol, Benaulim and Can­dolim. And if you loved nature and adven­ture so you have a good option is Goa in vaca­tion.
    http://www.travelindia360.net/goa-in-the-monsoon.html

    Posted by alisha | September 30, 2010, 4:30 pm

  31. hi anita

    nice post on goa in the rains.

    i have planned a goa vaca­tion from 16th — 21st august cov­er­ing Chorla Ghats (2 nights) & North Goa (3 nights) — myself, wife & 2.5 yr old son

    Am not very par­tic­u­lar about enjoy­ing the beaches.…

    Have just heard from a vis­i­tor that its rain­ing heav­ily in goa and restrict­ing movement.

    Am now a bit appre­hen­sive. Pls advise.…does it rain so heav­ily and all-day that it will spoil the sightseeing

    request your advise

    rgds

    Posted by MANISH | July 30, 2011, 5:58 pm

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