Comments on: Jumping Into Canyons + Go Go Goa, India

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:21:06 +0000

I lived in Goa for exactly the same period you plan to be there next, only I did it this year :)
I will echo “globetrotter” and recommend Palolem. The owner I can recommend is called “Lira Dias”, and as far as I know the place doesn’t have a name. You just turn right off the main street and walk about 50m and ask for her and you’ll get pointed in the right direction. I was staying in this place: http://bit.ly/8NuYXG and paying an excellent rate (after some haggling). I had spent 3 weeks travelling most of Goa and found the north to be quite disappointing, it just wasn’t my kind of crowd. The south was excellent!!
Palolem has gorgeous beaches, a wide selection of excellent food, some great courses (cooking, yoga etc.) and a great mixture of travellers and the local fishing community. You can go to very tranquil beaches with almost nobody in a short motorbike ride (rentable everywhere). The headphone parties are DEFINITELY worth checking out and makes me wonder why it isn’t an international trend after having an amazing time without hurting my throat shouting or going deaf every time I go out dancing!
India was an absolutely amazing experience for so many reasons, the food, the people etc. You’ll love it! :)
BTW I’ll be in Poland for 2010 – first very briefly for New Year’s and then most likely for 3 months in the summer (still to be confirmed) with a plan to become fully fluent in the language in that time :) Hope to run into you!

By: Karol

Karol — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:23:39 +0000

Thanks for the tip!

By: Globetrotter

Globetrotter — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:19:07 +0000

If you’re going to Goa, head down to Palolem and stay in a place called Ordo Sounsar. Absolute paradise, extremely cool owner, name of Serafin, will show you the party spots along the beach.

By: Cheryl Harrison

Cheryl Harrison — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:26:03 +0000

We’re just a few hours south – and there are many better things to do here. Start drivin’! :-D

By: Karol

Karol — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:12:38 +0000

Smooth all the way. These things probably wouldn’t be in existence long if people were getting hurt.

By: Randall

Randall — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:23:14 +0000

Great video! Dude your livin the life! That take a pair to do that! Thanks Randall

By: Ken Kurosawa

Ken Kurosawa — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:38:15 +0000

Insane jump!
Does it give you a whiplash at the bottom?

By: Karol

Karol — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:53:29 +0000

ha…family is in MI. If only Cedar Point was open I’d go to Ohio. ;)

By: Cheryl Harrison

Cheryl Harrison — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:28:54 +0000

P.S. I see in your sidebar schedule that you’re going to be in Michigan in December. Come to Ohio instead :)

By: Cheryl Harrison

Cheryl Harrison — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:26:01 +0000

Holy crap. Watching those videos made ME feel nervous the entire time.