David Waumsley Travels

After a trouble free one hour flight from Mumbai to Goa with Air Deccan (Rs 12000 return) it was only a 30 min taxi ride to Colva Beach in South Goa. What a fantastic place this is! According to the literature Colva is a village of about 12,000 residents and boasts the longest of all the Goan beaches (12 miles). It is, however, the most popular beach in Goa after Calangute and in May (the holiday time) is largely packed with locals and other Indian tourists. It seems Colva’s popularity is more recent and has resulted in some development that the locals are not so pleased about (see poster in the gallery). Nevertheless it is still very peaceful and with 20 km of white sandy beach you can always get some solitude.

Of course the food is great here and there is no shortage of eating venues. Even the ones on the beach are very reasonably priced and good.Our apartment was found by a very good friend of Debbie’s (Thanks Sarita) and is excellent (5 mins walk to the beach). I doubt our photos do it justice, but it is open for rent at Rs 1000 per day from:
Mahesh Lotiliker
Phone 0091 832 2788064
Mob 0091 9823 351 123
Email world_linkers@hotmail.com

Mahesh also runs the nearby internet shop.

If lounging in the sun gets you restless like us you might want to try this:

Para-sailing here is Rs 500 for one or Rs 800 for two. Apparently a dip in the water is an extra Rs 100. Sure it is, but the guy did do our filming for free.

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