Day 5 & following: Goa, Goa, Goa
We have arrived in Goa…had quite some flight from Kolkata via Mumbai. After a warm welcome and 50 minutes trip by car, we arrived in our beach resort The Leela Goa. Indian-style reception (including coconut drink) and another “procedure” for check-in and explanations 🙂
…relaxing time in a wonderful hotel. The resort has a fantastic garden, pool and very enjoyable facilities, such as spa, beach restaurant and beach sun lounges underneath palms. The food is T.O.P. (tasty, original, plenty). The hotel does its best to get rid of the mosquitoes. So far (touch wood), not so many bites. The weather is dry, warm and blue skies…
We decided to “leave” paradise gardens for a trip in Goa’s surroundings. We hired a taxi to bring us to a spice plantation (very interesting, how many spices can grow at one farm…and many of them, we all do know: cinnamon (Zimt), lemon grass, ginger (Ingwer), nutmeg (Muskatnuss), turmeric (Gelbwurz)), Old Goa (catholic churches and cathedrals from the Portuguese colonial times) and Fort Aguada (some bricks on top of a hill, plus lighthouse 🙂 ).
The Leela organized a BBQ dinner at the beach: choice of lobster, beef, chicken, lamb, fish, veggies, and rice 😉 …accompanied by Cuban flamenco dancing (we tried our best).
Pics of the days:
Round the World 2012 / 2013 
enjoy..here is cold as usual…)::