What you need to know, going to winter in Goa

You dream about warm winter somewhere on the ocean, and without a significant impact on your wallet? In this case, Goa - for you. Often overwinter in Goa even more profitable than to spend the winter in his native city of cold, and if you are still working and are not tied to a place, then you are lucky twice.

Kostya and Katya travel a lot, but lately most of winter travel is in Goa. About him through the prism of their experience and they told Layfhakeru.

Each of us at least once in a lifetime I wanted to live in any other country. It is advisable, where it's always warm, where the ocean and the sky is always blue, where you can pluck coconuts straight from the trees and where everything around you glad. I write about Goa. Having been there for the third time, I realized that yes, it still remains a great place for wintering.

To suitable wintering in Goa

If you have a free soul, not tied to any stereotypes, if you are able to enjoy the most ordinary things in life, appreciate the culture of others and ready for adventure, then this place is for you. Goa has two sides.

good - a unique nature, beaches, sunsets and people. Delicious food, cheap unreal life, freedom of movement and choice. This night in a bungalow on the shores of the Indian Ocean, fishing at sunset, fresh juices, mountain clubs. In Goa there everyday, every day is Friday. If you see India with the same hand, it is sure to fall in love with this place.

The other side of Goa - that's what made the people themselves. Some do not stand the test of freedom and went downhill. In Goa, though not officially, but all drugs are allowed, so the recent strange characters encountered more and more. That's what upset me the last time stay. Goa is not suitable for those people who are waiting for increased comfort and sterile cleanliness. Usually, all these drawbacks you see only at first, after a time begin to dominate the pros.

When to go

Season - from October to March. At another time, in my subjective opinion, the climate is not very pleasant. Stuffiness, insects and rain. Goa is right for the winter. Tickets to Goa will cost approximately € 700 per person. Fly can be both charter and scheduled flights via Delhi or Mumbai.

Which region to choose

1. North Goa - a dvizhuha. Beach parties, perpetual motion, clubs, a lot of people, shops, markets. However, in the north, you can find a secluded place, for example, if you go to the end of the beach Aranbol or to come to the beach Morjim.
2. South Goa - a romance, serenity, sound of the waves, tides, sunsets. This fishing, traveling by boat to the islands to the blue lagoon and beach with white sand.

I believe that in Goa to visit both parts and to spend some time in each place.

Accommodation

Here is the most interesting. There are a variety of options. But none of them is better not to look and not to book in advance. In my opinion, it is best to live in different places. All beaches are unique, and almost all of them have a bungalow. Bungalows are small houses made of palm leaves. Bed, fan, shower and toilet. Almost every bungalow has a cafe, where there is a great Wi-Fi. If you are a freelancer, then you can work right at the bungalow, for example here:

These houses are located on the beach Aranbol. When the houses have a restaurant where a delicious meal.

Bungalow per night - € 12. But if you take a house for a long time, it can be a good bargain to half price. Book a house you just have to place. Come to the beach, and then you find yourself, and offer shelter.

Near the beaches of Anjuna, Ashvem, walruses have more serious houses. They basically live our local compatriots.

they look like this:

If ordering a cottage in advance, the price will be higher than if you find and arrange on the spot. Small cottage with two rooms will cost € 35–60 per day. Do not be afraid to look for accommodation on the site. In Goa, this is done very easily.

In Goa, there are villas. Some elegant, others more modest. If you have a large company or a family, it turns out very favorably - about € 200 per person per month. Fully Villa 3–6 bedrooms cost from € 1 000 per month.

Food in Goa

The longer you are in Goa, the more you realize that you can eat almost free. In the first week I want to avoid all the restaurants, try all the local delicacies, which, by the way, and so inexpensive. Subsequently, you can eat on its own, buying products on the market, and fresh fish - fishermen. Buy spices, rice and noodle and every evening to improvise in the kitchen. In Goa you 'navitaminites "so that no disease you on a cold home country will not take. In Goa you can eat in a month to € 200.

Vehicle

In Goa it moped. And other conversations can not be. Convenient, cheap and practical. If you take the moped in the long term, it is possible to agree on a € 2–3 per day. Traffic slogan: "Signals and herach". Rights usually need (international). Gasoline costs 100 rupees per 1 liter.

The most important thing for freelancers - the Internet

More about it.

1. Internet cafe - there are almost all the villages of North and South Goa. Cost of the web varies within an average of 40–60 crore. Speed ​​- as lucky, but usually not very high.
2. Wi-Fi - it is found in most cafes, bars. Sometimes both paid and free. Need to find. With each season number restaurants Internet rating increases. Wi-Fi access and some Hestia / hotels.
3. ADSL and vydelenka - wire connection over a phone line. Usually this service from the company BSNL (bsnl.co.in), Sify Broadband (sifybroadband.com), EthernetXpress (ethernetxpress.com), Gwave (gwave.in). Issued typically at his host. Only it makes sense if the house rent for long term.
4. GPRS / EDGE (2G) - GPRS in Goa is everywhere, where catches selected network operator, and EDGE - where it is supported by the base station. But in general, EDGE coverage in Goa normal. The actual GPRS Internet speed by an average of 32–64 kbit / s (4–8 Kb / s), EDGE - 80–240 kbit / s (10–30 Kb / s). GPRS / EDGE in Goa works over cellular networks Airtel, Idea, Vodafone.
5. In 3G CDMA standard (EV-DO) - serves MTS operators, Reliance, Tata. special USB-modem is required to use, which in this connection are available for € 24–30. The speed of the Internet to 3.1 Mbit / s. In practice, as in other cases, mobile data, it all depends on the load and the network and the quality of reception. But on average, are real speeds of up to 1.5–2 Mbps.

Children in Goa

I do not recommend to go to Goa with children. I do not baby this place. Choose Thailand or Cambodia.

How to survive in Goa, if you run out of money. Sometimes you never know ...

1. In Goa, their belongings can be exchanged for other things or food. Checked.
2. In Goa, you can take a fishing rod and catch a nice dinner.
3. In Goa, you can tear the coconuts.
4. To spend the night on the beach safely.

What to bring

• clothes at least. You do not need your city clothes, and all the "goashnoe" you buy on the site very cheaply.
• Computer, camera, phone.
• Money and insurance.

Everything else you can buy here cheaper. And if you, God forbid, need medication in Goa there are many pharmacies and Ayurvedic centers, where you will be cured.

Goa - is freedom. If you can live there at least two months, do it. The main thing that is not sucked. In Goa, the brain is resting, the inspiration comes, opens new dimensions, changing values.

Kostya and Katya Shapovalova, the project organizers Hellomir