After spending 4 long days in bustling city of Panaji we decided to return to the beaches. This time around we chose Benaulim beach, nearby Margao. We took a "bouncy" local bus from Panjim to Margao, missed our stop and ended up taking a rickshaw to the beach.
Currently we are staying in Rosarios Inn, a budgetresort with a 15min walk to the beach. We also managed to haggle the price of our stay down from 350 inr to 300 inr (5€ per night for 2 persons).
After two days Benaulim feels by far the most relaxed place we've stayed until now: less tourist shacks, hustlers and tourists themselves. Pigs, dogs, cats, cows and waterbuffaloes run around freely and a rooster from the neighbours wakes us up in the mornings.
For a change the sellers / hustlers actually respect the word "No", awesome.
This beach attracts a totally different crowd then Anjuna / Vagator - there's a mix of older westerners, Indians and few backpackers.
Unfortunately the weather has taken a slight step worse, there's been daily rain showers but that's just refreshing with continious heat. (It's only bad for the laundry)
After the rain
Later on we are planning to rent a scooter and do a small trip up the beaches - there's a dozen beaches in the next 20 km up north.
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