Got the scooty on rent near the airport for ₹350 per day and reached the hotel.
Typically we prefer to stay in hotels near the beach and this was too. Hence it's The Fern Residency in Miramar. They do charge for early check in and it was ₹500
We have already been a lot of times to Goa, but this time we wanted to do something new hence we selected hotels in Miramar for staying as we had always ignored Panaji in our previous trips as it would resemble the city from which we were trying to take a break.
Generally Miramar is considered the end by public but this time we could see many more things on the map so gave a visit to Caranzalem Beach. While it's certainly the less known beach but it has open access with not much of a crowd.
It's a lovely beach to take a walk on an evening where not many people are there to disturb you and spoil the moments spark or bonding conversations.
The roads in Miramar are lovely which are covered with ample amount of greens.
The wish to explore about what's in that corner took us bit more away from Miramar beach and since it was a elevation in road we decided to give it a try as goa never fails to surprise with its views when you are on at higher altitude. Before the entry to Raj Bhavan there is a view point to with magnificent view of Caranzalem Beach and little part of Miramar beach as it's continuation.
We then proceeded to try some authentic goan fish Thali at the Copperleaf Restaurant in Porvorim. It's currently open with ample amounts of safety precautions such as masks, temperature checks, disposal and e menu etc.
On the way to enjoy the night life in Anjuna we stopped in for a snack here. It has a really good collection of music and snacks. Interiors are lovely and photos in here are a must.
Most of it was empty and all people were concentrated on the tables near the beach for a better view or dining under the stars. While drinks were upto the mark, music was not impressive at all. Felt like not much of an effort is being made in order to throw some good music.
With failed plans of scuba diving due to late night party at curlies beach shack, today went away only in relaxing in the room. In order to make use of atleast the last part of the day we went out on exploring the lesser known places followed by the dinner @ The Salt : Bar and Restaurant.Thumbs up to this place as it has tasty food and lovely live performances with complimentary ambiance.
Located on the hill top is the place that can be found as The point on maps that gives the spectacular view of Dona Paula.
And here comes the much lesser known beach which is probably untouched by the daily tourists.
With the exploration draining the energy it was some time to have a lovely dinner and there is this lovely place called the The Salt located on the way to Anjuna from Baga which serves both veg and non veg options along with alcohol. They have tasty food along with good ambiance with live performances.
The last day of the trip and with all of it gone in buying "things friends asked for" we could take out some time for a well known place in goa : Thalassa.
The way to is something you would really love if going in the daylight or evening as the water body is just beside the road.
Usually you would encounter a large waiting time and you gotta be really lucky in order to get the tables on the riverside and somehow we did not face any waiting time as we reached early for the lunch and goa the table beside the riverside.
Food is on the higher side in terms of price with a really normal taste and nothing extravagant. This place is all about taking good photographs and appreciating it's interior designing with location and sipping your favourite drink in the company of calm breeze of the sea.
With that, we wrapped up the trip and reached the airport. Be careful and start early because there is a really big construction going on in the way to airport and can cause massive traffic jams. We were lucky that we had a two wheeler and hence navigated in between the stagnant vehicles and reached on time. And usually this traffic jam is not updated on the Google Maps Traffic Data. Hence, Start early, Drive Slowly & Reach Safely.
Bye bye Goa
