[married2speed]

thanks for the tips.

Anytime Mate. That's what we're here for

Just to give you an idea, last year when i was there during monsoon, i didn't even visit the beach

Why not? not enough G-strings around?

We basically hit the road after a heavy breakfast, drive around the whole of goa and stop every other hour and drink, drink, drink, eat, eat, eat and then come back to hotel at 4pm and spend time in the pool ( again with the help of some beers) and then evening head out to Tito's/Vanilla Lounge/Mambo's .

Now that sounds wicked and Titio's - Jam-packed? What is wrong with Goa

Btw, AFAIK, Club Cabana is closed for GOOD

Really? Since when? Was open in the year 06-07 for sure. Did it happen last year.. post the scarlett scandal? Anything else come up at that place?

U have a great time there buddy. Don't forget to take some pics on the way n o yea! drive safe

Cheers!
m2s

[given2fly]

Boy O'Boy. I sure have a couple of trips planned to Goa. Looks like I'll have to adjust dates a little here and there to catch up with BHPians.

Goa in rains is fantastic. Lush green country-side, nice food in shacks & place a lot cheaper than season. I remember driving up to Anjuna from Madgaon & back twice and both the times, the drive was "Ummmm", lovely & scenic. Especially, try driving on Goa country roads in Night. So quite & relaxing. I am hitting it before 20 July once.

Don't forget to pick up 'Tia Nineto' just in case you like local wine. It's better than Port No. 7 of any brand.

[dinar]

hey great to hear that mobike008,guys coming down from Kolhapur side, I would recommend coming from Belgaum and than taking the Anmod route as it is newly Paved[ hot mix] and all the way to Belgaum, and not just in goa.... so if you guy do not have to be in say amboli or sawntwadi take this rout, [just traveled on this rout last week], did goa pune run in 6 hours flat in a swift diesel[peted] I hope the road stay this way till all you guys come down, I think the paving will hold this year.

Hoping to meeting the bhpian ....

[mobike008]

Originally Posted by dinar

hey great to hear that mobike008,guys coming down from Kolhapur side, I would recommend coming from Belgaum and than taking the Anmod route as it is newly Paved[ hot mix] and all the way to Belgaum, and not just in goa.... so if you guy do not have to be in say amboli or sawntwadi take this rout, [just traveled on this rout last week],
Hoping to meeting the bhpian ....

Thats awesome news buddy. But, since mid-august is a long way from now, i hope the roads stay put. I will take your inputs on road conditions around August 1st week or so.

given2fly, try making it to goa during that weekend, we will have a mega-goa meet.

M2S, I like the G-Strings at night spots better than those pale skinned G-strings at the beach

Club cubana was closed whenever i was in goa in the last couple of years (Aug 15, 2006, Feb'07, aug07, Feb08 and now again in Aug'08). So you see i am half yearly visitor to Goa

[married2speed]

So you see i am half yearly visitor to Goa

U bet u are. U're one lucky soul, staying so close to Goa unlike us, who have to fly down to Goa. But then, we get the pleasure of renting the bike

Re: CC - As far as I know, it opens from October till Feb and was surely open in 06. I'll find out more when I visit for NY this year. U have a blast

Cheers!
M2S

[given2fly]

@ mobike008, Did you just say weekend? As per my calendar, it's friday (15th August). But what the heck, since when does Goa need a reason. I will fly in buddy, hopefully on my own bike. Let's see.

Cheers!

[rohan_fonseca]

Originally Posted by dinar

hey great to hear that mobike008,guys coming down from Kolhapur side, I would recommend coming from Belgaum and than taking the Anmod route as it is newly Paved[ hot mix] and all the way to Belgaum, and not just in goa.... so if you guy do not have to be in say amboli or sawntwadi take this rout, [just traveled on this rout last week], did goa pune run in 6 hours flat in a swift diesel[peted] I hope the road stay this way till all you guys come down, I think the paving will hold this year.

Hoping to meeting the bhpian ....

Patrao did the panjim-pune via Nippani route in May in 6hrs in May without pushing it in my good ol' friend the 'zen' so it got to be shorter provided the roads are still holding up.

Originally Posted by mobike008

Club cubana was closed whenever i was in goa in the last couple of years (Aug 15, 2006, Feb'07, aug07, Feb08 and now again in Aug'08). So you see i am half yearly visitor to Goa

Yup Cubana's been closed for almost 2 years now.

[mobike008]

Originally Posted by given2fly

@ mobike008, Did you just say weekend? As per my calendar, it's friday (15th August). But what the heck, since when does Goa need a reason. I will fly in buddy, hopefully on my own bike. Let's see.

Cheers!

Yes dude, i said weekend. As i will be there from Aug 14th ( Thursday) until Sunday afternoon ( August 17th), so we can meet on saturday evening ( Aug 16th)

M2S, as rohan who is a goa resident confirming, CC is definetly closed since past 2 years irrespective of which time of the year.

[dinar]

Originally Posted by rohan_fonseca

Small Edit to the above panjim-pune via Nippani.

Rohan I am talking about the Anmod rout, the car does hammer any place on the road,I have traveled on both the routes... I'll give another report soon, have to go to pune mid july, so I can tell the roads conditions.
The roads upto Nippani are great..but after that upto sawantwadi are bad for the car...I hate car getting hammered every 500 meters.

[rohan_fonseca]

Yes you are right. Nippani-ajra-Sawantwadi road was not good. Sawantwadi-galdiglag was better albeit a bit longer.

[Munish.Thapar]

Originally Posted by rohan_fonseca

Yes you are right. Nippani-ajra-Sawantwadi road was not good. Sawantwadi-galdiglag was better albeit a bit longer.

Please advice on the Route from Pune To North Goa , I am planing to drive in Swift on August 15 2008 .

[ASHISHPALLOD]

Originally Posted by Munish.Thapar

Please advice on the Route from Pune To North Goa , I am planing to drive in Swift on August 15 2008 .

from pune to north goa,

take nh4 toward kolhapur from pune.

pune-satara-karad-kolhapur-continue on nh4 toward belgaum-kagal-karnataka border-nipani-sankeshwar-turn right at sankeshwar to gadhinglaj [ there are two routes to gadhinglaj, ask for good road]-maharashtra border-gadhinglaj-ajra-amboli-sawantwadi-goa border-pernem-mhapasa[ north goa]

[GTO - Touring]

Alright dudes, here's one more BHPian who's holidaying in Goa around the same time. Big gang, about 15 of us driving down from Bombay sometime in the 2nd week. Lets exchange PMs and plan on meeting there for car talk over a coupla drinks. Please PM on the GTO account.

We've traditionally taken the scenic Mumbai - Mahad - Goa route, but someone has suggested the Pune road to Goa. Is that better?

See you guys there!

[ASHISHPALLOD]

Originally Posted by GTO - Touring

We've traditionally taken the scenic Mumbai - Mahad - Goa route, but someone has suggested the Pune road to Goa. Is that better?

See you guys there!

it seems that goa will be flooded with bhpians on 15th aug.

have anyone tried or raced the two routes from bombay to goa.

route1 : bombay-mahad-chiplun-goa

route2 : bombay-pune-kolhapur-sankeshwar-amboli-goa.

i think route 1 is shorter and scenic but route 2 will take less time.

[Munish.Thapar]

Originally Posted by ASHISHPALLOD

from pune to north goa,

take nh4 toward kolhapur from pune.

pune-satara-karad-kolhapur-continue on nh4 toward belgaum-kagal-karnataka border-nipani-sankeshwar-turn right at sankeshwar to gadhinglaj [ there are two routes to gadhinglaj, ask for good road]-maharashtra border-gadhinglaj-ajra-amboli-sawantwadi-goa border-pernem-mhapasa[ north goa]

Thank you , but I should not turn off at Kolhapur , but go ahead up to Nipani and go toward Amboli . How is the condition of this road ?????
Which is the better road . Pl advice .

Regards.
Munish.