[laluks]

Originally Posted by Chevy_lover

I was reminded of the mint condition Hohner Mandolin and Bass Guitar we have at home.

You play them? You have quite a lot of amazing skills

[rajeev k]

Boss those photos are really mouth watering. Exhilarating stuff.
Forcing me to eagerly wait for the next post every time I go through the new lot. Really spectacular.

Addiction has now one new addition "Travelogues de Chevy Lover"

[Chevy_lover]

@ rajeev k, Thanks friend. The food was indeed mouth watering! More pics coming up!

@ laluks, thanks, and yes, I am a Bass Guitarist! I used to play for my Church choir for many years! My Dad, his (late) elder brother and his cousin were excellent Mandolin players. Another brother of my dad was on the Rhythm Guitar! They had an Orchestra called "The Nettar Mandoliers"!!! I am in the process of digitizing their most famous works. We have the Orchestra now also! My cousin and I are the new additions! Let me see if I can find some pics!

@amitwlele, thanks. I have just started loading the interesting pics. Many more coming up!

@jacs, thanks a million for the good wishes! I hope that we can entertain you year after year! Yes, Chevy baby is now on 99,850 kms. Now I can no longer call him 'Baby'!!!

@lancersfx, thanks buddy. That was indeed the scooter rental place! You have to ask for Hella Red Grills! Try in Reliance Mega Mart also. Should cost you about 1.4K. I am quite sure that Chevy Tavera does not have any other variant at present!

@sami316, thanks a lot for your good wishes!

@Nutty Nair, thanks for the good wishes!

@Ampere, that is a cute name! Thanks, friend!!!

[Chevy_lover]

Day 4 – Exploring Palolem Beach… And a dazzling sunset!!!

We woke up by 7 am on the 11th of January. We had had a memorable anniversary the previous day! We quickly changed into our swimming costumes and rushed to the sea! The water was really cool and we enjoyed bathing in the sea immensely! There was no one to disturb us and we enjoyed the gentle caress of the waves greatly! What a wonderful beach Palolem is!

We spent almost three hours in the water! We finally came out when the sun began scorching our backs! We ran back to our room and freshened up in no time. We then went to the restaurant in our resort and had a heavy breakfast of bread and eggs!

We spent the rest of the afternoon loitering around Palolem town and shopping. We could find lots of clothes at very reasonable prices! My wifey was grinning from ear to ear after our shopping expedition!!!

We had lunch from Dropadi and rested in our resort till evening. We then set out to discover Palolem Beach! Here are some random pics of the beautiful beach! All pics have names!

Pics of our Resort





Boat in the Sea



Boat leaving with tourists for the Dolphin Tour!





A Boat from South Africa??? Which Flag is it?



Beautiful Shack



Backwaters?



The brilliant Palolem beach…






We went to Chascaa Restaurant at the end of the beach



Boat about to leave



Speeding away to the horizon….




Just came back after the tour!



What a beautiful shot!



We witnessed the brilliant sunset of Palolem!

[khoj]

Hey Chevy Lover,

I have been reading and enjoying your TL quietly for the past couple of days. However the photos of the sunny sides up from the smuggler's inn and then those of the crab and lobster at little Italy did me in, I had to get up and find something to eat at this hour. The macros of the flowers on the previous page are beautiful and I have never seen such clear ones of a Sunset ever, simply amazing.

My favourite thus far 'Goa 1 beautiful Palolem at early morning'. The colour tones are out of this World, ***** stars for that one alone.

Man, I have to go to Goa.

[Chevy_lover]

After witnessing the sunset, we decided to make our way back to the beach. We were amazed to see a different species of Lobster in Chascaa! It was green in colour!



We also saw some Tiger Prawns, Snappers and The King Fish!





The beach was very colourful after the sunset! It was an excellent sight!




The shacks were slowly coming to life and were filling up with ravenous tourists!




Here are some night shots of the Shacks of Palolem!!




What a beautiful seating arrangement!



Huts facing the sea!



Service here is so slow that 'time takes a break'!!!


What a Beauuuuuutiful Shack!!!



We were here!!!

[laluks]

Originally Posted by Chevy_lover;2236795@ laluks, thanks, and yes, I am a Bass Guitarist! I used to play for my Church choir for many years! My Dad, his (late) elder brother and his cousin were excellent Mandolin players. Another brother of my dad was on the Rhythm Guitar! They had an Orchestra called [B

"The Nettar Mandoliers"!!![/b] I am in the process of digitizing their most famous works. We have the Orchestra now also! My cousin and I are the new additions! Let me see if I can find some pics!


Chevy baby is now on 99,850 kms. Now I can no longer call him 'Baby'!!!

I would love to hear them if possible. These skills these days are rare to find.

Regarding Chevvy, at 1lakh consider him/her at Mont 1

[pjbiju]

Great pictures and description CL. Lobsters, crabs and prawns . This is definitely making me crave for those. It's been a long time since I had some crab.

Good to know you are a bass guitarist. I too used to play the bass guitar for the school/college band and the church choir.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Chevy_lover

@Spitfire, Palolem is being devoured by new constructions. You must be feeling very sad seeing its present condition.

I stopped visiting the beach. It just breaks my heart to see it in this state. I will try and get pictures of the beach when it was still without any construction.

The end of the beach where Chascaa Restaurant is located was such a beautiful point. All lost now. Just beyond there are huge stones on which as teenagers we used to climb and spend many a evening. Sigh...

About the Autoricshaw ride, there is one thing unique about riskshaws in Goa. Guess what? No not the absence of the meter.

And in Smuggler's Inn next time say Hi to Meuvel, the guy in the black T shirt. Tell him its from the Chowgule college guy from Panaji who is now in Bangalore. You might get a discount

Originally Posted by pjbiju

I too used to play the bass guitar for the school/college band and the church choir.

Oh a lot of bass guitarists here, nice. Add another one. For us its hereditary. I have laid down my instruments since a decade now though.

[scrooze]

@ CL thanks for those Veg dish snaps. That just makes sure that i will not go hungry. :-)

[traveloholic]

Amazing TL by CL. Brings back those Goan memories. One of the least commercialized beaches now seems to be hugely commercialized. Goa never ceases to amaze the visitors & everytime I go there, I find it NEW and FRESH. Loved your pics a lot, the Continous Shot of the Train & those amazing pics of Sea Food.

[Chevy_lover]

Originally Posted by traveloholic

Amazing TL by CL. Brings back those Goan memories. One of the least commercialized beaches now seems to be hugely commercialized. Goa never ceases to amaze the visitors & everytime I go there, I find it NEW and FRESH. Loved your pics a lot, the Continous Shot of the Train & those amazing pics of Sea Food.

Thanks a lot, friend! I enjoyed taking a lot of different pics! But this year I took only about 5000+ pics compared to the 10,015 of Udaipur ! There are many many more beautiful pics coming up!

Originally Posted by scrooze

@ CL thanks for those Veg dish snaps. That just makes sure that i will not go hungry. :-)

Thanks Scrooze. You will never go hungry in Goa! You can always ask the cook to substitute Chicken/Fish with Paneer or any other vegetable. They are very very flexible that way!

Originally Posted by Spitfire

I stopped visiting the beach. It just breaks my heart to see it in this state. I will try and get pictures of the beach when it was still without any construction.

The end of the beach where Chascaa Restaurant is located was such a beautiful point. All lost now. Just beyond there are huge stones on which as teenagers we used to climb and spend many a evening. Sigh...

About the Autoricshaw ride, there is one thing unique about riskshaws in Goa. Guess what? No not the absence of the meter.

And in Smuggler's Inn next time say Hi to Meuvel, the guy in the black T shirt. Tell him its from the Chowgule college guy from Panaji who is now in Bangalore. You might get a discount

Oh a lot of bass guitarists here, nice. Add another one. For us its hereditary. I have laid down my instruments since a decade now though.

Thanks Spitfire for reliving all those wonderful memories! It is a pity that the beach is getting destroyed in myriad ways! What is common about the Ricks? Doors?

Originally Posted by pjbiju

Great pictures and description CL. Lobsters, crabs and prawns . This is definitely making me crave for those. It's been a long time since I had some crab.

Good to know you are a bass guitarist. I too used to play the bass guitar for the school/college band and the church choir.

Thanks Biju Bhai. Crabs looked yummy in Goa! But they all seemed to be anorexic!

Originally Posted by laluks

I would love to hear them if possible. These skills these days are rare to find.
Regarding Chevvy, at 1lakh consider him/her at Mont 1

What is Mont 1? Montessori? I will surely share our music CD as soon as it is done! I will let you know!

[Chevy_lover]

Day 5 – Palolem at dawn…

We woke up at 5.30 am on day 5 of our vacation. We wanted to capture the unblemished beauty of Palolem before anyone!

We quickly got ready and went to the beach. We were simply stunned by the beauty of Palolem!

Here are some shots of the beach and of the sights we saw. These pics were taken at the crack of dawn. Needless to say, the sun was still having his forty winks!

It was very cool in the beach and we were shivering! I quickly got down to business and let my camera capture some scenes which are rarely seen!

Palolem Beach at 6 am.



Resort’s Restaurant



Beautiful Beach



Excellent colours of the sky as dawn breaks



Dolphin tour starts



Beautiful Beach



Where is the rope going???



Oh! These guys are pulling the rope!



Wait! There are two more guys! They are tying the rope to a stick!



Pulling with all their might



What might be at the end of the rope???



Still pulling



Small scale fishermen!



These guys are still pulling! But what???



What a perfectly tranquil beach!



Jogging!!



Another adjustment on the rope!



The sea is calm and serene!




Beautiful beach!



An attentive doggy! He was watching me keenly for over an hour! Never left my side!

[Chevy_lover]

Serene Beach!



Sun about to wake up from his deep slumber!



Peculiar type of jogging!



Fishing boat, Nets and the Oar!





He is still interested in photography!!!



Sunrise



Sea Shell



Huge waves lashing the beach at sunrise!







First rays of the sun! What a brilliant scene! I would rate it as one of the most beautiful sunrises I ever saw!








The sea has calmed down after the sunrise miraculously!



The Brilliant sunrise of Palolem!!!



Second set of fishermen pulling in the net from the left most part of the beach!



A dog fight! See them snarling! It was quite scary seeing how ferocious they were!!!



Finally, the nets have begun to appear from the sea!



Lots of work to be done to untangle the net!




Their boat has also arrived from the sea!



What a gigantic net!!!

[Chevy_lover]

After an hour of hard, backbreaking labour, our fishermen friends were making good progress and we were very excited at the prospect of seeing that day’s catch!

All photos are named accordingly and are self-explanatory!

Pulling in the net












Catch of the day










Sorting the fishes






Mackeral??



What is this?



Crabs!



Crows waiting for a feast!




I am the King! And I eat first!!!



We were truly disappointed after seeing the paltry number of fish they had managed to catch! The fishermen were appalled!

This broken sunglass resembled their fortune that day!



But life goes on.... Let's catch some more fish!!! Let's go back to the sea!