Likes

1. The anticipation of some winter sun
2. The "Goan" smell when you get off the plane
3. The first Kingfisher when you get to your detination to knock the dust off that long journey
4. The first curry
5. The excitement of going on the beach and seeing people who always remember you
6. Saying "this year we'll definately go X" and never go anywhere other than the beach
7. The weather
8. A wonderful tan developing
9. The chemist opposite Ruffles who knows exactly where everything is
10. Booking for "next year" before you leave

Dislikes

1. Brits on tour who have paid 2 rupees less for something and love telling you
2. Rip off kashmiri's
3. Thinking of coming home
4. Only being able to go for two weeks
5. The smell of the fish farm
6. The dogs on the beach
7. The Monarch flight
8. The Monarch flight
9. The Monarh flight
10 The Monarch flight

ps...did I mention The Monarch flight???

Likes
1. Not having to study a menu to see if I can afford it
2. Good barbers
3. A Thali-de-Luxe in the Plantain Leaf
4. Nodding off whilst reading a book on the beach
5. Watching the sunset on the beach with a beer
6. That buring leaf smell
7. Shacks - all of 'em!
8. Getting good service
9. Eating late on the beach and looking at the skies
10. A late G&T in Pinto's

Dislikes
1. Getting there
2. Going back
3. The poverty
4. Poor young kids (don't dislike 'em - just upset me)
5. Rude Russians (can I say that?)
6. Time share salesmen
7. The wrong sort of British tourist (let's not debate that one again!)
8. Crowded parts of the beach
9. Cockroaches
10. Over persistent beach sellers

love:

1 Mandrem
2 Tuk Tuks
3 Butter chicken
4 Mackies saturday night bazaar
5 Kings beer
6 Fishermans paradise shack
7 playing in the rough sea
8 BBq food at Mico's
9 sunsets
10 the price of essentials (beer/ food)

hate:

1 taxi drivers
2 most beggars
3 aggresive beach/ market sellers
4 bowel movements during first couple of days
5 the speed in which beer gets warm
6 time share people on mopeds
7 obnoxious brits with no manners
8 sunburn ( i always miss one spot that glows red for a couple of days)
9 monarch flights (try first choice!)
10 dambolim airport

Phil,

Bowel movements - that is just too much information!

hey were all friends here

LOVE;
1. Goan people
2. Weather
3. Food
4. Chillin'
5. Cheapness
6. Beaches
7. Sunsets
8. Happy hours
9. Beach shacks
10. Culture

HATE;
1. Coming home
2. Taxi drivers
3. Beach sellers
4. Traffic
5. Power cuts
6. Warm beer
7. Noisy, loud, rude, chav Brits, Russians
8. Dabolim airport
9. Dabolim airport staff
10. Indian cricket team, cos we lost when we were there!!!

I love---
1. That smell of burning leaves and incense
2. The countryside between Arpora and Ashwem
3. The people
4. Chicken chilly fry
5. Prawns cooked anyway I love 'em
6. Anjuna market
7. Bernards place
8. Oceanic beach shack Baga
9. the sunsets
10.Kingfisher beer

I hate

1. having to go home
2. the litter problem
3. absolutely nothing else......

LIKE

1. The sunset
2. Oceanic Beach Shack
3. Marinha Dourada
4. Mapusa (cos its mad )
5. After Seven
6. Baga Beach
7. Ashvem Beach
8. Prawns yummy!!!
9. Walking off the plane when you arrive, ahhhhh the heat!
10. The people

DISLIKE

1. Begging children (poor souls)
2. Beach sellers
3. Annoying taxi drivers (tomorrow I can take you to nice beach .....)
4. Persistent shop owners (Just lookign ..... grrrr)
5. any kind of beastie yuck!
6. Saying goodbye to everyone
7. Checking out the hotel to come home
8. Dabolim Aiport
9. Customs at Dabolim Airport
10. sitting at departures in the airport .... back to the cold brrrr

1) Kingfisher on the beach

2) The sunsets (whilst drinking kingfisher on the beach)

3) Proper vindaloo

4) The Delhi Durbar

5) Martins Corner

6) Seeing the baggies win a match whilst in goa on sky TV.

7) Being in Goa and watching England win the rugby world cup in the bar of the holiday inn, what an afternoon!!!!
Bettys boat trip. All you can drink, plus top lunch, all for 700 rupees.

9) Bettys beach B B Q, see above for the rest.

10) The people.

1) Moaning ****'s on the flight (it's stopping, not stopping at Bahrain), I asked for a premium seat, this flights too long, I prefer spain etc GET A LIFE !!!

2) Going home

3) People who take their mobiles on holiday.(I'm on the phone, and I'm in Goa. Get a life!!)

4) Having to hear yet again Wonderful Tonight( I can't stand Eric Clapton), yet people in goa seem to think that I love the man and this particular song.

5) And the same goes for anything by Elvis, Bob Marley and the Eagles. I'm 43 not 73. When I was 15 I brought Never mind the ******* heres the Sex Pistols, do you really think I want to hear the same churned out pap every night that singers in Goa think that we want to hear.

6) Brits singing New York, New York( you know who you are).

7) Anjuna market. Can't stand the place.
People who try to screw the locals down to the last rupee.

9) This is relevant to points 1,3 and 5. Sitting in a restaurant when a goan guitar trio came in and start playing. They went round various tables asking what people would like to hear, I asked for some traditional goan music, as yet again wonderful tonight had been churned out. After they had played at our table they moved over to someone else who asked, do you know anything by Pink Floyd? (Like we're going to hear a full version on shine on you crazy diamond)

10) This your first time in Goa?

LIKE

1 planning to go
2 the journey there ( not with monarch though )
3 stopping over for a day or two in mumbai its mad
4 first trip to the beach and a kingfisher
5 meeting up with local friends
6 not feeling the need to get dressed up or wear make up
7 friendly locals
8 taxi drivers who we find very helpful compared to the uk
9 the food
10 smells sights sounds and atmosphere

DISLIKE

1 staff at dabolim
2 delly belly
3 cockroaches
4 rats

ps not wearing make up applies to me not john , anita

LIKES

1 the food. (I eat anything anyway)

2 the beer. (at 30p a bottle for Kings)

3 the people. (always smiling always ready to oblige)

4 the relaxation. (zonked out most of the time)

5 the sun, sea, sand. (what can I say)

6 the beach shacks. (beer and food aplenty and cheep)

7 the Brits I met. (lots of good people in Goa)

8 the elephant shop. (you can buy anything except an elephant)

9 the atmosphere ( "yes sir I can buggy")

10 the memories ( I will always remember Goa)

My Dislikes.

1 Both Airports going and coming home, (I don't like queuing un-necessarily)

2 the Airtours trolley dollies, (probably just airtours)

I can't think of any more.

buggy

Likes
1. The feeling of 'being home' on the way from airport
2. The 1st Kingfisher - even if its out of a tea cup!
3. The food
4. Being greeted by people in the shacks who have become our friends over the years
5. The sunsets
6. Having a massage on beach listening to sea
7. Watching my hubby (54) play in the rough sea as if he is 10 years old
8. Walks along the beach
9. Feeling so relaxed
10. The friendly goan people.

Dislike
1. Marlaria tablets (i no lots of people dont bother)
2. The Monach flight
3. Loud holiday makers from any country
4. Crowing birds early morning when we are trying to have a little lay in - past 7.30 would be good
5. Barking dogs when we are trying to have a little lay in
6. Following the bin wagon on way to beach...mmmmm not good
7. Time share guys
8. Rude indian people from out of state (how they treat the goan people)
9. Seeing my hubby's face when he comes of beach for the last time before we go home
10. The Monach flight

boogie then

This was my first trip to Goa, but here's what i liked and disliked
1 Booking it 2 weeks before we went.
2 The smell's when you are driving from the airport.
3 Goa being so different to how i imagined it.
4 following all your advice on HT and ate in all the best places.
5 Letting my kids order what and when they wanted in the beach shack, and knowing that at the end of the day it proberly wouldn't come to no more than a tenner.
6 All the beach sellers, they did not annoy me at all in fact i loved seeing their smiling faces every day.
7 Hakka noodles in Jonny's beach shack.
8 The most friendliest people i have ever met.
9 Having a ciggie outside with the dentist before he whitens your teeth (sooo laid back, loved it)
10 Walking along holiday st, looking in the shops and then going on the fabulous beach all day...........heaven.

Dislikes
1 Stray dogs (felt sorry for them)
2 Cockroaches (big ones)
3 Walking along Calangute high st and trying to cross the road with 2 kids.
4 Taxi drivers going too fast.
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Really can't think of anything else, except having to leave

LIKES
1 The weather its always so good
2 Cocktails at sunset
3 Diwali time in goa
4 kingfisher & sprite
5 The look on the face of the beach shack lads when they remember you from last year
6 People watching from roadside bars & restaurants.
7 Looking in the jewellers ( you dont pay to look)
8 Watching the kids do their dance & little show on the beach &when the beach shack lads chase them they wont go until they get a few rupees.
9 When the waiter brings my chicken sizzler
10 Talking about the day we can go for 4 weeks....

DISLIKES
1 The smell of spice stalls.
2 Trying to cross the roads.
3 Mutts on the beach (smelly )
4 Every taxi you get in asking you ....your first time in goa
5 Not being able to swim in the sea .....not safe .
6 Watching the indian people just throw their rubbish on the beach ...if my kids did that i would kick some a##
7 The women at anjuna market saying come look at my lovely rubbish..
8 The smell in calangute market
9 Beach sellers who ask for a ridiculous price and you know you can get the same things for half the price
10 Waiting on the bus to bring you back to the airport caus you know its all over