Waking up in the morning and knowing there is nothing to rush around for so you CAN go back to sleep if you want to - absolute bliss for me

bet you dont go back to sleep though Fizzy thats the problem when it was work i never wanted to get up but days off I was awake with the lark!!!
chilly

I have thought of another one!
After a long strenuous day on the beach, sunbathing and having had lots of wonderful food and a few coffees,getting back to the room for a long cool shower before preparing to go out for more wonderful food and a couple more coffees!!

Anytime
x lassi

sounds lush squigs... I love it when I get back from the beach, have a swim in the pool and shower and then sit on the verandah with a nice cool drink just looking around at the palm trees and listening to all the sounds, birds, breadman, its a wonderful feeling of peace and tranquility....
chilly

CHILLY!!!! You have mentioned the bread boy again! POOP POOP POOP 6am in the morning. Just don't know how I put up with it year after year.

dont you just loove it!! the only time it drives me crazy is if we have a 'siesta' in the afternoon and then he just sits outside my front door and toot toots (or poop poops )and wont go till we get up and answer him i try and get him to hang the rolls on the door knob (....in a bag of course ) but if he sees the bike or car there and knows we are in, he just wont take the hint!!!
chilly

And we made the unfortnate mistake of buying some bread rolls for the adorable kids who live nearby, which makes the bread boy POOP POOP even more!!!!

chilly wrote:

bet you dont go back to sleep though Fizzy

I often manage another hour or so, hubby is usually coming back from breakfast just as I get showered/dressed then we potter off somewhere for me to get some yummy honey pancakes and hot milky coffee and he buys the local paper to catch up with local news. A nice relaxing start to the day.....which is what I like most...can't stand being rushed, do enough rushing around at home Fizzy

yes it niec to spend time over meals and drinks looking forword to
breakfast at crossroads liz

a good one to revive

Good one to revive Fiona

My favourite time is when the sun starts to go down and the shacks are clearing up after a busy day. The crows have gathered for the left over pickings from the day and the temperature is a lot more bearable....say around 5.30-6pm.

I love sitting on the front chairs of a shack sipping a lovely cool cocktail and just watch the last few people enjoying themselves on the beach. What a way to finish the day.....love it!

I agree with iaintwoeyes that is a lovely time of the day.

What I also love is that time doesn't matter, you get up and have breakfast because you wake up and feel hungry not because you've looked at the clock and realised it's morning.

We eat lunch because we're hungry and fancy a beer not because we've looked at the clock and realised it's lunchtime.

We have a beer and watch the end of the day because the sun is going down not because we've looked at our watch and realised it's 5.30 - 6.00pm.

We leave the beach and go back to the hotel for a shower and to go out for dinner because it's dark not because we looked at our watch and saw it was 7 o'clock. Some of the best nights are when we don't leave the beach at all we just stay at the shack and eat our evening meal there and then after a long tiring day we go back to the hotel for a nightcap and bed - not because we looked at our watch and saw it was getting late but because we are tired.

That's Goa for me - time doesn't really matter do as you please when you please - relax and chill - the one time of the year you can hide your watch away and forget all about what time it is !!

I'm so glad you revived this post.

My last trip to Goa was in 2000 and this has brought back so many memories and reminded me of why I'm so excited to be going back next January.

To Dave's wife,

EXACTLY RIGHT! Couldn't have put it better myself
Fizz

Dave's wife...............totally agree!!

Thinking along those lines, last year, around one week into the holiday, there was a point I hadn't got a clue what day of the week it was..........I was totally chilled! Love it

So "forgotten time" is also one of my favourite times

Another favourite of mine (although not in Goa) is when the flight is called for boarding and I know that I am definitely on the way!!

An early breakfast, and then sit by the pool and watch the hotel wake up. Guests appearing from all directions going to breakfast, the bar staff beginning the very slow set up of the bar, the towel man arriving, the pool cleaners doing their stuff.
A nod and a good morning from all those walking past.
I can feel the tension releasing just thinking about it!

reading through this post again has got me looking at flights and holidays,
i could just drink a cold kings,and took into a plate of pakoras and samasos