My Goa Trip, April 2023

Alucard_SxE

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    Halow Sinhalu! :D

    Meke godak aya india ehe mehe trip gihin thread dala thibba, thawa indian unge habits, aul dewal gena negative reviews dala thibba. Ithin thread ekak danna hithuna mage exp eka gena.
    Me aurudde April wala Goa giya. Around a 8day trip.
    Podi details tika dannan oluwata ena

    About Goa > Goa (ගෝවේ) awith Indiyawe smallest & also wealthiest state eka. Issara Portugese colony ekak. Goa capital city eka thama Panjim/Panaji. Panjim awith hariyata Galle + Colombo wage.
    Godak rich indians holiday spot ekak thama Goa, hippies lath innawa beaches paththe
    Ambience eka ithin full tourist/ leisure spot ekak wage thama. Reminds me a lot of Galle/ Unawatuna

    Anith eka thama Goa awith full gambling paradise ekak. Loku floating ships 7k thiyenawa okkoma casinos. Ferry eken thamai yanna one. Reta ehema lassanai.
    Samahara rich Indian un full family pitin casinos walata yanne ammalai wifelai lamaiun ekka :D
    Mata theruna deyak thamai Indiawa mara widihata diverse. In almost everything. Goa is a completely different place from what you usually hear or see about India.
    People are very friendly in Goa frm my exp. Most speak good English & some can speak Portugese cus of the background.

    https://www.goaexperience.co.uk/blog/10-interesting-facts-about-goa
    https://www.visittnt.com/goa-tours/facts-about-goa.html

    * Visa - Aitken Spence Travels - Tikak ganan, 15k giya bt no hassle, mata ikmanin visa ona una hinda aitken spence use kara, good service

    * Flight - Indigo (cheaper & better service than Air India afaik), transit from chennai. Man seats & food reserve kare ne moko short flights hinda Habai Chennai>Goa & Goa>Chennai flights 2ma front row XL seats hambuna with more than enuf leg room & 1 empty seat to the side each time, Anith flights deke both window seats :cool:
    Book kare direct indigo site eken, relatively tikak wadipura pay karanna una moko yanna kalin dawase thama flights book kare

    Goa wala airport 2k thiyenawa. Man land kare main airport eke (GOI), depart une North Goa airport (GOX) dekama well maintained airports
    Chennai int arrivals nan mela rahak no cleanliness & maintainance, immigration officers also nt so friendly, departures nan ehema aul big difference frm what I saw

    Goa wala uber/tuk tuk nehe. Thiyenne Public Taxi cars. You have to hire them to usually go anywhere around Goa, unless you go by bus or rent a scooter

    * Accomodation - https://www.agoda.com/hospedaria-abrigo-de-botelho/hotel/goa-in.html?cid=1844104
    Me Hotel eke thama full stay eka hitiye, Mage travels walin man hitapu hodama place ekak compared to cost. Has everything + friendly owners & awesome service

    * Reason for trip - Man giye WPT play karanna, eka hinda godakma time spend kare Casino eke



    Gaththa samahara photos pallahin dannam 👇
    Thawa monawahari updates dannam passe. Prashna anam manam thiyenawanan ahanna (y)


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    Alucard_SxE

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    Food - Aulak nehe. Indian & Goan (Indian + portugese) restaurants thiyenawa. Chai Masala thiyenawa. Godak parana kada thiyenawa. Mage hotel ekata ehapaththe aurudu 80k withara parana Portugese Bakery ekak thiyenawa. Hotel eke breakfast miss una data ethanata thama giye. Really nice spot & Very cheap.
    E quality eke Sri Lankan Bakery/ Coffee Shop ekakata giyoth 3x price :rolleyes:
    Food is relatively cheap compared to Sri Lanka. Biriyani cheap + really big portions & fliied with huge chunks of Chicken! Lankawe wage podi drumstick nemei denne :P


    Confeitaria 31de Janeiro Bakery

    https://www.instagram.com/confeitariagoa.31/?hl=en

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    Goan Soup + Biriyani

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    Hyderabadi Biriyani

    Fat chunks of chicken inside, Cost like 250inr = under 1000lkr

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    Mandovi River, On the way to Deltin Royale




    More photos on casual alleys, a lot of hangout spots

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    On the way to airport


     

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    නියමයි. රිෂබ් බලාජි, අනුරාධ බාසූ, මතක් උනා 😍
     
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    ගෝවේ පෘතුගීසි මිනිස්සු ඉන්නවද?
    Prutugisi mixed indians la thamai mata hambune

    Girls? Dating?
    Lassana kello enawa visit karanna, but man club,bars, beach nightlife walata nemei giye

    Dakapu widihata lankawata wada lassana, fair kello innawa indiyawe
    Habai ithin indiayawe hema jathiyama innawa
    ------ Post added on Jun 21, 2023 at 10:09 AM

    Are u a gambler ?
    I used to play poker professionally, now I play recreationally
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