What are your "Positives & Negatives" of living and holidaying in Goa?

negatives: Having to deal with a greasy ba**rd who is trying to get his hand in my pocket using the excuse its taking the food out of his childrens mouths.Its the smile that gets me too.....! Positives : The sun coming up over the horizon in the morning as i have a cup of tea.Everything quiet just the birds and the early morning mist.Sweet.

+ Clouds of small butterflies as I walk down the front path
- Power cuts several time a day, sometimes for hours.
- Small bat somehow got in during power cut - clang! collided with fan when power came on.
+ Picked it up in a towel and took it outside - instant recovery.
- Drivers turning right and completely blocking my way 'cos I'm still on the left hand side of the road at a junction.

+ sitting on my balcony in the morning watching the birds swooping over the small pond for a drink.
+ the way everything smells so fresh early in the morning.
+ the sound of the bread man honking down the lane.
+ watching the sun set from the beach shack with toes in the sand
+ home made Carrot cake from Chocolate with a cup of tea in the afternoon
+ the hugh variety of food on offer
+ watching the sun set at Thalassa with a cocktail or two

- gettin a visa

Positives -Breakfast on the balcony, watching the birds and butterflies
eating fresh rolls delivery by the bread boy, together with the
daily papers.

Guaranteed to be warm and sunny.
Fantastic Restaurants offering huge variety of food.
Fresh Fruit - so cheap.
Happy smiling faces of old Goan friends.
Sunbeds with Shack just behind for refreshments.
Meeting friends I have made on B.E.


Negatives Snakes.
Passing the Cows on the waste land near the beach.
Mossies
Gossips already spreading gossip.
Honking Horns.
Ear cleaning man in night market. :curse:

Your birds and butterflies eat your fresh rolls and your newspapers Cheeky beggers.




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where are your spooky halloween avatars.

Geez.... what's an ear cleaning man?

This is a nice thread Noni. I might nick the idea and do one in Malaysia forum. What's your commission rate?

Ear cleaning - is a grubbly little man with a stick which he pokes into your ear without your permission and shows you wax on it. Then wants to charge you to clean your ears, very dangerous. I had just had a major op in UK on my ear went to Anjuna Market and this guy came up behind me - O husband thumped him.

Commission - half your wages this week

took mine off, day toooooooooooooooo soon - silly me.

Sadly the wax isn`t fromyour ear!!

Just wants to convince you it is!!!

Yes I know that, but his dirty stick going into anybody ear is outrageous especially when you have had an op. We watch out for him now at the night market, and he gets short sharp shift.

ah okay... half of zero is...ummm... zero

I'm sorry Noni but this really made me giggle. Oh , the mental imagery

+ the friends I have made
+ the smell of spice in the air
+ sunshine
+ watching the sun go down with a large G&T in my hand
+ the food
+ no tesco's sainsburys or asda


- slow internet
- too many dogs roaming around
- the rubbish. ban plastic bags!
- taxi drivers who overcharge the tourists and think we will pay the same inflated prices
- sweets as change

What about Public Toilets? Negative?

Over in the parallel universe (Malaysia forum) where we're repeating the Positives & Negatives,someone mentioned Public Toilets as Negative. They're not too great in Malaysia, pretty grim actually, and not much better in Thailand either. What about in Goa?