Goaing crazy trying to find a party

Sorry for the lack of posts the last few days, but I've been relaxing hardcore and not making it to internet cafes lately. After the festivities in Colva Beach, the Rickshaw Runners have been fanning out across Goa in search of good sands and parties, and I followed some folks up north to Anjuna.

Overall, Goa can be divided into the north beaches, which are more touristy and known for parties (think origination of Goan trance and beach raves), and the south is a little quieter and known more for just chilling out and hippies. Hanging out with a bunch of Brit lads tends to send one more towards parties for maximum drinkage and pullage potential, and after 2 weeks on Indian roads, I was pretty much up for anything, so tagged along with crews shifting north in search of some weekly/monthly party on Tuesday nights in Anjuna.

Timing, however, was a bit of a problem. The excruciating heat right now corresponds to the low season when Western tourism tends to dry up in Goa. This pretty much meant that there were few to no people in most of the bars, and many of the establishments were already closed for the season. Luckily, the peeps I rolled up with were good folks, so still had a good time despite rolling from bar to restaurant to bar finding ourselves quadrupling the attendance at each venue.

On the other hand, also saw some of the most beautiful serene beaches I've ever been to, thanks to tips from fellow Runners, travelers, even some blog readers (thanks Deena!). Varca beach was amazing, and I've spent the last few days in/around Palolem, which is way to the south of Goa. Oddly enough, last night, my last night in India/Goa, the lot of us ended up at the most crowded place we've been to our entire time in Goa, in a beach I thought would be chilled out. It was interesting coming back here again after visiting Palolem two years ago; it's way more developed now, and the density of restaurants and beach shacks seems to have at least doubled. Still, a nice beach.

I think this post will work better with photos - will update more after returning to the States and downloading some pix of dead whales, empty beaches, and munchy munchy foods.