Colva and onwards

We went straight to the beach in the morning and it was great. Palm trees, blue sea, no hassle, coconuts, and cocktails. The beach was far from the rave party you think of when you think Goa, as it was more family orientated. We did bugger the entire whole day apart from sunbathe and acclimatize to the heat, lovely. Some nice food and drinks that night and we repeated the whole day again the next day.
We decided that maybe we could do with being around a more 'alternative' crowed than the people around us so the next morning we got a taxi 1 hour south Palolem, Goa's nicest beach apparently and a real hippie and backpacker hang out.
We would have gone to the famous rave beaches in the north but they have been ruined by development apparently and there was a serious bomb threat to Israelis from Al Quedia and the beaches are full of them up there so we thought we would avoid the whole area.
Palolem, while developed a bit (bamboo huts, bars and Internet cafes) is beautiful and is the beach that we have been looking at in the Lonely Planet for a year, ya! I walked the beach looking for a place to stay and the prices I was quoted for accommodation in shitty beach huts was insane, 2000 Rupees, nuts. This is because of the xmas/new year’s peak. We settled for a sensibly priced place at the top of the beach and spent the day vegging out on sun beds sipping drinks on the beach. Heaven again.