Author: Jim Carter
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Eating out and Eating in
Went out tonight to a local pizza restaurant recommended by our apartment hosts, and very good it was too. Not the most exotic environment but the pizzas were excellent and cheap. If you’re in Colva I would recommend Woodfire smoked Pizza. Last night we also made our second home made curry, this time using the…
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Local food
Paid a visit to the local fish market today, unreal, so basic, cheap and yummy. Got some golden fish and king prawns, cooked up the golden fish tonight with some masala spices and a side salad, delicious? Going to do the prawns in a curry next week, sitting nicely in our freezer right now.
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Varca Beach
Took a Tuk Tuk to Varca beach today, probably the prettiest beach we’ve been to so far, quite remote but had a great beach shack as always serving food and cold drinks all day. The best bit about these beach shacks is that you pay nothing for sun beds or umbrellas. You just get a…
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Colva and Colva Beach
So been in Colva now for 3 days and it’s already feeling like home. Typical chaotic Indian atmosphere, but fantastic smells and sights all around us, such a unique place. Been for a Tuk Tuk ride into the closest large town Magoa, that was a trip to test your nerves, how these guys don’t have…
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India
An important tip is to make sure you use an authentic website when applying for an evisa for a trip to India. We used indiansvisa.org.in Also a tip, you’ll need to upload photo ID. If you have an iphone we found out that since 2021 they have changed the format for photos from Jpeg to…
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Top Restaurant
If you like fish and quality cooking then The Little Fish Market is a restaurant I recommend you try in Hove, only 20 covers so nice atmosphere and no menu complications because it is a set 5 course menu at a fixed price.