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Colleen was the little place outside the Phoenix on the left at the end of the lane? the bar man was short and stocky by the name of Onion was he still there? He used to get me parra on bacardi & coke 4 parts Bacardi 1 part coke in a half pint glass, wonderful man Hick Hick :shock:
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Alan by the time I got there that night everybody looked like an onion hic hic but yes it was at the end of the lane almost at the road ...they have music on 3 or 4 times a week and it was always more than busy ..colleen
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Colleen your postings are fab. you go into so much depth. i have wrote down your reviews of restaurants and shacks names, and will try when there, roll on 21 jan
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Sammy 10 thanks so much everyone seems to be reliving it with me ....all the shacks bars and restaurants we went to in our two weeks were all good there is not one I would say to anybody give it a miss they were all fab ..so if anyone is going soon make a list of shacks bars and reasurants to visit thats how I found some of the ones we went to .....through advise from my fellow h/t ers .......I am only telling you all bits and bobs about my trip it would take me a month of sundays to put it all in words :rofl
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TUE 28TH NOV ..... :hyper :hyper :hyper We are going to the jewellers today to get the rings ...we go on the bus 4 rupees my god I still cant believe thats all it is ....on the bus the conductor gave the man who was sitting beside me a coat ..the coat was humming it must have been left on the bus since last november but I thought it was nice of him ..
At the jewellers the rings are maginficent ..unfortunately one of my brothers rings has a bit of a rough finish hes not happy ..the ring is silver with 3 black stars of india on the top but you can see its badly finished ....one of my rings is not as I had expected I had showed him a picture I had taken of a ring on the gems channel on tv ...but when I got it I was not as happy as I should have been .....Uddin the jeweller knows by my face ..your not happy he said ...no I said... so we have another look at the photo and he said come back tomorrow I will try again to make it as you want ...hes so good im a tipical woman its never what you want haha
I felt like a drug dealer haha with a big fat bag of cash to pay him 7 rings cost a bob or two..
We went to baga that day we went to silver sands shack its a bit busy around it but there sure is a lot to see ...we went for a walk to see the fisher men up at the river I was suprised to see they put sand on the fish to keep it fresh ........lunch was good and the boys at the shack we falling over us they knew it was our first time to his shack I think he wanted us to come back .....but little does he know we are on a shack crawl never mind a pub crawl ....
my sister in law and I got our nails done that day they were lovely it only cost 500 purees for the two of us ..........that night we went to eat in a place in calangute I dont know what its called it was very dark inside and the name begun with a V.... its down near the beach end ..

WED 22nd just went to candolim ..went to lawrencio shack I liked that one the staff just left you alone some shacks as you know want you to buy there bit and bobs ..what I did not like about it was its very far set back from the sea ..the food was class and the kingfisher cold haha .....went a walk to baga im a lazy lump but it was not that far.....
I had been speaking to a man selling stone elephants a few times since we got to goa he always said hello to us ...I knew he had kids so I brought him wee shorts and a t shirt for his son ....I told him I will bring more next year and I will....I have not much left in the hotel room now all the wee ones cloths have nearly all gone ............
went to lazy days that night ..met chilly and hubby samtheboater and his mrs...polly50 and her husband ....shamara and linb were there too chilly said she loved my accent she kept getting me to say thing over and over hahai it was good fun gemma33 had gone home I was missing her already
:cry: :cry: only a few day to go and I will be home too
PS when I talked about swimming with dolphins in my last report I swam with them in mexico not in goa ...sorry if I have mislead you
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Hi - Alexandra's is it down Beach Road - not been there in a few years have good memories though - gosh there is so much to pack in in 2 weeks - can't wait xx
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Yes C/L the meal was one of the best we had ...they rent out rooms aswell I got speaking to the lady who runs it ,,I have a card for Alexandras place if you or anyone else needs her number ....some day I will do the DIY goa and I would like to stay there is so handy to everything ... :sun colleen
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Your report is brilliant Colleen, i feel as if I am back in Goa when reading it :D
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This is it then... the last day THUR 30TH NOV .
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forgot to say I got my ring back and its gorgeous such a shock I got when we went to pick it up the jeweller said he wanted to make me a small gift for all the business I have given him myself.. and for the business I put his way when I brought my brother and his wife to him to buy the rings they bought......he gave me a beautiful braclet....garnet and zirconium..diamond ...I was well chuffed I thought that very thoughful of him :lol: :lol:

Thr.. I wanted to go to shoppers paradise in calangute I still had not bought everthing in the shop yet. .haha.just a few wee things still to get
We went and paid our hotel bill and gave the safe key back we then went to the elephant shop to say our good byes to the lady who works there by the end of the two week she can now speak broad belfast to here her say my name still rings in my head even tho I am home it still makes me laugh ....

I had to go to the tailors he made my daughter a dress he copied one she had bought in belfast for £130.00 he made the same dress for £30 it was exactly the same she has a list of things for me to bring next year....haha
just went to the beach in candolim ..we went to stringfellows again and sat upstairs at sunset it was kinda sad ....
we went to the Ceu-mar for a meal that night we were going to have an early night as our pick up was at 3 oclock so after our meal we just left ....the taxi took us back to the airport and ....do I need to say it nightmare ..we were over by 8 ks ..they wanted £56 of us I said no way was I over I had brought kids clothes and I was not over going so how can that be going back home :shrug I asked for my case to be weighed again and they were right it was 8 ks over .....I told the man I dont have the money so we came to an agreement I pay for 5.ks ..so I paid up £35 and was happy ...all the people stopped just paid what they were asked for and never put up a fight ...............the little old man did show me it was first choice who charged us NOT the indian s

.......I want to say hi to everone from the forum I met when I was away and I want to meet some of you all next year if any of you are going in november we will see you at the meet ups .....
SORRY ABOUT MY SPELLING IF NOTHING ELSE IT GAVE YOU ALL A LAUGH

........COLLEEN....
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Thanks Colleen - it's been a very good read !
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:wave Hi Colleen, what a fab report....you have done a brill job....really looking forward to going now on 21 jan and will visit the shacks you have reported on.
:thanks
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Great report Colleen,
cant wait to swim with the dolphins in Goa! :rofl :rofl
allan&marian
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Brilliant, I really enjoyed that. I can see so many of the places you talk about!
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Alan if you are swimming with those dolphins watch out they dont try it in with you ..nudge nudge wink wink .... they can get frisky you know... and thank you all so much for saying how much you all enjoyed my report at times I was frightned you would all get board with it ......you still never heard the half of it ...so much more happeded.also..colleen
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Boring Colleen ~ you ~ never !!!

Fantastic reports if you think of anything else please do a posting.
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Colleen

Your report has been fantastic, thank you so much for sharing it with us, I feel like I have come to end of my holiday and am fighting back the tears.

Thanks again it's been brilliant!!! 8)

Donna
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well done Colleen on a great report :D Loads of info which others will find very useful.
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hi..colleen... :) a really fantastic read ,its a pity its come to a end.
please hurry up back on holiday so we can have some more reports.
all the best and regards..............john-doe...........
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Well done Irish Colleen - a great report "as if i was there".

If any of you are lucky enough to meet IC you'll see she's just as lovely as you'd expect her to be(gorgeous) her husbands a great bloke as well(big)
lol
keep up the good work

Paul & Amanda
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