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After the various posts on here about tourists being driven away by the visa rules I was amazed at the number of Goa virgins I met, all of whom claim they will be back next year.
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I still love the place for all of its faults!
Good to see you had a great time Del im really happy about all you said about silver sands we really like it there roll on next Feb to its our time to go ...in the mean time only 9 days to we go to Calangute .. We will call in to silver sands and say hello to the staff :tup :tup colleen
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Welcome home Del, glad you still love Goa :tup I stayed at the Silver Sands a couple of years ago and like you say the pool is rubbish , but we don't use it either, I was more than happy with the hotel and would stay there again.

Oh well , nearly my turn , we are off to the Highland Beach next week :)
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good to hear yet another good holiday has been had :)
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Nice report del, especially the last sentence ;)
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Great reading Del, thanks :)
Did you try Lawrencio's Shack? Their toilets are the excact same as Bonos - absolutely immaculate in every way. The only difference is they dont overcharge you for the luxury of using a nice toilet. This time I am also going to try Bayview Shack, because ive heard theyre toilets are just as good as well.
Glad you enjoyed Silver Sands, if you like Candolim, then its in an absolutely fantastic location.
Looking forward to hearing some more about your holiday :)
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I agree Gemma... we'll be using Lawrencios in 3/4 days time!! AND we're staying at SS!!
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Lozzo if you see me at Lawrencios come and say hello we will be going next week so think we will over lap you on some of the holiday ..We will have our blue HT bands on plus there is a photo of us in the photo part of the forum so one way or the other you will see us there :rofl :cheers :sun2
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Hi IrishColeen - we sure will!! We always end up chatting to everyone in the shack ... Lawrencio's is a nice size with not too many sunbeds... so it makes it easier to socialise. ;) :cheers
P.s.there is also a picture of me in the Candolim file of the Goa pictures...but not much use to you seeing as it's sunset and you can't see my face!
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Thanks for the report .... enjoyed it.

Russian Rock!!!! Why didn't your friend stop the russian music from playing???

If some thing isn't done about the behaviour of certain Russians, Goa will eventually regret ever welcoming them with open arms.

The Russians was one of the reasons I stopped going to Egypt. I hope the same doesn't happen to Goa.
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Sounds like a fab holiday, I think Silver Sands has got to be one of the best locations in central Candolim, stayed there a couple of times in their little bungalows, there was even a resident dog there who adopted me for a couple of weeks and accompanied me to the beach every day. The taxi drivers are nice outside the hotel, were quite happy to run me around shopping last holiday, drop me off and pick me up in Sinquerim, we had a set figure of 100rps, which was fine by me.
I also love the little row of shops at the bottom of beach road, they have everything you need - and if its not to hand they will whizz off to get it for you.
Ahhh - happy days :sun2
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Lovely report glad you had a great time. We are off next week and will try Bonos shack.
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That was a good read, nice to hear that there are still newcomers, who find Goa to their liking. It's made me look forward all the more to returning soon.

xx lassi
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http://s56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/del949/silver%20sands%20goa/

put this link on my hotel report but it won't work owing to copyright reasons.
just a few pics of the rooms at Silver Sands
only reason for doing pics this way is that they will be swamped on Goa pics, hope it's OK with Mods.
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Thanks for posting some of your photos Del. Good sized rooms. Does it cost a lot more for a superior room?
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don't really know what the difference in price is , as First Choice only offer superior rooms according to their website.
I seem to have a memory of the figure £250 extra for two weeks but am not sure.
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It about 250 pounds gems extra for the bigger rooms Gems :rofl I am fine with the smaller rooms above the pool that way I can got 250 pounds with the coffee :cheers :cheers the way I see it is we are out all day and out all night so we only need the room for a shower and a bed for the night ...colleen
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hi roxey, the dog was probably raju - he was mostly in our room when we were there. I liked Silver Sands, good location and the pool was ok.
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speaking of dogs, sadly the dog at Roma Pisa, Becky has died.

The new dog has to be kept away from customers as it is a bit "excitable"!

what is it with us Brits, we go on holiday and make friends with all the dogs, cows and other assorted animals we trip over?

we even had a pet lizard (Lawrence) in our bathroom.
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Yes Raju the dog (black and white....well actually more sort of black and pink because of the dust)!! Bless him... I think we only paid an extra £80 pp for superior rooms.

Off tomorrow...can't wait!
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