South Goa Archives

Video: Holiday in Goa and the menu for tourist

on 02/07/201903/07/2019 By INDIVUE 1 Comment

Here’s a video I made of the trip to Goa, India, in January 2019. The video focuses on the good Indian food I was happy to experience. It will tell you the good foods to try out in case you’re travelling to Goa. Take a look –

My flight was through Delhi, so delicious hints from the Delhi domestic airport and Delhi international airport will also be shared.

The restaurants from South Goa featured in this video were Portofino, Sagar Kinara and German Bakery, in addition to some beach shack restaurants on the Goan beaches.

The video visits also in local shops and fruit stalls in South Goa and even a sweet shop in Margao, the capital of South Goa.

The Indian sweets mentioned in the video are milk cake, imarti and an extremely delicious velvety smooth Gulab Jammu from Kolkata that practically melts in your mouth when you take a bite. See, so that you know what a tasty Gulab Jammu looks like.

I was happy to notice that in some local shops in South Goa one was able to find some organic products also. Especially some nuts and atta. And also gluten-free atta made from quinoa. Combined with psyllium, one was able to make gluten-free rotis out of quinoa atta.

Another thing I was happy about was a South Indian dish poha, which was sold without unhealthy preservatives in the Indian domestic flight from Goa to Delhi.

Notice that this video comes with subtitles, which will give you more information in either English, Finnish or Swedish.

You can choose the language you prefer from the Youtube settings.

This video is also part of the Travel Opus to Goa – do check it out as well and subscribe for the new updates!

Travel Opus to India will tell you more about travelling in India itself.

All the beaches in Goa in 1 minute (video)

on 28/05/201928/05/2019 By INDIVUE

Arambol Beach is one of the beaches in Goa

What if you could experience all the beaches in Goa, India, from North Goa to South Goa, in just one minute – well check this video out!

The video begins from Tiracol Fort and Querim Beach in North Goa, and it will take you down the Goan coastline from North to South Goa. The video will give you a glimpse of Arambol, Vagator, Anjuna, Baga, Candolim, Sinquerim, Dona Paula, Bogmalo, Velsao, Arossim, Majorda, Betalbatim, Colva, Benaulim, Varca, Cavelossim, Agonda, Palolem, Patnem, Raj Bagh, Talpona and many other beaches in North and South Goa as well. All this in just one minute.

Photographs by Indivue.

Note: You can adjust the speed of this video to your liking with your YouTube-settings.

After watching this video you might be interested in knowing more about the beaches in Goa. You can read more about them in the updated post about All the beaches in Goa here.

For all the Finnish readers interested in Goa and its beaches INDIVUE has this article.

Read more about Goa and traveling in Goa from Travel Opus to Goa. Be prepared for getting some nice ideas for your next trip to the western coast of India!

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Travel and music videos inspired by Goa, India

on 14/10/201824/02/2019 By INDIVUE

Delightful news for all you friends of travel and music:

Indivues YouTube channel has been updated and first will be published the video updates for Goa –

So sit down, press the play button and enjoy of what you see and hear!

Plenty of new videos are on their way, so it’s well worth subscribing Indivue blog and vlog now, so that you don’t miss a thing!

These videos are also part of Indivues Travel Opus to Goa, which has been made for 13 years already in Finnish as well as in English – Find it in the link, read and share to your friend!

Sahakari Spice Farm in South Goa (video)

on 05/10/201824/02/2019 By INDIVUE

Elephant_shower_in_Sahakari_Spice_Farm_in_Goa_India

The charm of Goa is very much based on its beautiful nature.

Unfortunately roaming around in Indian forests is not safe for a blogging photographer, but luckily they have developed a solution in India for that, which is those tourist friendly spice plantations. In Goa there are several spice plantations, and I went to visit Sahakari Spice Farm in South Goa four years back –

Sahakari Spice Farm is located in Ponda in South of Goa, far from the traditional Goan tourist attractions. You can get there the best and safest by an A/C-taxi, although it is a very expensive way to travel in Goa.

In Sahakari Spice Farm you can see growing, among others, green nature, flowers, pineapples, cashew nuts, pepper corns and other spices , coconuts and bananas in a tree – you can see those in this video attached as well. Bananas and pineapples growing are indeed a very exotic thing to see for a North European traveler, believe it or not. In addition you might also get to see an elephant and buy organic spices for yourself!

If you are wondering what on earth they are pouring with a ladle to a small childs neck in this video, I must reveal that it is water, which cools you nicely when it runs down your back, as the weather in Goa is otherwise tropically sweaty and hot even in February.

Coconut palms do grow everywhere in Goa, but in spice plantation you can see them without hotels and houses.

Elephants are another luxury you don’t get to see every time you visit India.

Here in this video you can see an elephant taking a do-it-yourself-shower in Sahakari Spice Farm!

The roads in Sahakari Spice farm were well maintained in 2014. They had even made good stairs in the jungle!

Path and stairs in the Sahakari Spice Farm

Check also the story about the restaurant in Sahakari Spice Farm

You can read this article in Finnish at Sahakarin mausteviljelmä Goassa

This article is part of Indivues Travel Opus to Goa which tells more about Goa for a tourist. Check it out!

An Indian lunch as far as the peppercorn grows!

on 02/10/201824/02/2019 By INDIVUE 1 Comment

If you wish to have an Indian lunch as far as the peppercorn grows, then I would recommend Sahakari Spicefarm in Goa, India.

Sahakari Spicefarm is located in Ponda in South-Goa and it is very suitable a sight for a traveller, who wants to get to know Indian nature and Indian plants and spices. Though it is a little bit difficult to reach, and easiest by a taxi. –

Sahakari Spice Farm Restaurant In Ponda taluka, Goa, India — Sahakari Spice Farm restaurant In Ponda taluka, Goa, India

The Sahakari Spicefarm restaurant was located in the middle of the forest, nearby the entrance of the Spicefarm.

Back in 2014 the lunch in Sahakari Spicefarm restaurant consisted of rice, lentil sauce and chickpea dal, and the roti was replaced by the traditional Goan pao-bread, baked with wheat and yeast. After the lunch there was also this red ayurvedic types of drink, usually served with Indian thali, and consumed after eating. It is supposed to ease the digestion.

Sahakari SpiceFarm restaurant under the palm trees in South Goa, India — Sahakari Spice Farm restaurant under the palm trees in South Goa, India

Food in the Sahakari Spicefarm restaurant was tasting fine. There were a few fans in the restaurant cooling the customers during the hot tropical days of February. Overall I would give four stars out of five for this restaurant, since the surroundings were so tropically charming.

You can listen here how the birds sing in Goa.

This article is part of my work Travel Opus to Goa, which has been written since 2005, both in Finnish and in English.

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Find this article about Sahakari Spicefarm restaurant in Finnish here.

And for the grand finale, find the showering elephant in Sahakari Spice Farm in this video attached:

Cavelossim Beach (video)

on 25/07/201824/02/2019 By INDIVUE 1 Comment

Today’s short video comes from Cavelossim Beach, which is a very popular beach with rich tourists in South Goa, India, because of the expensive hotels around it.

In 2013 Tripadvisor chose Cavelossim Beach to be 7th best beach in Asia.

Find travel related information about Cavelossim Beach in Goa here

and information about Cavelossim in general here.

CavelossimBeachGoa_IndivueCom2018 — Cavelossim Beach in South Goa, India. Colva Beach far in the horizon.

In this link you will find all the other beaches of Goa. Brought to you by Indivue.

Cavelossim_Beach_IndivueCom2018 — Cavelossim Beach, Goa. Canaguinim Beach behind the hills in the horizon.

See other South Goan Beaches in videos here

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This article is part of Travel Opus to Goa.

Find Cavelossim Beach in Finnish here

Benaulim Beach during sunset (video)

on 23/07/201805/03/2019 By INDIVUE

Benaulim Beach South Goa — Man keeping an eye on the kids playing on Benaulim beach

Today’s short video comes from Benaulim Beach, which is rather peaceful and child friendly beach in South Goa, India. Video here was shot before the tourist season has really started, and you can still see them shacks being built.

Find various travel related information about Benaulim Beach here.

and all the Goan beaches here.

This video is part of Indivue’s Travel Opus to Goa, in web since 2005.

Peaceful river flow in South Goa (video preview)

on 26/05/201815/02/2019 By INDIVUE

This peaceful river flow -shortvideo I captured from South Goa, India, far from the main tourist attractions. This serene moment proves how beautiful the Indian nature can be.

Find more videos from Goa here

and Travel Opus to Goa in Finnish here!

You might also be interested in Bollywood movies from Goa,

find them in the link.

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