November 20, 2009 – Day 330 – Arambol Beach, Goa, India

Arambol Beach is a lovely, quiet beach. We enjoyed a long day in the sun and perfect water. It’s great for swimming since the sandbar goes out so far and the waves are typically calm. We started our day off with a champion’s breakfast: an omlette, toast, and fresh pineapple juice.

Our palm frenged walk to the beach

Not content to just lay around, we took a walk down the long stretch of beach. Before we even realized it we had reached Mandrem Beach. It took about 30 minutes to walk at a leisure pace. Mandrem Beach is not all that different from Arambol. It has the same beautiful palms swaying between beach and “town,” there are very few tourist or touts, and the overall atmosphere is even more quiet and peaceful than Arambol’s already laid back attitude. We watched a pretty sunset on Mandrem before heading back for some delicious dinner at the restaurant across from our guest house.

Glorious sunset

Our menu: prawns fried rice and, a less traditional dish, hummus, chapati, and salad. For dessert, we had picked up a mini watermelon (about size of a canteloupe) and ate until we felt like our stomachs would burst at any second. This is the life we live!