Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Travelogue Goa: Day 2 - Old Goa & Panjim

Day 2 was an exciting one... there were a lot of places to visit in Old goa and Panjim. even though I had visited all of the places, It was exciting this time because of my new camera...

So to begin with, we started from our accommodation at around 9:00 AM and moved towards Old Goa. Some of the exposures on the way are below -

Our Accommodation at Goa

A Newly built church on a hill top

The Mandovi River starting to bulge due to the monsoon

A Statue of gandhiji
After around 40 minutes of journey, we arrived at Old goa. we visited the churches and the museums here before proceeding on. Some photos from our visit...

The Cross

A Standard Photo

Jesus on the Crucifix

St. Francis Xavier

Courtyard of Bom Jesus Bascilica

Church of St. Francis of Assissi

My Neice

A Bunch of Croton Plants

Mother Mary

A Prayer Corner

One of the Martyr Saints whose heart was cut out
After this, we had lunch at one of the best restaurants at Panjim named Texas. Excellent non vegetarian meals for 90 Rs. Then we visited Miramar Beach and Dona Paula. Some photos - 

A Heritage Statue
 
Ship docked - a view from Dona Paula

Find the Crab

Speed Boat?

New India / Old India

Walkway at Fort Aguada

View from Fort Aguada

Fort Aguada

My Family @ Fort Aguada
From here, we moved on to Calangute...no good photos there except the one below...

Sign of a hotel
That was the end of Day 2...Day 3 coming up...

Enjoy!
the Photograchar!

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