Sunday, October 21, 2007

Goa: aka Beach Vacation

Our visit with my parents and Katie concluded with a family vacation to Goa, a beach resort town on the SE coast of India. After much internal turmoil, I sided with the "we're only here once" philosophy of fiscal restraint, and splurged for two ocean view rooms with the Timeless Moments package at the Park Hyatt. "Go Big or Go Home" one colleague recently told me.
We settled into the rooms which were awesome, with views of the Arabian sea and had a drink and snack in the room before taking a walk along the beach. It was a hot night but not raining. The resort had trails spread over the grounds and we enjoyed the peaceful walk trailing after Caden on his quest to get to the ocean.
And Caden was ecstatic on the beach, thoroughly enjoying throwing rocks in the water.
And after dinner that night, was the first to suggest he take a bath. In fact, he was the only one to make use of the tub. The second night he even went ahead and added the rose petals to the water.
And early the next day, we set about making use of what is supposedly the largest pool in India. It covered a good length, with two waterfalls in the middle, and I felt like it counted as a workout.
After talking about all the things there were to do in Goa, it ended up that we did not leave the resort once. It was gorgeous and thoroughly relaxing right there... more pictures to come.

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