15 km
I made a short move this morning. Only from Vengurla beach to Shiroda beach. I feel I am on a mission to check out all the beaches along this coast. This beach here is by some called Paradise Beach. That is how the locals refer to it. But I happen to know that there are other beaches too by that name.
In Google Maps I could see that at Shiroda Beach was a place called Dolphin Bay Resort and that is where I went. The beach is beautiful but that resort is pretty shitty. The staff was ever so nice I must say, and it feels a bit bad to be negative about their place. But it really is not much. Not expensive per se, but still overpriced for what you get. And the food is not nearly as good as what I have had further up the coast. There were some Indian families staying, but I was the only foreigner.
It is a lovely beach no doubt, but as with all the other beaches I have seen in Maharashtra, the infrastructure is sadly missing. There are no chai shops or restaurants at all. I asked the manager here, at Dolphin Bay Resort, why not. He says the Maharashtra government does not allow alcohol of any kind to be sold within 500 meters of the beach. Again this Indian fixation on alcohol! To me the most important beverages in a chai shop are chai, coffee, juice and bottled water. Then if they can swing something foodwise it is of course even better. Never mind the beer and harder stuff.
When I walked on the beach in the afternoon I saw some signs in Russian, advertising beach shacks for rent. I saw quite a few Russian tourists around.
1 comment:
Hey Sound good to hear that about your views on Konkan.
Have took any kind of experience in Konkan like interacting with local villager / fishermans or have you be a part of any cultural activity of konkan.
Travel Themes is providing Vaigani Konkan Package? If then definitely you should try.
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