Put on my hiking boots and set out after breakfast for a walk to Benaulim beach, a few KM south. I had heard that there was some night life there and no crowds with a vibrant fishing community active as well. Sounded ideal.
This beach stretches for miles and miles. The recently wetted sand provides a solid surface to walk along. Spotted some small plover-type shore birds and some fisher hawks as well.
Wandering through the boats. I don’t think these fishermen venture out of sight of land, but they are motorized. Arriving in Benaulim, I was pretty well fagged out and sat over a cup of coffee for about an hour. What a pleasant place! I noticed that the ‘beach shacks’ had their signs in more Russian than English
Having recovered it was time to check out the hotel scene, back off the beach. Actually, there wasn’t much. A new, large and fancy gated community, and another upscale place with very nice cabanas for double what I’m paying in Colva. More looking turned up nothing. Back to the beach for lunch and a beer. If only I could find a reasonable place to stay for a price I could afford… this is a very attractive and quiet beach.
Heading back, I quickly saw another place to stay, a bunch of dismal looking square wooden boxes or cabins which bore looking at. The price with no a/c or wi-fi, more than what I’m paying in Colva… to live in a box! Well, so much for Benaulim.
And a slow trek back up the beach to Colva. Eventually I will take a shot at Palolem beach, further south, and a place I have been before. After nearly 15 years it’s hard to know what to expect.
Colva again.
Ni Dieu Ni Maitre 
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