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Anujuna Beach Kerala, Travel Information
Anjuna, 18 kms from Panaji is a popular beach area
adjacent to Chapora fort- it was the haunt of the flower generation in the sixties
- and is still popular with the younger generation.
In Anjuna there
is magnificent Albuquerque mansion built in 1920, flanked by octagonal towers
and attractive Mangalore tiled-roof.
The Anjuna band plays for
the beach party at night. Palm trees stand motionless in the warm air. To the
east is a mountain. If you want to return to civilization, climb the mountain
to get to Baga where you can catch a ferry out.
This is the Goa Freak
capital of the World. Anjuna becomes a fair of colors. Lines of vehicles full
of tourists start virtually raising clouds of dust in this area.
Anjuna
is a small village in north Goa and is popularly called the freak capital in the
world. Its significant tourist spots are the magnificent Albuquerque Mansion built
in 1920 (flanked by octagonal towers and an attractive Mangalore tile-roof), the
Mascarenhas Mansion, and the Chapora Fort. Anjuna is the least likely place to
find peace and quiet.
The Wednesday Flea Market of Anjana os famous
for its bric-a-brac and the eclectic items that are on sale. Any and everything
under the sky can be found here, and lines of vehicles full of tourists start
virtually raising clouds of dust. Form used paperbacks to haircuts, everyone can
shop to their hearts content here. The flea market is a heaven for shopping addicts
and good bargainers, to bid on wonderful blends of Tibetan, Kashmiri and Gujarati
trinkets and handicrafts, European snacks, cassettes of a noisy brand of music
called 'Goa Trance', artificial ornaments carvings and T-shirts. Elephant rides,
photographs with fake sadhus or fake snake charmers can also be found here.
Anjuna is also known for the full-moon (acid house) parties that are held
here for young tourists. Famous all over the world, they are a major source of
tourist attraction around the world. Campfires burn bright all through the night
and the music and merriment carries on till the wee hours of the morning. Facilities
for bungee jumping are also available here due to the initiative of a private
tour operator.
Anjuna Beach has been the haunt of the flower generation
in the sixties and is now popular with the younger generations. It became popular
because of its Trance Parties and the Hippies who tried to fuse the Eastern spiritual
traditions with Western music, ideas and art.
There are plenty of guesthouses
around the Anjuna village, and even a couple of hotels. If you are planning to
stay for a long time, you should consider renting any one of the many houses that
are on rent there.
Anjuna attracts a weird and wonderful collection
of over monks, defiant ex-hippies, gentle lunatics, artists, artisans, seers,
searchers, sybarites and itinerant expatriates who normally wouldn't be seen out
of the organic confines of their health-food emporia in San Francisco or London.
Full moon, when the infamous parties take place, is a particularly good
time to be here if you want to indulge in bacchanalian delights.
Only
a Brit would think about raving about the main beach, but it's worth the walk
to the small, protected sliver of sand at South Anjuna where the area's long-term
house-renters tend to gather. |
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| Anjuna
Beach , India |
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Anjuna Beach has been the haunt of the flower generation
in the sixties and is now popular with the younger generations. |
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