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# Golden beach - blue water (for February 2014) Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
jueb 22:12 UTC 23 Sep 2013 | 23.9.13 Hello fellow-travellers, in January/February I would like to hang-out on some beach I do not know yet. In Asia I have been many times to Goa, but considering the latest reports (and youtube vids) I do not have much desire to return and destroy the rest-magig in my head and memory! So no Goa! Do you know an alternative? I'm not interested to meet any freaks, punks, white-trash, dopers or techno-freaks (no matter from Israel, Russia or elsewhere) staring towards the horizon at the shore-line with 400 beats rolling in from behind. What I hope for: palm trees white sand no in-, and no out-crowd decent low-medium budget accomodation relatively close to the beach a few simple goa-style restaurants/café's on the beach or close CLEAR WATER (unlike Goa) - wanna be able to see my feet and maybe some fish "reachable" from some airport or train-station relatively liberal "green-rules" - without death-penalty for smoking some culture close by one could reach with a rented motorbike some decent, down-to-earth visitors to talk to now and then Yeah - you might say I'm looking for GOA-in-the-Seventeeth (not really, of course!). Is that a decent post or will anybody push the alarm-button again - "beware of arrogance"...? thanks for ideas, JayBe |