Ashwem Beach: One of the few less commencialized beaches in North Goa

Spending an evening at a serene river is still one of the most romantic ways to spend an evening. The same can be said about spending an evening at a secluded beach. Ever thought how would feel to experience both at the same place on the same evening. Drive around 20 miles north from the Anjuna to reach the Ashwem beach.

And yes, at Ashwem beach, one can experience the cool waters of a river and lukewarm waters of a sea, at the same place. Ashwem is an amalgamation point of river water and sea water. In a way, the beach bums get to experience the best of both worlds.

Add to that the fact that Ashwem is still relatively less commercialized as compared to Arambol, which is another 15 miles up north. Few nicely done beach cottages and shacks line up Ashwem Beach.

North Goa is probably considered the party place in goa and if you are looking for white sandy beaches, the general advise is to head south. But if you don't wish to travel those 60 miles and prefer to stay in north then I guess Ashwem is THE beach to be,for the secluded types.
Though I must say, in Goa don't get too much into the secluded word. No beach in goa can be completely secluded.

If you love seeing the sun go down whilst taking a walk or building a sand castle, you might actually fall in love in Ashwem beach.

Singapore Soft - Sweets

Someone has rightly said:

“Without ice cream life and fame are meaningless”

Going with the saying, it would have been meaningless to visit Singapore and not gulp some yummy frozen scoops. We came across two very different ice cream experiences in Singapore. One was the trying to snatch my ice-cream scoop from the hands of a tricky Turkish Ice-cream seller and another one was having the plain ice-cream sandwich.

Turkish Ice-cream

On the first evening of SG, we landed to Clarke Quay.

It was humid, the clouds were teasing... Sometimes bursting...

We needed something cool... And on side of bay, from where the HiPPO River Cruise starts, Turkish ice cream stall served as an oasis...

But what is Turkish ice cream?

Had never heard about it, so asked him how was Turkish Ice cream different from regular ice cream... He informed that it was little more chewy, little more soft and melted too soon!

Checked out the flavors... He had vanilla, chocolate, mango and strawberry...

He dug the ice-cream container, with a long ladled scoop, and there began the fun! The guy at the stall would make you want your ice-cream badly! He would switch the cones of your ice-cream, flip them, toss them, ring the bells, and juggle all the way saying: “Thaerkheesh Aiscreeem”.  He will do everything but give you the ice-cream cone. But finally the good and not-so-costly ice-cream comes along with great entertainment.

Trick to get his ice-cream: Try grabbing the cone from top not bottom ;)

Ice Cream Sandwich

On another fine evening, when we the-hungry-hunters @Bugis Street, were looking for some refreshment, we found out a fabulous way to spend a dollar! And it was to have Ice-cream sandwich.

Earlier what we had in the name of ice-cream sandwich sounded more like iced-Cream biscuits, having ice-cream between two biscuits! But this time what we had, was resembling more to the definition of ice-cream sandwich. It was simply an ice-cream block clutched by a slice of bread.

A variety of Kwality walls ice-cream flavors (to choose from) sliced into small uniform rectangular brick and kept in between fluffy mildly sweet pink-green coloured bread, was indeed a gateway to eternity! It was easy to make, delightful to eat and was filling for the tummy… That too all in a single dollar!

Bean Me Up

• Scrambled Tofu Salad
• Four Cheese pizza
• Starting in Greece
• Carrot Cake
• Chocolate mousse
• Veg Pizza
• Lemon Spaghetti
• Marinara Pasta
• Gorgonzola Pasta
• Vegan Pizza
• Banana Soya milk coconut smoothie
• Omlette
• Pancakes
• Spinach Tofu parathas

All this along with the immeasurable quantities of salads and brown breads was consumed by two mouths in 4 days! Not to forget the sinful small ponds of blue cheese dressing and different combos of juices. Please forgive us if we missed out on anything more delicious. We will surely include that next time...

Location: Anjuna Petrol pump is the biggest land mark. Little Vagator beach, which is at a walkable distance is not yet as crowded as Vagator beach.

Stay: No non-sense, calm and relaxing. The rooms are basic but the staff and owner listen to your complains and do try to fix up the problems (if at all).

Best Thing: No doubt, food! Sitting under the shady area of restaurant was enchanting in itself!