Самое красивое и чистое место в Индии :) The most beautiful and cleanest place in India :)

We were in India in late November - early December 2011. We had to spend several days in Goa, the hotel was chosen for a very long time. We decided to choose in the southern part of Goa, where there are more comfortable and quiet hotels - I wanted to enjoy nature  There were exorbitant prices in Hyatt, not only for accommodation, but also for food (breakfast is included in the price, but lunch and dinner are not). Therefore, we chose Kenilworth - it is next to Hyatt, and the prices are simpler. Now I understand that the issue of food in the hotel is absolutely not important - since breakfasts in hotels, despite all the attempts to be "European", are still 90% Indian, not very tasty, and sometimes even strange. But along the coast there are many cafes with Russian-speaking workers where you can have a great lunch and dinner - the choice is quite large, but most of all, the huge selection of seafood at ridiculous prices (different types of fish, crabs, shrimp, etc. ) and fresh juices (for example, thickening fresh pineapple - $ 1 for 300-400 ml).
As for the hotel itself, they greeted us very nicely, put red dots on their foreheads, served welcome cocktails, settled very quickly. The room is not very big but comfortable. The bathroom is lined with colored marble (in the form of a peacock), a wide selection of cosmetics was also presented, a lot of different towels. Cleaned, as for India, quite normal, every day they left two bottles of water, tea, coffee and chocolates as a gift. The territory is beautiful and quite well-groomed (lawns, paths, flower beds, coconut palms, flowers, herons walked in the meadow, hammocks hung between the trees. There were few people, just wonderful ! ! The pools are large and clean, during the day the sun warmed up to 30 degrees, probably, in one from the pools there is a jacuzzi - it can be turned on at your request. Sunbeds - a dime a dozen, at least every 5 minutes lie down on a new one.
The road to the beach passes through a small stinky river, but the beach itself is stunningly beautiful and clean. The sand is fine and creaks underfoot. Crabs run all over the beach, dig minks. If you throw them something tasty, they immediately come running : ) Once, cows walked along the entire coastline, everyone took pictures of them together. Swimming is quite difficult, the current and the waves are very strong: you go in for a swim on your own beach, you go out on the next one. In shallow water there are many beautiful shells, small pinkish crabs and hermit crabs. Masseurs walk along the beach - they make a super massage with aromatic oils (from heels to the ends of the hair), for 1.5 hours. It's easy to fall asleep : )

We went to the city to the market for fruits and shrimp, to a souvenir shop, on an excursion (the waterfall is very beautiful and you can swim, monkeys run around and beg for food) Elephant riding is an amateur : )
As for the people, they are taller and more beautiful here than in other parts of the country, the area is CLEAR, which is generally nonsense for India.
By the way, when leaving the hotel, they were asked to fill out a questionnaire - what they liked and what not. I liked everything, except for the strange food : ) After 2 weeks, I received an email from the hotel, where they said that the chef, taking into account my wishes, would rework the existing menu. A trifle, but nice : )
If anyone has any questions, I will answer without any problems : )