Каникулы на Южном Гоа Holidays in South Goa

Hello, I would like to leave your review about the hotel and the resort in general. We rested in December 2012 and were generally satisfied with the exception of some nuances.
The hotel - the territory of the hotel is small, but very clean, tidy and green. The rooms (we lived in a comfort room) are very spacious, there were two balconies. Cleaning was done daily and efficiently. We were satisfied with the breakfasts, but not so much with the dinners - VERY spicy or simply tasteless, this of course was described in previous comments, and that vacationers preferred to eat in shek. We didn’t have to avoid dinners in shek either - but what can I say: firstly, I don’t like fish and seafood so much that I eat them daily, and secondly, I didn’t like Indian food in general. So I had to survive with fruits, fresh juices (I liked the strawberry one very much), some unleavened soups and semolina porridge. The staff is friendly, although they do not understand Russian at all. There is no animation at the hotel, only live music at dinner every other day.
The beach is wide, quite clean and deserted, the sea is warm with huge waves, but not very transparent (not Red for sure). On the shore at low tide is full of different crabs, starfish, hermit crabs, etc. The local population gathered for weekends or any holidays. The beach is cleaner than in neighboring Colva, where there are a lot more locals, garbage, and there are also cows on the beach. The temperature during our holiday was between 32 and 38 degrees Celsius, respectively, there was no rain, but the air was very humid and heavy.

Because our Russian-speaking guide Ivan did not set a time for us to meet, and we phoned him to clarify some details just before the departure, then we had to provide the excursion program ourselves, which we, in principle, did not regret at all (it turned out much cheaper than from a tour operator) . We went to the churches and Hindu temples of Panaji and Old Goa, to the spice plantation in Ponda, and also to Palolem Beach, and from there on a motor boat to the uninhabited Butterfly Place plateau (we saw dolphins along the way). The taxi driver Fernando drove us, he speaks Russian quite well and tells very interesting historical details, etc. (you can see his photo with the car number).
There is no entertainment in the hotel and in the immediate vicinity, so it was boring. I don’t know, of course, what brought us to Goa in general - it turned out somehow spontaneously, well, we consulted and decided to go, somehow we didn’t plan strong parties on this vacation - I wanted to take a break from people, and mentally, sunbathe, swim, learn what -something new.
In general, we liked the rest - very interesting, informative, maybe someday we will return !! !