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Baby wipes
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  • jalapeeno
  • By jalapeeno on December 2, 2006
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    by jalapeeno
    Baby wipes are great, easy to use, handy, and just great!!! Some toilets dont have paper so take these everywhere with you. Handy also if you have a sweat on and need cooling down.

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  • BluBluBlu
  • By BluBluBlu on July 30, 2005
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  • If you want books on India...factual or fiction...heres a few I've enjoyed:

    William Sutcliffe - 'Are you experienced?'
    Clive James - 'The Silver Castle'
    Dominique Lapiere - 'City of Joy'
    William Dalrymple - 'The age of Kali'

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    Extra Baggage For Children Walking Tall
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  • By CEP1863 on May 6, 2006
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  • www.Childrenwalkingtall.com - Goa
    www.Childrenwalkingtall.com
    by CEP1863
    Contact www.ChildrenWalkingTall.com before you travel. They will arrange an extra 10kg of baggage allowance for you and then you can donate childrens clothes and sturdy toys for the street children that this charity works with. As well as the children who visit Mango House, their day centre, Rob and Shermina do regular runs to Mumbai and hand out clothing to the street children there.

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  • Phone: 0091 9822 124 802 (GOA)
  • Website: www.ChildrenWalkingTall.com
  • Other Contact: 0044 (0)1623 450944 (UK)
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    Buy local
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  • BluBluBlu
  • By BluBluBlu on July 27, 2005
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  • I buy virtually all my toiletries & medical supplies on my first day in Goa...its way cheaper than at home. Saves space in your luggage...and I leave it all there for the roomboy...so saves space going back too!

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    Beach towels
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  • badgerlad
  • Updated By badgerlad on December 17, 2006
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  • Do not bring a beach towel with you, it only adds to the weight in your case.

    You can pick one up for around 200 rps (£2.30).

    When you have finished with it you can leave it behind for one of the locals.

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    Clothes
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  • jalapeeno
  • By jalapeeno on December 2, 2006
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  • The first time we went to indea we took jeans, shirts, a jumper!!???? This time we took linen pants t shirts, aned flip flops. Seriously , you may think that its a bit scruffy but its just right for what everyone wears! I saw very few people in jeans or shirts, and the ones that did were looking at evefryones else thinking ' i wish i brought my linen pants with me'!!!. Also travel light, you will pick up lodes ofgoodies in goa and they tend to sting you for being over wieght in the airport.

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    PACK LIGHT!!!!
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  • star_girl
  • By star_girl on February 2, 2007
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  • A beach bag, a big one at that!! you don't need much for the beach, yourself and your swimming costume mostley, but there are lots of shops you can go visit just off the beach so you will need something to carry all your shopping back with.

    Take a big case too! for all the shopping you will do. but remember to pack light on the way out.

    take swimwear, sarongs (you can buy over in goa!) vest tops, shorts. and flip flops, you will be set, pack as light as possible.

    It's possible to buy anything you need in goa, but for the ladies out there i would recomend bringing you own shampoo and conditior and other lady things as theyre not that great out in goa.

    Pack your camera, always have it at hand, you will always see something you wernt expecting to see. and everyone back home will never believe the stories, have the photos/film to back it up.

    beachwear, just general, tankini/bikini, i would not recomend a bathing suit in goa it's far to hot, it will get stuck to you, and if you need the toilet you've had it, you will never get the thing down or back up again.

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    Mozzy Spray
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  • By jalapeeno on December 2, 2006
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    Mozzy spray from boots!!! we used Odomos cream which you can buy in india which is really cheap, but we found that once we ran out of actual mozzy spray we got bit a little more!

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    Mosquito Repellent
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  • lazuli
  • By lazuli on December 7, 2004
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  • As little as possible, it's just too hot!

    Dnt take mosquito repellent, when you get their they sell a cream called "Omodos", it's amazing & it costs about 50p

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    CARRIER BAGS
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  • Updated By jimbo27 on October 18, 2004
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    by jimbo27
    Take a little bit of home , by packing your favourite supermarket/shop carrier bag. They make good wet swimming costume bags or laundry bags. Use them to wrap up your toiletries, just in case of leakages. Nothing like your favourite store carrier bag to provide you a giggle on holiday

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