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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gary1957" data-source="post: 3184375" data-attributes="member: 101228">Yes, we did read your report before we went-in fact we started with yours-sorry for not saying thanks too. It was the main reason we chose that hotel not having been to Goa before. We explored all around the area. Yes we did the rice fields and along to the substation and the village beyond that. I think both you and "Harrogateian" went in November and mention pools along the lonely track. I guess that was just after the rainy season as there were no pools but we could see where they had been. Also the beach shack is closed and derelict now and it took us a while to find the track-we were relieved when we did.Funny you should mention Cuba. We stayed at the sister hotel to yours-Sol Cayo Coco in 2010 and did much the same there but had the kids with us then. We visited the Guillermo a couple of times on the free bus and preferred it. Smaller and more open countryside around. We hired a local guide for a couple of days, one on the islands and one to the mainland. He was quite expensive by Cuban standards but showed us some quite fantastic birds. Unfortunately we ended up being stuck there for an extra 3 days due to the Icelandic volcano-sounds great but we spent the last 3 days of the proper holiday checking BBC world news as we thought we may end up in Madrid and then a coach for 2 days.</blockquote>