Goa Beaches

Goa is an indifferent part of India and firmly represents Indian culture, civilization, traditions, faiths, beliefs and superstitions. Goa is one of the most beautiful states of Indian land a sizzling blend of enchanting coconut and palm trees, mild sunlight, colorful sand, buzzing breeze, crystal and pristine water and revitalizing environmental conditions. Goa is a 110 KM long coastline land covered with worlds most decent beaches. Goa is an outstanding example of Indian faiths, according to Indian legends and mythology it was a piece of land submerged by sea and came out by the divine effect of arrow of Lord Prashuram, so it is called Goa but according to imperial statistics Goa was named by ditches as it was a part of their imperial activity. Goa is a melting pot of natural beauty and perfect destination for all age groups. This beautiful land is enormously famous for its pristine beaches and decent climate. It will be no exaggeration to say that Goa is having all those features that are tremendously required for a decent travel destination. Goa beaches stands a paragon against the world and plays a very pivotal role for honeymoon couples as there is no such other land on earth for them that will stun their life with luster and will make the moments of their married life memorable forever and forever.Some of the finest beaches of Goa are as follow:-


Colva Beach is the most renowned beach of India and world as well. Till date there is no other beach that could compete with Colva in terms of natural beauty and traveler’s preference. Every year travelers and tourists in handsome amount come to see and admire the finest beach beauty of India. Climate at Colva beach has magical effects that binds every one and is dissolved in the cyclone of enormous beauty of beaches. If someone desires for some romantic and exciting events Colva beach is the perfect destination for him.


Bogmalo Beach is clean place far from crowd of today's life.It is 10 km away from Vasco-Da –Gama town. It is reachable from any part of India and is counted as an exotic beach of India having tremendous beauty, shopping facilities and exciting tourism features. Bogmalo beach is a great venue for fishing, swimming in pristine water.


Anjuna Beach was discovered in the decades of 60's and is considered one of the finest beaches in Goa. The rays of sun fall over the white crystals of sand and tides of sea water when covers them makes these scenes more beautiful and out of bonding of words. Anjuna beach is a perfect destination for honey moon couples to live a life without hurdles and forget all the bonds of life.


Cavelossim Beach is a delighting combination of white sand and black soil. This beach is completely surrounded with palm trees and having the best resorts providing best services. Cavelossim beach is another unique and beautiful beach of Goa having the specialties of modern beaches likes availability of delicious vegetarian and non vegetarian dishes and other services at very reasonable rates. Boat sailing throughout the year and dolphin deeds and play with them are the main attractions of this beach.

Agonda Beach is 38 km away from Margao, far from hustle and bustle of world. Agonda beach is a solitary place specially created for beauty lovers. It has all those magics that it attracts everyone to its side, those who visit ones comes to see it again and again. Every year thousands of tourists come to see it. There are proper arrangements of guest houses and resorts for visitors near Agonda beach.


Candolim Beach is an another beautiful beach of Goa very crucial from natural beauty's perspective, offers several types of sports and activities like diving, parasailing, swimming, fish catching. Boat excursion is the main attraction at this beach which is enjoyed by everyone.


Chapora Beach is nominated as "Queen of beaches" made of white sand and lava soil. Besides enjoying natural beauty here you can also enjoy art crafts and antiques. Food at Chapora beach stands a paragon to the rest world.



Aguada Beach is situated in the deep north of Goa. Aguada beach is the point of attraction for tourists throughout the globe as this beach is holding some of the unique features suitable for tourism. Apart from sea shores, trees, there are several churches and other monuments of historical importance. Besides tourists can also enjoy swimming and other water sports which are great fun.


Benaulim Beach is also known as Banavali beach situated at a distance of 41 km away from the state capital of Panaji. It is a town of immense natural beauty, that even poets don’t have words to express its beauty. It is also one of the most beautiful fishing beaches in Goa.


Baga Beach is situated at the outskirt of Goa and in heart of Panji. It is a very unique place far away from the hustle and bustle of modern and fast running life. IT is the choice of tourists throughout the globe having the facilities of swimming, shopping and fishing to all extents. If you want to get rid of the tensions and puzzles of modern life, Baga beach is a great place for relaxation.

Beaches of Goa are a buzzing word in terms of travel, leisure and tourism. Temples, Churches, Mosques, Forts and other historical places of public importance increases its beauty manifolds. Goa is such a pristine land blessed with mind-blowing beauties and locations that are sacred and very rare to find out in entire universe. A trip to such an extraordinary magical place of earth will make your life colourful and gracious. Explore the hidden aspects and intoxicating land known as Orchid of beaches with a Travel Corporation of India.

Most Amazing Grass Sculptures

Among an interesting mix of rare and ornamental trees in Bute Park, Wales, this mud beast was spotted. Maybe this mud mound is a warthog? Whatever this mud and grass sculpture is supposed to represent, it's weird, wild, and somehow still wonderful.

At the garden show, it was written that "The Dreaming Girl bears witness to the soporific effects of color, scent, texture, birdsong, water, and reflective light." After the show, this sculpture was purchased by Olivia Harrison, widow of George Harrison, and now has a permanent home in a large Victorian garden at Harrison House in Henley-on-Thames, UK.

Unicorns United.

Men grass sculpture at Museum Beelden aan Zee in Scheveningen by Wim Quist architects.

Part of the sculpture are a human torso emerging from the ground and an arm outstretched in front. A tree grows in the middle of its palm. It portrays our relationship with the environment. "We are from the earth and in contemporary society we seemingly hold its future in our hands."

In the grounds of a country house in Cornwall near the fishing village of Mevagissy the Victorian gardens have been restored to their former glory

If you have ever visited an art gallery and felt assailed by the "don't touch" signs, then Lucy Strachan's work is for you. Her outdoor sculptures cry out to be touched - or even stroked and hugged, something the artist herself encourages. “Spinning Top” was Lucy's first grass work.

Cow grass sculpture.

This is an amazing elephant grass sculpture.

This stunning living sculpture was at the heart of the garden during the 2006 Chelsea Flower Show in London, UK. The Dreaming Girl is a mud and grass sculpture also created by Pete and Sue Hill. This sister to Mud Maid was placed in the Garden of Dreams.

Giraffe grass sculpture found in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia during summer time.

Cool grass sculpture camel.

Cool and creative Formula 1 car grass figure

Weird Human Like Trees Captured on Camera

11. As part of a larger series, here is a "tree face."

10. The Happy Tree

9. The Kissing Tree

8. The Finger Tree

7. Vagina Tree

6. Angry Tree

5. This fig tree has decided to literally devour some iron railings.

4. The NSFW Tree

3. The Lady Tree

2. The Dancing Tree

1. The Tree with the Boobs

Tallest Trees On Earth

6. Giant Sequoia - 94.8 m (311 ft)

Our first candidate is a Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). These trees are also called Sierra redwoods or Wellingtonians and reach average heights of 50–85 m (165–280 ft). The oldest known Giant Sequoia is 3,500 years old and the tallest one grows at Redwood Mountain Grove in California’s King’s Canyon National Park.

A Giant Sequoia in California’s Mariposa Big Trees Park:

Giant sequoias regenerate through seeds and a large tree can be expected to have thousands of seeds at any given point in time – around 11,000 cones. Their natural distribution is limited to the western Sierra Nevada and their conservation status has been determined as vulnerable.

5. The Carmanah Giant and other Sitka Spruces - 96 m (315 ft)

The Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) is the third tallest conifer species in the world (after the Coast Redwood and Coast Douglas-fir), growing 50–70 m (165–231 ft) tall and occasionally up to 100 m tall. It is a native of North America’s west coast and can be found as far up north as Alaska’s Kodiak Island – its name pointing to these roots from the community of Sitka in Alaska.

A dead Sitka Spruce on Lake Quinault, still standing:

The tallest specimens are the Carmanah Giant at 96 m (315 ft) in Canada’s Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia and two unnamed trees in California’s Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park that at 96.7 m (317.3 ft) are just a bit over 96 m tall.

The Carmanah Giant is Canada’s tallest tree:

4. Doerner Fir – 99.4 m (326.1 ft)

Our next tall candidate is just 20 cm (0.7 ft) shorter than No. 3. It is a Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) that can be found in Brummit Creek, Coos County, Oregon. This evergreen conifer is a native of the coastal stretch from west-central British Columbia to central California. Coast Douglas-firs reach maximum heights ranging from 100 m (330 ft) to 120 m (390 ft) and average ages of between 500 and occasionally 1,000 years. If Douglas Firs seem strangely familiar to you, then it may be because they became popular through the 1990’s TV-series Twin Peaks and later the X-Files.

Coast Douglas-firs at Anacortes Community Forest Lands, Washington:

3. Centurion Mountain Ash - 99.6 m (326.8 ft)

This Mountain Ash, also called Victorian Ash, Swamp or Stringy Gum, or Tasmanian Oak belongs to the Eucalyptus species (Eucalyptus regnans) native to southeastern Australia and Tasmania. With specimens reaching heights of over 90 m, this is one of the world’s tallest tree species. This particular tree named Centurion measures 99.6 m (326.8 ft) and grows south of Hobart in Tasmania. The tallest Eucalyptus specimens encountered by early European settlers in Tasmania have either been felled, fallen victim to bushfires or simply died of advanced age – their average life span being 400 years.

Tasmania’s El Grande, a 280-ft tall Eucalyptus regnans, was accidentally killed in 2002:

A Mountain Ash in Sherbrooke Forest, Victoria, Australia:

2. Stratosphere Giant – 112.83 m (370.5 ft)

This Coast Redwood in Humboldt Redwoods State Park was at 112.83 m (370.5 ft) the world’s tallest until the discovery of No. 1. Though it is still growing, two trees in the same forest have been discovered since that are taller than the Stratosphere Giant. However, little is know about them and like the Stratosphere Giant and No. 1, their exact locations have not been disclosed for fear of damage through tourism.

Sequoia sempervirens reaching for the sky:

Vertigo-inducing redwoods at Muir Woods National Monument:

Coast Redwoods are native to a narrow strip of land only 750 km (470 miles) in length along the coast of California and southwestern Oregon. Sequoias belong to the subfamily of Sequoioideau in the cypress family of Cupressaceae and their conservation status is classified as vulnerable. They get their common name from the fact that their thick bark takes on a bright reddish brown colour when freshly exposed that becomes darker with weathering.

Tall giants at California’s Redwood National Park:

Beautiful redwood, also at Muir Woods:

1. Hyperion Coast Redwood - 115.56 m (379.1 ft)

Finally, the world’s tallest tree: On September 8, 2006, this Sequoia or California Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) was discovered in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, a remote California forest. At 115.56 m (379.1 ft) and nine feet taller than its neighbour, the Stratosphere Giant, it was determined to be the world’s tallest tree. Hyperion is not only the world’s tallest tree but also the world’s tallest living thing. And it might also be one of the world’s oldest, given that redwoods live for up to 2,200 years – that’s older than our modern calculation of time.

Don’t miss this video of tree doctor Jim Spickler climbing the world's tallest tree:

Here’s a mind-boggling fact to close this post with: Did you know that fires do not kill sequoias but simply remove competing thin-barked species, therefore actually aiding sequoia regeneration? That’s one hell of a cool tree, literally!

Try burning that, sucker:

Top 10 Poisonous Foods We Love To Eat

10. Cassava (Yuca)

Though not too widely used in the United States, cassava is a woody shrub that is generally found in the Caribbean and South America. When using cassava, it can either be made to be sweet or bitter. The taste, as well as the smell, all depends on the amount of cyanogenic glucosides, which are in fact, extremely poisonous. Most who prepare it like it to be bitter, as it keeps away insects and even animals. If cassava is prepared incorrectly, it can be deadly. Cassava poisoning, due to high levels of cyanide, is known as Konzo. Cassava poisoning leads to irreversible paralysis.

Interesting fact: Cassava roots are ground into a flour-like substance which is then used to make tapioca. Cassava leaves contain cyanide but if pounded into a paste with flour and left in the shade for 5 hours, the cyanide is broken down.

9. Pufferfish

Pufferfish stand to be the second most poisonous vertebrate in the world. Though you won’t find pufferfish in the U.S., many in Korea as well as Japan find some parts of the fish to be delicacies. However, certain organs of the fish, such as the liver, as extremely toxic, and can be deadly. The poison in the fish, known as tetrodotoxin, can cause numbness, high blood pressure, and muscle paralysis, which is what leads to death as the diaphragm muscles become paralyzed, disabling breathing. Known as fugu when eaten as a meal, many in Asian countries refuse to not eat the fish.

Interesting fact: Pufferfish has been made illegal to be eaten by the Emperor of Japan.

8. Mushrooms

There are about 5000 types of mushrooms known in the U.S. and about 100 of them are said to be toxic, while less than a dozen are deadly. In any case, mushrooms can cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Since mushrooms are fungi and the fact that there are so many species, it can be hard to know which are poisonous. As rule of thumb, it is usually said that any mushroom found in the wild are more than likely poisonous. One of the deadliest types of mushroom toxins is Alpha-amanitin, which causes extreme liver damage. Toadstools, as they are called, are the poisonous mushrooms.

Interesting fact: There are 38,000 known kinds of mushrooms; about 5% of these are toxic.

7. Cashews

Though really seeds and not nuts, cashews grow inside of a shell-like structure that grows on a fruit. When buying “raw cashews” in the store, take note that these nuts have actually been steamed and are not entirely raw. This is because raw cashews contain urushiol, which is the same chemical that you’d find in poison ivy. It can cause the body to have a very similar reaction to one experienced from poison oak or ivy. If a high level of urushiol is ingested, it can be deadly. Cashew poisoning is rare, but those who handle them in order to manufacture them to get the shell off sometimes experience the side-effects.

Interesting fact: Cashews come from a fruit, which in South American countries, is eaten, and the seeds (cashews) are then thrown away.

6. Chilies

You’ve probably eaten a chili or two in your life. No matter if it was an extremely hot one, or one that was pretty mild, every chili you have ever consumed has contained a chemical called capsaicin. In chilies, capsaicin is what makes them spicy and “hot.” Of course one chili won’t hurt, but if you eat enough of them, capsaicin can kill you. The chemical is so strong that it is used as a paint stripper, and it is even used in pepper spray used by police forces. In hotter chilies, such as habaneros, capsaicin can be felt on the skin if you cut the chili, as it will produce a burning sensation.

Interesting fact: Chilies are extremely high in Vitamin C. One green chili pod is said to contain about 6 times as much Vitamin C.

5. Potatoes

We’ve all heard something or another about potatoes. Whether it is the potato famine, some Irish story, or some other historical event centered on potatoes, one thing you may not have heard of is that potatoes are toxic. The stem and leaves of the plant are toxic, and even the potato itself is toxic. If you’ve ever looked at a potato, you may have realized that some turn a greenish color. This is due to levels of glycoalkaloid poison. In the past, there have been deaths due to potato poisoning. It is rare, but most happen due to someone drinking potato leaf tea, or eating green potatoes. Death doesn’t come suddenly. It usually results in weakness and then a coma. Don’t worry about having the occasional green potato chip, but do discard any potatoes that have green eyes, sprouts, or greenish skins, rather than prepare and serve them, especially to children.

Interesting fact: Potatoes make great food for astronaut! In fact in 1995 potato plants were taken into orbit on the Columbia and actually grown.

4. Almonds

Almonds, most always said to be nuts, are actually seeds and are extremely popular in kitchens around the world. Much like cashews, almonds are extremely poisonous if not introduced to some sort of heat source. It is generally the bitter almonds that need to be treated to get rid of the poison. The seeds are full of cyanide, and in many countries are illegal to sell without having been processed in order to get rid of the poison within the seed.

Interesting fact: Almonds are said to be one of the earliest cultivated foods, being mentioned in the Bible’s Old Testament.

3. Cherries

Cherries are definitely one of the most versatile fruits. You can eat them raw, cook them, bake them, and get them tart or sweet. Cherries can even be used in certain types of liquor. Despite their overall red goodness, cherries are toxic. If you’ve ever eaten a cherry and without thought chewed on the pip or left it in your mouth, you more than likely introduced hydrogen cyanide into your body. If a cherry pip is chewed, crushed, or somehow damaged, it automatically produces hydrogen cyanide. Symptoms of mild poisoning include headache, dizziness, confusion, anxiety, and vomiting. Larger doses can lead to difficulty breathing, increased blood pressure and heart rate, and kidney failure. Reactions can include coma, convulsions, and death from respiratory arrest.

Interesting fact: Cherries contain extremely high amounts of Melatonin which is good for helping and keeping the body regulated.

2. Apples

Apples are definitely a popular fruit no matter where you go. Like others on the list, and many other types of fruits, apples contain cyanide, but not in high levels. The fruit itself does not contain the chemical, but you will find cyanide in the apple’s seeds. Eating all of the seeds in one apple won’t kill you, but it’s definitely not recommended. Of course, if enough apple seeds are eaten, this means chewed and swallowed, it can result in complications.

Interesting fact: Apples float because at least 25% of their mass is nothing but air.

1. Tomato

Despite the extreme popularity of tomatoes and many countries, it is true that they are poisonous. Though the fruit itself doesn’t contain poison, the stem as well as the leaves contain a chemical known as glycoalkaloid. Higher levels are said to be found in wild tomatoes, but those grown domestically still contain glycoalkaloid. This chemical is known to cause upset stomachs and nervousness. The leaves and stem can be used in cooking for flavor, but must be removed before eating. This chemical is so powerful that it is actually used as a way to control pests.

Interesting fact: In 1893, in the U.S. Supreme Court case Nix v. Hedden, it was argued whether or not a tomato was a vegetable or a fruit, which dealt with taxes being paid on vegetbles and not fruits. In the end, the court ruled that a tomato is a vegetable when referring to the Tariff Act, but is botanically a fruit.