Palolem is like stepping into a picture postcard with its arching sandy beach and shoreline heavily forested with coconut trees. Bamboo beach shacks line the shoreline among the coconut trees.
[Palolem Beach - Goa]
Along the beach are Goan fishing boats as well the requisite (friendly) stray dogs and cows. There are surprisingly few dog turds on the beach given how many dogs there are here. You will find more dog turds on the sidewalks of Nice than on Palolem.
[Palolem Beach Dogs]
I had an urge to run along this beach. As a gentleman of leisure I’m more prone to get an urge to have a coffee and read the paper at one of the many beach cafes. I found out later that Palolem is the beach that Matt Damon is running on in the start of The Bourne Supremacy, which I had just watched just a few weeks ago.
Upon finding this out I had to emulate our man Jason Bourne and run along the beach as well.
[Palolem Beach Gentleman of Leisure]