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Booked a room here for 4 nights, and finally stayed for all my stay in Goa. The owners are nice and friendly family, rented a motorbike from them as well (needed to leave my passport as a deposit, but I didn't feel uncomfortable about that). At first, stayed in a Basic room in a low building next to the owners' home - indeed, it's just a basic room with an outside bathroom, the main downside for me being not the facilities but poor mobile network signal (I worked online during my stay). Moved to the room on the top floor of the new building, and it was really nice, clean, new and with balcony, if not slightly more expensive compared to what I normally pay in India. No Wi-Fi, but that's not a problem if you have a mobile phone with an Internet package (I have Airtel sim card, but Idea seems to work much better in this particular place). Located in Chapora - not near the sea beach (there's wide Chapora river in front), but with motorbike it's not a problem, and, well, Chapora is more famous for it's hippie nightlife, so it's a special place. The central street of Chapora, where the action happens, is within 10 minutes walk, or 2 minutes with a motorbike, so it's not a problem either way. Vagator and Anjuna are easily accessible by motorbike as well.