Beira Mar Alfran Resort Baga

... where Ill meet Natalie and maybe see if Ill do my diving course down there. The best spot seems to be several islands 400km off the coast.

To finalize the thing that gets on my nerves here in India is the bloody constant HONKING!!!
Everyone honks to turn right, to turn left, to go forward, to say hi, to.......

Hope all is well with you and check out sm photos.

kisses and hugs

... when the sky turned black and we saw lightning. We decided that was a sign and headed back to the hotel restaurant. It was only minutes before the torrential rains began and boy were we happy to be close. We just ordered dinner when a couple of people came to the door of the restaurant, soaking wet. Chris recognized them because we had met on the city tour in Mumbai, Katharina and Michael joined us for dinner and have since become our new travel partners ...

... is also a sign of the leech!
felt extremly ill after that, the thought of something sucking my blood was v unpleasant!! anyway toe is as good as new now thank god!!
after the very interesting spice tour (did you know you can cure hereditary diabetes just by drinking a concoction of spices every day for 6 months??!!!!! no hannah and i didnt either, think she was telling her spice tales to two of the wrong people!) we had a spot of lunch then had a little ...

... we are staying here until hannah arrives on the 8th so have plenty of time
we are also bringing hannah up here after benaluim as this is the livliest place going!!!
still no photos im aftraid, uploader is broken
maybe lost a few pounds - no where near the amount i imagined - there is a subway, dominos pizza and baskin robbins ice cream parlour here tho so i can kind of see why!!!!
xxxxx

... Saw lots of fish, lots from Janey's fish tank, although i'm bad with the names. They were all quite a lot bigger than the ones in the tank though :) So, now i need to decide where to dive next, maybe Thailand, funds permitting :) http://www.cultureholidays.com/scuba-di ving/dive-sitesgoa.htm P.S. Chris has just passed his PADI rescue diver, so now he can save me (i feel so much better now ;-) )

... pure and simple. That said, there's not that much to report - no sightseeing, so no forts, no palaces, no temples, no stupas, no Bodhi trees. Nothing but sand and sun. The two highlights would have to be: #1 - eating fresh fish caught earlier in the day with a big bottle of Kingfisher, your feet in the sand and stars above your head. #2 - I shaved my head (uhh, my head beings Rick's ...

... Stephan lives in Zurich and Mercer Consulting currently has it down as the Best City In The World To Live In (http://www.citymayors.com/features/qua lity_survey.html). So anywhere else is going to be a disappointment. Here's a tip kids - live in a shithole and you'll enjoy your holidays more. I'd love to tell you about all the fun things we did in Arambol but it's now 10th January and I can't remember much from November (or even ...

... so many that it was know as 'Rome of the East,' in the 17th and 18th centuries. Please see attached pics of 'Se Cathedral' (largest Cathedral in India) and the 'Basilica of Bom Jesus (dates to 1605) They later expanded their control to a large swath of land around Goa and held control for over 450 yrs, finally being expelled by the newly independent (from the British) Indian government in 1961. Shortly thereafter Goa became popular with my parents ...

... breaki in leapolds before jumping on a bus for an hour with all the other extras. On arrival we were split up into 2 groups and shpeharded down to the basment where we were costumed and make uped. I got a cool pari of jeans to wear and flwoery pink shirt. They didnt like my sandels so got a horrible pair of black shoes, by the end of the day both soles had come off! Meanwhile sara was beeing fitted out in a black evening weir cocktail dress which made her look like a bit of ...

... three hours early. The flight was then delayed till 5:30 PM - which made for a long day in the airport. Good thing India has recently come out with it's own versions of Top Gear and CAR magazines - I was quite happy reading them during our wait.