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Sunsets and Internets
... dear, we had been so busy relaxing that we had forgotten our number one rule ... failing to plan is planning to fail!
With no time to wait for a train seat, Chris wandered back to the internet cafe to see what our flight options might be. When he reached the cafe he phoned Annabelle (via skype to our indian mobile) for the first time in 18 months so that we could agree what to do.
In the end we opted for ...
A Spicy Jumbo Power Shower
... to produce chemical mace, used by the police Cardamom - the 3rd most expensive spice in the world and a daily part of the Indian diet
Pepper - the oldest spice in world: they start green or red and when you boil them you get white and dry pepper (mild) and dry to get black pepper (strong).
Turmeric – is harvested, boiled, dried and crushed only after the plant dies and was often used as an ...
Invasion of Korma, Kankle & Claire
... passed but none of them contained three pasty Brits.
As the clock ticked we watched the street wake up; the bins were emptied, the restaurants opened for breakfast and the sacred cows meandered down the roads looking for leftover food scraps.
We even witnessed a crow flying into a tree, knocking itself out and after some squawking eventually dying. His calls of pain caused about 100 black crows to come ...
Candolim- Don't worry prawn curry
Even further north Candolim is a small town, seemingly even smaller because of everything being closed. We read that in the winter (or Indian summer) this is the destination for package-tourists from the UK and other Europian countries. There were only a couple of restaurants open but we quickly established our favorite on the first night when we were served an incredible prawn curry. We ...
Brings tears to the eyes
... the mountain just in case one of those monkeys happens to be the reincarnation of Hanuman. It was a truly wonderful experience especially listening to the monks in the temple singing and chanting in the same way that has been done continuously for hundreds of years. Although when we set out the next day we didn’t expect to see that level of devotion we thought we might get a glimpse of what structured people’s lives in the past, what we ended up seeing was one ...



