Hotel Rajat Executive Kolhapur

Firstly thanks to Claire for the title - credit where credit is due.......

So what did I achieve in Goa?

Went to beach several times. see attached for proof and also proof that cows really do go on beaches in India
Read quite a bit
Updated the blog (v important!)
Relaxed
Went on boat thru mangroves and saw crocs and birds (cormorants, storks, cranes, kites ...

... friends if I could. Just thinking that at this time 4 days here will get us some quality time with the kids and also let them focus on homework and a little relaxation. After Goa, we are off to Delhi with Bhupesh’s brother and his family, and we have some extensive sightseeing in store for us as well.

... Hindi to the man next to me on the connecting flight i finally arrived in Goa. I was taken to my home stay, had some food and tried to sleep off the jet lag with my room mate having a coughing fit every 10 minutes. Shes still alive which is good!

Today I went to Calangute beach which was beautiful. I then met Jenny, my in house co ordinator and 5 other volunteers (2 if which are ...

... the rest of the way to the beach.
Apart from updating this blog with more stories from Bhutan, reading (2 new books purchased at airport) sitting around doing nothing, odd splash in the sea. Nothing much else planned.....Only thing I may do is a boat into the mangroves to see some birds and crocs but I'll see how much energy I have!!

So this is where I will be until 9th December. After that I will see what I feel like doing It's a hard life.........

... him to lead us into the back room which was filled with all their higher quality and obviously higher priced saris. I was trying very hard not to get too excited when I saw the range. He told me his name was Sonu and he began to show me a whole several gorgeous saris ... but unlike all the other sales people we have encountered in shops across India in the last five years ... Sonu draped the fabrics on himself! With tremendous flourish, I might add ...

... needed some good old R&R before the end of the trip.

I did however, venture out for dinner at a great little restaurant set in the terrace gardens of the house...It's called the Stone House and it was a lush little haven! The food was yummy (see food post later). They also had a singer taking requests for the diners....the mozzies were out in full force, but a mozzie coil did a good job when placed at my feet under the table!

... frame for their shop. Then they would hang tapestries, along the sides and back to create a "room" to show their wares. Barb and I wandered through the long roads that acted like aisles. The problem was, that we had seen it all before. It was more of the same in all of the stalls. Belts, scarfs, block print tapestries, jewelry, etc.

Anjuna Beach was one of the RAVE beaches during the Rave period (late 80s- early 90s) Charter flights from UK ...

... to give light, and the only tool being a small spanner (I acted as the jack, tilting the rickshaw while the driver changed the wheel). Then it turned out that there was a huge slash in his spare tyre so that was as bad as the one we took off! Nevermind. I got back safely in the end! I'm now off to try and find a friend I met yesterday, who's asked me to join him for lunch. Seems like an interesting chap, so let's see what happens!

... a baires,,,donde pico y sigo para uruguay, supongo,,,estare 2 dias en baires, y volvere en breve,,, pero bue,,,mi super Be de momento viaja primero a Londres a encontrarse con toda su flia, y despues a baires, cerca del 20,,,asi parece,,, espero que dios( para mi la naturaleza, la energia mayor de todas ) siga proveyendo para todos,,,amor, salud, comida, techo, pazzzzz, amistad, y buenas intenciones... los quiero mucho tam

... whom the owner had appointed to look after this estate.) We were shown into this room, with stuffed heads of every mammal available in these parts. 3 deer, a Gaur (Indian bison) and a few others. It was old but fairly comfortable. With no tourist circuit to occupy us we simply lazed for a siesta and then in early evening left the resort to wander about the village. At nightfall we had dinner at a road side dhaba. As we were about to ...