Today is really warm! (funny that considering where we are :)) we have come to the PANJIM INN for breakfast - its a great place... Expensive by comparison to what we have been paying for food but of course still mad cheap by our standards. Today we had 2 boiled eggs, 4 toast, large pot coffee x 2 - 295 rps!!! Reading the NAVHIND TIMES - Its all ...

I saw some really nice Catholic, Portuguese cathedrals in Old Goa (9km from Panaji) and walked around some nice buildings in Panaji. I was just here for a day then on to Arambol. It is a bigger city and has cheap places like India should! I had a 25 rp (60 cent) thali for supper, today! And a 10 rp (25 cent) ice cream and a 10 rp chocolate bar (...

This morning we took our first train, an 11 hour ride from Mumbai CSt to the small town of Panjim, in northern Goa. Our ticket is 2AC - on this train, the best you can get. This means you get a berth that folds out of the wall. The lower ones are seats for pretty much anyone in daytime, after 8pm you can make your bed with the sheets, pillow and...