Resorte Park Avenue Calangute
Baga Road Calangute, Goa, India
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Back on the road again!
... as much as that could provide
against a tropical downpour.... it was so refreshing! The second
storm was just a lightning storm. And it was amazing. Massive streak
lightning and flashes brought the sky to life. It went on for around
4 hours with constant lightning like a strobe. It felt like it was
going to rain but never did. We started out to head towards the beach
to watch it but once we got closer the power of it made us think
maybe not ...
Brings tears to the eyes
... of these young women slightly flinched. They where left unable to retract there tongues or close there mouths, even if they were in great pain they were unable to tell you about it. Standing there trying to grasp what it was we had just witnessed, suddenly there was and older woman standing in front of the priest, off to her side stood a man with another 6-8 foot long spike with a trident on one end, he held it up as the priest pushed through the woman's cheek in the ...
A stitch in time saves nine...
... into the estuary. There was a wall surroundning the compound, and some men working there, it was a burning pit alright, and they were preparing a fire too...for a cremation! Set in the trees, it reminded me strongly of a dream that I had last year, where I visited an area for burning corpses. Although we were invited in, we declined and went for a walk though the coconut trees, along the edge of the estuary. Although we only walked a few hundred metres, we saw sparkling ...
Last Day in Arambol
I had two new neighbours, Omri and Abi from Israel, who amazingly were paying 500 rupees a day for their hut, a vast difference to the 150 rupees we were paying. This was the rising prices of the xmas season now starting, and the restaurant next door had new menus with increased prices.
We had our morning swimming and playfulness in the sea and in the sweetwater lake. Anya came and played so beautifully with ...
Getting Out of Goa....or Trying To!
... her real name, it's not very Indian!) who come up and started chatting to us. After about 10 minutes of conversation, sure enough, she whipped out her boxes upon boxes of jewellery and I was completely uninterested...yet somehow ended up spending 10GBP on various bits and pieces! She was the greatest saleswoman ever! Still, I was happy with my purchases and she was happy with her prices so everyone was a winner!
Soon enough the blue skies became overcast and ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Park Avenue



