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A boat trip up the River Sal
... and mine were little better but we did manage to catch a couple of fins popping out of the water....
By Thursday, we'd spent a couple of days discussing the moderately sized birds of prey that were abundant overhead. They were, ooh I'd say a metre across the wingspan and the concensus was that they were either sea eagles or, more likely, buzzards. Jane's money was on the sea eagles and she ...
Right, we're in - and we're staying...
... Phil fails to mention that the bunks were 2 foot wide, rock hard and quite short – considering we had to stow our worldly goods including very large ruck sacks! Oh the luxury]
Anyway, the train was due into Madgoan station at 5.50am so we sychronised watches and set both alarms for 5.30 knowing that no washing or toileting would be involved and we'd be up and away like a shot.
So at 4am when I finally decided I couldn't lie down pretending to sleep any ...
Goa reunion!
... re planning on buying gifts for the masses (especially at Christmas time). We hired Ganesh to take us, as it was a two hour drive. We had entertainment on the long journey though, as we witnessed a lunar eclispe which lasted over an hour. Ganesh commentated the occurance and described it as the 'snake eating the moon' and told us many superstitions linked with it such as pregnant women must stay indoors during the eclispe. Once at the market, it was heaving. The stalls ...
Delhi Belly Badness
... amount of time rolling about the bed in agony, a small portion was spent vomiting up anything I tried to ingest and the rest of the time, as far as I can remember, was spent hallucinating. Vaila came, and went, with slight concern, but the pair of us just assumed the ''Delhi Belly'' we'd heard so much about, would pass. It wasn't until I decided to take a warm shower that evening and the water splashed down on me like blocks of ice that I realized I must have ...
Freakin Hawkers...
... drums, Latin stuff ( the Portuguese influence I guess) fused with konkani lyrics - made me smile anyway.
A beautiful coastal road with views over the ocean and plenty of seats on the bus!
From one extreme to the other, peaceful quiet Agonda to tourist trap Cavelossim - still good but different, more expensive here so we are staying a five minute walk from the beach, but we have electric, tv and hot ...