…Look out….The British Are Coming!!
And their armed with insanity. We arrived in Goa on Saturday to find Palolem Beach in good spirits. Full of holiday makers and backpackers passing through this little beach side village is full of restaurants serving everything from taccos to masala to organic vegtables…..and the little general stores are stocked with tinned tuna, baked beans, coco pops but most importantly MARTMITE… i was going to request having some sent over from england.
Many many a British person are staying here…such a contrast from spying a westerner on the streets of Mysore and becoming excited. Here you can pass by without a second glace, though with bars galore a good conversatiojn about Yorkshire, Devon or Surrey is easy to come by. As is cheap alcohol. decent wine and resonably priced sheesha.
The shops here sell clothes unlike any Ive seen in India so far, a large variety for varying prices…and some displaying various chain shop names of back home. Gorge, Monsoon and H+M to name a few. Despite this there are plenty pieces of floaty silk and novelty t-shirts to be bought, aswell as many a gorgeous bed spread and handcrafted ornaments.
In what may be a heaven for holiday makers and sunworshipers the weather as been moody. Lovely grey skys and humid air..occasional long angry bouts of rain. Weve spent the time here relaxing and getting our selves sorted. We have a big adventure to ahead to Rajastan via Bophal so we’ve spent exciting times over coffee discussing places we are going to head for in the next months and the best routes to take. Such afternoons were spent by eating out in the evening then heading to a bar for cheap portwine or cocktails and chats. Card games and snooker were involved….the card games mainly consisting of sticking cards on our foreheads with water. The sprints to the beachside bars….surprisingly some of which are 24hrs…and a late late night dip in the ocean.
Were gona move up further north to Anjuna soon…..a couple of days or similar fair I’m predicting, but with more to see around the area od Old Goa on our way to the train station. We can hire bicycles and motor bikes again and visit some hectic night markets.
If this blog has sounded at all dishearted don’t be fooled, im having a fabulous time. but illness stuck again last night, leaving me writhing in pain from an earache and a fever….mixed with dehydration (my tongue has returned to white) despite my efforts of drinking 4-6litres a day…and the lack of sweating due to the absence of sun. tuh….
To leave you with the thoughts of moody skys filled with palm trees we can view from our overly pink balcony….we can gaze down towards the beach but due to the foliage we can only catch a glimpse of what we found out to be a very salty sea. We are sharing a large room with friends we made at Sadhana though one left this morning for Rajastan and one returns home in 2weeks. We hope to meet up with Merav after we too have visited Rajastan and venture to Varanasi. This is going to be a very werid experiecne so Ive been warned, with bodies carried through the streets hundreds of times daily to be burnt. From Varanasi it has been decided that I shall go straight to Nepal and stay in Kathmandu for Christmas and New Year!!!! This was never part of the plan but Im sooo excited to visit the Himalayas and see Everest….I love the freedom.
Tags: goa, india, Travel
grandvoyages
wow really sounds like ur having an amazing time! does it feel like time’s flying? you’ve been there for like 3 months now! hope you had an amazing christmas xx