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Sunday 13 March 2011

South Goa

well, South goa is SO much nicer than North! I arrived in Pallolem a few days ago, with Jess and Sarah. We had a long tiring journey from Mumbai.
1st we took a night bus & i was lucky enough to get seated next to a guy who was puking the whole journey (so i couldnt get to sleep, and it smelled SO BAD) ! And sarah woke up to find the guy next to her, holding her hand !... so that was fun : / .
Then we took another bus from mapusa to calangute, which was hot and sweaty. When we got to calangute, we were nakerd and still needed to look for somewhere to stay. So sarah sat in a cafe, keeping an eye on the bags, while jess and i went to find a hostel/guest house... We looked at about 6 different places all over. Eventually we found one in our budget and it wasnt that bad. The next day, we were fed up of bieng in calangute. Its really not very nice, the only people you find there are old german and russian pensioners & thompson holiday fish and chip Brits. We made a plan to go down to Palolem (where i am now) by only using local buses... that took a day, and again we were exhausted. But it was so worth it when we got here. Its still touristy here, and still India, but the beach is gawjus and the people are mainly cool middle aged hippys, studants and english kids on their gap year . So i was happy.
Jess and sarah also loved it, but they decided to only stay a day here, as they needed to get to Bangalore for a 10 day Meditation course. kinda sad saying bye, but we had a good time together, and i didnt mind being back on my own.

I am staying here for maybe 1 more night, and then taking a night bus to Hampi. Where i will stay one night, 2 days, and then return to Goa for the 17th. On the 19th i will take a 26h rain ride to New delhi..

I seriously need to dedicate some time, to working on my tan. But its just so HOT here ! but better hot then cold i spose :) .

will update soon, and hopefully upload some more photo's...
x

2 comments:

  1. Overnight buses and 26 hour train journeys........I bet you're thinking fondly of your lovely little car (which, as I recall, absolutely does not smell of vomit)!
    Enjoy the trip to New Delhi
    xxxx
    PS Why not stay in the shade, and ask F,JX & K to bring you a tube of fake tan when they come out!

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  2. haha, so true...Oh i miss my little car !
    although, i cant really call myself a traveler if i take taxi's all over the place (eh hum, dad)... The trains and buses are all part of the experience :).
    Fake tan, what a savior that stuff is ! good thinking! x

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