More Goa...

        Well the small miracle didn’t happen I am still chasing people around trying to get to see their buses and for them to tell me what the price will be before I head further down south.  Tomorrow morning Manoj our regular taxi driver will to take me to Palolem. Here I will stay in one of the beach huts overlooking the sea, taste some more fresh fish and check out what’s happening at the very last tip of Goa. (what a lucky girl I am!)

          The past couple of days I have been driving around the smallest state of India on my moped and have burned some rubber trying to get everywhere in time. On my first day I got slightly sunburned on my knees and arms from driving all day in the hot sun. It looked a bit silly just red arms and red knees J The hotels I have visited look as good as they do on their website and I am pleased with the feeling and location. As I have mentioned before the season is picking up day by day and last Wednesday was the first flea market, much smaller than usual and so much more quite. But even now all the selling ladies are trying to lure me into buying pashmina shawls, silver jewellery and Rajasthani items all in perfect English or Russian and sometimes even Dutch. “Kijken kijken, niet kopen” is what they tell me when I say I am from Holland. It is a typical Dutch saying, only looking but not buying is the literal translation.

       I enjoyed a swim at South Anjuna beach and tried out the Go Pro underwater….. At first I was doubting to use it underwater, what if it leaks and the camera will break?! No more filming…? Obviously it works!

       Today I had the pleasure of tasting Hotel Venite’s prawn curry and rava fried parwns at Panjims old heart of the city- Fontainhas. It was so good it almost tastes the same as Mai’s curry, my boyfriends grandmother. (Mai is mother in Portuguese)As we are in Goa we should definitely try some Goan cuisine. At hotel Veite the food is great and the price matches the food. The cute balconies and old furniture make it a place worth of visiting.
Old, dusty broken doors and colourful paint flaking of walls, I love Panjim; the mix of old and new buildings, parks and many large trees providing shade on the Mandovi walkway. I passed by the department of tourism to ask for a government approved tour guide and as friendly as the Goans are I left the building with three phone numbers. I was surprised to hear that they do not actually have official city walks so I will have to come to an agreement with the local guide myself and decide what I want him to show us.

I am curious what lies ahead when I continue the route to Cochin.

From here onwards I will visit new places, ones I have not seen before-EXCITING!

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