Day 3 Goa I have gotten used to our cell like room now and even slept last night without having any alcohol.The staff here, especially the food and bar workers are really friendly and seem a good laugh.Today we have been to visit Old Goa where yet again pushy parents were pushing their children for pictures with the Guru.The storm seems to have cleared the air and the sun is hotter than yesterday. Raj, our taxi driver advised us about a trip to the organic spic...

Goa day 2... The Guru and I have decided to head off to the beach for a day of rest. India so far has been anything but exotic.There is rubbish everywhere and I dont mean the odd carton or bottle lying about.The locals dont think twice about throwing litter on the floor and there are piles of it lying on the side of every road.Even the beach is littered with bottle tops, cigarette butts and dead fish. We eventually found a tidy part of the beach and shack and ...

Day one Goa (sorry its late)... With our new found fondness for Kingfisher Airlines, we flew to Goa from Mumbai on a 45 minute flight.We got to sample another Indian dish of a veg cutlet served with curried chick peas.On a 45 minute flight, BA eat your heart out. We were greeted at our hotel in Calangute by a swarm of mosquito's which straight away had a mini feast on my face. My first impression of our room was that it resembled a prison cell, or what i imagi...

Hi all Just quick update from us, ally has been typing up our adventures and we will post them all as son as we get to a wifi zone (airport probably). In the meantime we have been enjoying some fanastic food - we have ate a couple of times at an all veg restaurant; aloo tikka masala, veg dopiaza, jeera rice, onion riata and garlic nan - 380 rupees - thats about 5 quid! fresh fish every day on the beach, and the crappest breakfast in christendom - toast like inn...

Hi, I was gonna post about food, which I will eventually, but I have to write about the place and the people; the city is intoxicating, a mixture of sights and sounds that appal and enthral. After 3 days here I am almost used to the intense heat and humidity, the noise of the place also takes getting used to and the smells can be stomach churning. The one thing I can ignore (because you have to) but not ever forget is the poverty, it is everywhere, the most str...