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Monday - Justines 50th Birthday celebration!
Travelled by train from Hospeth to Goa which is a 8 hour trip but with India stretch time turned into 10 hours!!
Finally the train pulled into Goa station and we jumped on our bus to Dwarka. After about an hour we turned off a main road onto a dirt track then a even rougher track into the jungle ... the bus stopped and very travel weary we wandered down the dusty track to .... paradise!!! Thatched bungalows to sleep in, palm trees everywhere and the ocean and lagoon just there!! Amazing!!!! The porters carried our bags down the hill and very quickly we were in the lagoon swimming!!!
That night we watched the sun set over the Arabian Sea while we sipped G&ts and ate prawns kindly supplied by Felix!! Not bad!!! Excellent in fact!
That night was Justines Sari & Tiara birthday celebration - we dressed in our newly purchased saris - well Jassa and one of the resort boys redressed me in the bar!!!! How do these Indian girls walk in them???!!!
It was a great night Felix and his little son Gavin came along - we had a great night with Justine and Jenny hitting the dance floor dancing to Mikes CD!
Tuesday -
We woke to a hive of activity which is strange when you are in an isolated beach resort I'm thinking ... lol!! What's happening - a fashion shoot of course!! So we watched with great interest while we had breakfast - all the setting up on the beach ... then I had another amazing massage ... oils this time with a Indian hippy looking dude who was fantastic - about $18 for 1 1/2 hours :)) then went back and watched more shoot activity by this time the Russian models had appeared .. after much debate we decided they were about 15 years old looking about 22!! Not sure if they could smile .. I think not!! More discussion as to why the Indians use these sad looking little Russian waifs instead if their own beautiful woman!!
Moved from the restaurant to the lagoon for a swim .. then to the hut for a sleep ... yep not much to do in Dwarka but that and count the coconut trees along the beach ... fantastic place to chill out!!
Another great dinner overlooking the beach as the sun set in the Arabian Sea ... nice place!
Wednesday - return to central Goa by bus - back to the crazy traffic and touristy area via a spice plantation. Very hot and steamy - way too hot for me to get excited about spices the Aussie Customs would get way too enthusiastic over ...
On to Candolim Beach and the Marquees Beach Hotel. I'm not a fan of this part of Goa. We grabbed some last minute shopping had a swim in the pool - which was way hotter than a bath!
Thursday 28/4
Sad farewell to the group - and fly to Mumbai. We have a bit too much luggage lol ok way too much!! Sab had to pay excess - I scraped thru! Into a taxi and we are thrown into Bombay madness - the traffic is crazy! Finally after much fuss the driver finds our hotel and within 15 minutes we are upgraded to a suite, had a shower and are on our backs in the day spa having a massage!! Lol!! I'm getting good at this travel stuff!
Next we crossed the road to the beach - could hardly see the sand for the people ... there were thousands and thousands just standing around ... we felt way out numbered by the locals and there were lots of street kids so we scampered back to the main street and fell into a Ayuvada Luxury store with all this lovely face care stuff!!! Hmm that was nice!! And just a few shops up was a handbag shop ... :)))) love a new handbag when I travel!!!
Dinner was just close by too ... All good in Mumbai!!
Friday 29/4 - heading home - can't sleep so waiting for the wake up call - in fact I think I need to give them a wake up call - they are 40 mins late!! So much for coffee and toast they promised - hope their driver is waiting for us ....
Glad to be going home ... India is Incredible!!!
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