Indian observations, part 1: • there are cows everywhere- on the beach, on the roads- I know they are sacred here but I don't really get it. • Goa is also full of tattoo shops, which is reflective of the ilk of tourist- drunken, hippy types. • it's very difficult to understand the Indian people, just remember any call from/to a call centre- they speak very fast and without appropriate pauses or pronunciation. I'm forever- "pardon?". • the Indians do a...

Monday night: the manager bought me and Vanessa back some food from the city. Then we went to bed, but it turns out the manager and some of the others returned about 11 with more food and drinks and shesha for us, but we didn't wake up, so we missed the party- oops! Tuesday: I went for a run along the beach about 8, which was lovely! Then the dive staff made us a great breakfast and I decided to stay another day. I ended up doing a couple more dives as I had the...

Monday: officially my rest/treat day. So I had a lie-in, breakfast in hostel and then late morning I went to a Turkish bath. I didn't really know what to expect, but it was a steam room for 20 minutes then this guy come and got me in his pants and led me to another less steamy room and laid me on a big stone slab that he'd put hot water on. First, he used a big hard brush to scrub every inch of my body. Then he was throwing water over me- hot and cold- it hurts a...

I'm back- it's a long one I'm afraid.... Friday night I went to the dining hall at the Kibbutz- such amazing food! It was busy as it's the only evening when everyone in the kibbutz comes to eat but there was no Shabbat rituals or anything. We got a hot drink from the kibbutz cafe. Then Fima showed me the way to the beach and pool for tomorrow as he's working all day. A chilled night- he showed me some pictures of his youth in Lithuania and his daughter. So nice ...

Friday: I walked with Miriam for most of the day. We walked along the top of the mountain with the beautiful views of the lake. Then down through a valley, up mount Arbel then a steep descent via some caves and ancient forts. We arrived in a small town where I had ice cream and she had beer, then some guys at the cafe left falafel, so we ate there scraps- I feel I'm turning into a wild savage! Haha! We wanted a supermarket and so hitchhiked a couple of km's to ge...