A week in Goa... a lifetime later...

Its hard to believe that Darius and I arrived here only a week ago. Since last wednesday, we have made some really spectacular friends. I have decided and promised to be back for New Years to stay with Sid and Moodrika. Last night we did it up right and had drinks at shore bar, until late into the night, possibly early morning and had a real chill time. I think one of the main themes of Goa is to chill.

Another theme of Goa is beaches! Both yesterday and the day before Darius and I rented a bike and zipped off to new stretches of beautiful sand. Monday we went to Morjim beach; it was lovely, empty and went for hundreds of meters. Fishing boats, jutting rocks and fishing boats line the shore. We ate amazing food (I don't think we've had a bad meal yet) at a little beach hut and then lay on day beds. I then fell asleep and was gifted with a rosey "tan". Yesterday we went to Arambol; this beach was much more commercial and there were plenty of Euros littering the beaches, plenty of bars, shops, etc. None the less we had a lovely swim, climbed some crazy little rocks off the shore (in flip flops no less) and then enjoyed one of the more beautiful sunsets I have ever seen on the bike home.

The other day we had a beach day in Anjuna, where we are actually staying and acquired a dog for the day. There are lots of stray beach dogs. And this one fluffy little orange pup came up to us and followed us the whole day. Darius named him Captain Kirk. I named him Floppy. All of the other dogs went bananas when he passed through, barking and snapping. Poor little Captain Floppy. I have no idea what kind of crime he committed in the dog community, but it must have been bad.

Oh! Also, I couldn't stop laughing as we biked home the other day and at one point there were literally cows everywhere. We turned a corner and then poor Darius had to drive us through, honking the little scooter horn and dodging cows and their tails.

Tonight we drive to Mapusa and take a bus from there to Hampi. I figure any kind of ride will be better than the bus to Goa (that was a nightmare). We are going with two girls who we met here, Meika and Amy. We'll spend a few days there, then to Hyderabad, then Chennai to stay with Lauri, Julia's Mom. We've booked our tickets to Andamans and Sri Lanka. The adventure is really shaping up. Its hard to believe that we have only been here a week and a half... my sense of time is completely warped. It may have been a lifetime, or a week, I don't know.

Until next post... So much love to my home.