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Asia » India » Goa » Mormugao April 14th 2013

Walking around in the heat the day before at the spice farm really did us in. We decided that we would go easy today because we knew we wanted to be ready to see Mumbai (Bombay) the next day. I woke up with a slight fever and was feeling crappy. Since the doctor opened at 8am, I figured I ought to check in with him. We went down to the first floor and after filling out the appropriate forms, he saw me. Diagnosis was ear infection and general dehydration of the sinuses. He suggested a course of nebulizer treatments and that I begin the antibiotic I brought and Tylenol every 6 hours until my temperature went back to normal. Thus, I spent almost all of the time in Goa in bed or reading. Valerie kept me ... read more
1304-195 The houses on the hillside in Goa
1304-196 Part of the ferry flotilla near where we were docked
1304-197 Old Flotilla and newer dock machinery

Asia » India » Goa » Palolem March 31st 2013

Long time, no Blog! Truth is, there's nothing exceptional to report. That said, I've still got a barrel of experiences to rummage around in, and here are a few token ones plucked out to keep the hungry Blog audience at bay! As the title suggests, this week and a bit of travel has been beach-based. From Mumbai, I took the ferry and bus to Murad - a small fishing village between Goa and Mumbai. It's in the Lonely Planet for its long empty beach and chilled-out local "vibe" and I was not disappointed. Surprisingly, I had the beach to myself for the couple of days I spent there. Even more surprisingly, I couldn't help but set out on various pointless excursions around the area to appease my restless legs. You might've thought I'd earnt a break! ... read more

Asia » India » Goa March 21st 2013

We decided to forego our first Indian train ride from Kerala to Goa and flew with P. from Portugal (honestly, I don’t know what protocol is when using people’s names, and I didn’t ask him for permission, so I’ll just call him “P.”) after we’d found a good deal in a flight. We’ve had plenty of interesting train rides since then… Back in Portugal, P. works for a charitable Christian organization and was visiting (inspecting?) a children’s home in Goa for which he’d procured funds some years ago and took us along with him, assuring us that he’d help us find a hotel room after the visit. What began as just a free ride from the airport turned into a wonderful visit when we were greeted by the smiling faces of 32 children, fresh-squeezed pineapple juice, ... read more
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basilica bom jesus

Asia » India » Goa March 16th 2013

10 little hours floating through the clouds, not even a day away and you land in a surreal magical charming coutry, a whole different world than ours. when you travel to other coutrys especially this unfamilar place, your awarness is heightned and you start to notice every little detail because your trying to understand and make sense of everything going on aroud you. the person you are at home in your own enviroment becomes less important and less central to your new journey for 4 weeks you become an observer and this is the best country to do that, in india you have freedom, the opportunity to look at another culture, to see the world from another view point, to see youself as someone foreign and have an adventure. you are exposed from this moment of ... read more
back waters
fishermen/backwaters
goods carrier

Asia » India » Goa » Palolem March 4th 2013

J: Mumbai is huge. Twice the size of London and with people absolutely everywhere. It felt like every space large enough to occupy a person contained one. We had two days in Mumbai so we walked around the city and took in local cricket matches at Maiden Oval, admired Mumbai harbour from athe Gateway of India and had lunch at the famous Leopald's. We sneaked into the regal Taj Palace hotel for a look around and watched the sun go down over Chowpatty Beach. An endearing quality of Mumbai was that the most impressive architecture was found not in museums or private residences, but in public service buildings. The Post Office and Mumbai University were both very grand and the main train terminal, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, was spectacular. Mumbai to Goa was twelve hours by train ... read more
Cricket under the university clocktower
Palolem beach
Ben, Elaine, Joe, Holly

Asia » India » Goa » Vagator February 26th 2013

Who we are: Sajid C U, Manu V V and Felix George What we ride: Royal Enfield Classic 350cc & Royal Enfield Classic 500cc The route: KOCHI→Mangalore→Udupi→Karwar→GOA→Londa→Davengere→Mysore→Bandipur→Nilambur→KOCHI KMs: 2300+ This is the story of our journey to attend the annual Riders meet held at Vagator, Goa called ‘RIDER MANIA’. For those who aren’t aware of this, it’s an event conducted by the Royal Enfield every year. Back in Kochi we all work under the same roof ‘Royal Enfield Brand store’. Yeah, for us it’s our family get together. I (Sajid) rode a black Classic 350cc whereas Manu & Felix switched seats on their green Classic 500cc. It was the amalgamation of three bodies into a single soul & a mind that we took off one fine morning from our homes, geared ourselves up, fueled our tanks ... read more
Ashwin & Sajid
Manu beside NH4
Sajid taking advices from Felix

Asia » India » Goa » Palolem February 21st 2013

Blog 8th - 21st February Kollam - Alleppey - Kochi - Palolem Bewildered Backwater Boating and Palolem Party People Kollam is not a place you want to spend much time, but it was a great base for us to board our 8 hour ferry to Alleppey to explore the Keralan backwaters. Unsure what to expect from the journey we bagged prime seats on the top deck of the ferry full of excitement, bags of bananas and cashews to keep spirits high, and ignored the sewage stink of the river. The ferry passed through such contrasting parts of the backwaters, from large expanses of lake to smaller channels, it was a real eye opener as to how the Keralan people live on the banks of the network of rivers that act as highways for 75km. We passed ... read more
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Asia » India » Goa February 18th 2013

Porto - Lyon A agitacao e o barulho do aviao a descolar, a posicao tensa e obliqua. Passado instantes, a nave deslilza na horizontal e o horizonte e azul. Sinto a Alegria do Movimento, da partida. Taize Uma bela viagem de comboio da cidade de Lyon ate Macon. Uma alegria intensa ao chegar, a calma do Inverno e do monte. Mas assim que comeco a entrar... tambem uma pressa inquietante de conseguir nao sei o que mais e da novidade de tudo! Tantas vezes tenho tanta pressa, tao desfasado por dentro do que estou a viver. Tao pouco presente, relaxado e "simplificado" para disfrutar a vida que e boa. O espanto. O silencio da neve. De repente, os sinos! Durante minutos enchem o ar e os espacos! sao muitos! ao mesmo tempo! numa correria! numa festa! ... read more
Eyup
Cemiterio - Eyup, Istanbul
Lago Iznik, Turquia

Asia » India » Goa February 18th 2013

De novo a Alegria do Movimento, de ir! Fabricas de tijolos de adobe manuais, a terra vermelha e seca, as vacas mirradas, as arvores tropicais. Apita comboio, pela linha fora! Em Em Em! Chuc CHuc CHuc! O verde seco ate ao amarelo, a terra a pedir agua e nos pelo vale fora. Coloridos templos hindus, pequenos junto aos campos e selva. Deixamos Mumbai, passamos os suburbios fetidos e o lixo, impoe-se a Natureza. Nao ha ruidos agressivos, pode ressonar-se tranquilamente, vestido pelo calor na pele, a deslizar ao lado do rio. Os panos das senhoras esvoacam no comboio de ferro, sem portas nem janelas, e as ventoinhas a-dar-a-dar. * Relembro a chegada a Mumbai: o salto da neve para os tropicos, as pessoas calorosas e simpaticas. De repente, viro a esquina e uma senhora a dar ... read more
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Fabricas de tijolos
Suburbios, Mumbai

Asia » India » Goa » Arambol February 9th 2013

Rano v pohode vstanie a pobratie sa do Mapusi. Hned na hlavnej ceste som chytil bus,teda on chytil mna,bo ma videl prichadzat po bocnej cesticke tak chvilku pocka. Bus sa v polovicke cesty uplne naplnil,tak zas ako sardinky v konzerve sme tam boli.Jednu kravu som pustal sadnut si k oknou,bo ja som sedel pri ulicke a drzal si batoh.Ona to nechapala,tak som si sadol k oknu ja.Ona za trest drzala moj batoh. V Mapese som behol do cestovky kde som kupil listok a nechal tam batoh. Cestoviek je tam kopa.Je tu aj net ale za hodinu chcu az 30rupii. Po odlozeni batohu som siel najst nieco pod zub a okuknut trochu mesto. Isiel som po hlavnej smerom na zapad,tu som nasiel lacnejsi net hodina za 20 rupiii,druha odbocka za postou a furt rovno. Na nete som ... read more




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