It's been awhile since I last updated this, so here's a brief rundown of what I've been doing since Pokhara, Nepal....
After a sad goodbye to our Nepali family we took a bus back to Kathmandu. A scary scary busride - I kept my eyes closed most of the time and everytime I opened them I saw a bus wreck either on the side of the road or off the edge of the cliff. After afew hassles and much trouble with airport security (lots of frisking, lots of bag emptying, lots of questions about drug paraphenalia which I didn't have!) we flew past Mount Everest back into the crazyness of India. And Indian Summer.
With summer you get intense heat (around 45degrees) and rain, which cools things down but turns the streets of New Delhi to a river of sludge and feces. So we got on a plane the next day and flew to Goa, in the south, to cool off at some beaches.
Because its monsoon season, there's no one around (except for afew Indian tourists who wear their matching "goa is heavenest" tshirts and take photos of the two strange people with white skin - being constantly stared at isn't nice but being photographed is so much worse) and all of the restaurants, shops, and hotels have either been torn down or closed and wrapped entirely in plastic. I love monsoon; there's no crowds or hawkers, everything's cheaper, and the electrical storms are so pretty.
We're renting a little house near the beach at Candolim and have our own manky-guard-dog and also a kitchen so I've been able to have all the foods Ive been missing like marmite and tofu yay.
We've been in Goa for about 2 weeks now, just relaxing and swimming and exploring the other beaches and sights by scooter. The roads are insane to navigate and we nearly died so many times and were both heading towards a nervous breakdown after afew days of driving!
We're coming to the end of our trip now and have about one month left, and no set plan.....
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i totally forgot to tell you that i got your postcard thank you! i love mail love
Me, Poppa and Gran/Grandad too!!! received postcards!!!!
Well written article.
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