Fishing boat in dry dock…
An example of a number of the boats that were on teh beach in Goa.
We were staying in Colva. Which did not have too many tourists, apart from Indian’s!
Goa
Lifeguards in Goa…
They don’t have red flags on the beaches. They have a metal sign that says “don’t swim past this point”. Of course people do. [HMK]
Relaxing on the beach…
After a walk along the beach watching the crabs and fishermen, we stopped to have a lassi and some pakoras. While lying on deck chairs and a straw umbrella providing shade.
This was the view from where were we sitting. Afterwards I fell asleep for about an hour.
Being on holiday is hard work.
Baracuda
Goa…
Train from Mumbai to Goa
This was a totally amazing experience. – the train was sechulded to leave at 11:30. We were standing on the platform with our luggage waiting for the train to turn up from about 10:00. They announced the train, and a large number of people just ran to the other end of a very long platform (we couldn’t see the end). These were the people who had second class seats with no reservations. So what do you do when you don’t have seat reservations? you run and jump on of course! a number of minutes later when the train went by there were still people jumping on the train, it was totally amazing to see. I’ve never seen anything like that before in my life.
Once we got to Goa (only 4 hours late), we paid this guy 100 rupees to carry our suitcases. On his head is 40kg’s of our luggage – not to mention another 10 on his shoulder. He walked up three ramps and down three flights of stairs. These guys are fit! Sorry Amy I don’t think we will be attempting this on our next visit.
Bromptoneering or bust 