Days 4, 5 6... GOA Raj took The Guru and I to a little piece of paradise which I did not believe existed in India. A beach in the far north of the Island and near to Raj's own village. I shall not be naming the beach as I want it to remain unspoilt and to be someone else's piece of paradise before tourism and litter dropping locals destroy it. The beach shack has steps leading dowen to white, sandy shore and houses sunbeds for less than 50 people, all complet...

Day 3 Goa I have gotten used to our cell like room now and even slept last night without having any alcohol.The staff here, especially the food and bar workers are really friendly and seem a good laugh.Today we have been to visit Old Goa where yet again pushy parents were pushing their children for pictures with the Guru.The storm seems to have cleared the air and the sun is hotter than yesterday. Raj, our taxi driver advised us about a trip to the organic spic...

Goa day 2... The Guru and I have decided to head off to the beach for a day of rest. India so far has been anything but exotic.There is rubbish everywhere and I dont mean the odd carton or bottle lying about.The locals dont think twice about throwing litter on the floor and there are piles of it lying on the side of every road.Even the beach is littered with bottle tops, cigarette butts and dead fish. We eventually found a tidy part of the beach and shack and ...

Day one Goa (sorry its late)... With our new found fondness for Kingfisher Airlines, we flew to Goa from Mumbai on a 45 minute flight.We got to sample another Indian dish of a veg cutlet served with curried chick peas.On a 45 minute flight, BA eat your heart out. We were greeted at our hotel in Calangute by a swarm of mosquito's which straight away had a mini feast on my face. My first impression of our room was that it resembled a prison cell, or what i imagi...

Hi all Just quick update from us, ally has been typing up our adventures and we will post them all as son as we get to a wifi zone (airport probably). In the meantime we have been enjoying some fanastic food - we have ate a couple of times at an all veg restaurant; aloo tikka masala, veg dopiaza, jeera rice, onion riata and garlic nan - 380 rupees - thats about 5 quid! fresh fish every day on the beach, and the crappest breakfast in christendom - toast like inn...