Namaste We are still in Palolem and the last few days have been really mixed. Yesterday we had to hole ourselves up in a bar as it just bucketed it down all day and the thunder and lightning was pretty impressive. It did mean that we got to watch a lot of Premiership football though and we enjoyed the Newcastle v Portsmouth game!!!! We have pretty much been curried out and last night Mel managed a delicious veggie lasagne and I tucked into a meat and potato pie...

Namaste Yesterday we left Colva behind and headed further South through Goa. Our journey started with the local bus from Colva to Margao or Madagon (everywhere here seems to have 2 names, which can confuse things a bit!!) This bus journey was a cramped affair and being British I kept giving up my seat for Indian ladies who were grateful as my Indian counterparts did not budge. On the buses here there are seats designated for ladies only and disabled persons, we ...