Namaste Lovely Colva has been just the thing we needed for the last 2 days sat by the beach taking it easy. Last night after our crazy journey to get here we decided to have our dinner at one of the beach shacks. But before we got chance to sit down I found myself paragliding over Colva beach at sunset getting a great view of the beach and the ocean from high in the sky. It was a fantastic experience and so much fun on the way down I was waving frantically at M...

Namaste We took a walk down to the Mandovi River to board our boat for a nice evening meal. The boat called "Noahs Ark" appeared not to move from the riverside and then we found out it was preparing for dry dock and it was the last night before it went in!!! Although the boat didn't move we still had a great evening watching the other boats float up and down the river with lots of Indian tourists dancing themselves into a frenzy!!! Today we opted to take the l...

Namaste Yesterday was the most bizarre day I think we have had in a long time, and also pretty pointless. We boarded our bus (oven on wheels) which would take us around some of the sights in North Goa and also 3 of the beaches. It just worked out that we were the only western people on the bus and everyone else was Indian so all the guides commentary was in Hindi. One thing you must know about Hindi is that it is about 40% English mixed in and this is the only ...

Our train pulled out of Mumbai yesterday morning and we were glad to see the back of what we thought was a disappointing city. No sooner had the train left the station we had people walking through the train selling every kind of food you could imagine, but we had come welll prepared and were eating our vegetable pasties, it was only 7.15am!!! After all the pressure and nice smells from the food we caved in and bought some vegetable croquettes and i ordered my ...

Namaste At the airport yesterday in Kathmandu it was hot and sticky but it was to get even more tense. After clearing immigration you get your bags screened then another person checks them by hand. In Nepal it is illegal to leave the country with 500 and 1000 Rs notes which we had a few of (I know it is not the greateset crime of the 21st Century but still a crime) I cleared the search and being a good husband Mel had all the money so she was going to take the p...