Now I am back in Europe. İstanbul feels very much lıke home. People look almost same as me, weather is rainy and cold and everything is expensive. Language however is almost incomprehensible. So far İ have found out that food and especially all kind of bakery products are very good here. Luckıly İ will stay here only a couple of days, otherwise I would gain back all my lost grams. By the way. it is bloody difficult to write with this Turkish keyboard when th...

Shades in Paradise Yesterday we went to see the famous 600 m high waterfall in a national park on the border between Goa and Karnataka. We had a swim in a pool under the waterfall and later saw that there were a lot of more than half meter long fish living in the same pool. Yesterday evening we went to see a doctor as Marita had a small but bad looking infection in her foot an my stomach symptoms were not getting better. Marita got an antibiotic injection and t...

Marita\'s holiday in Goa is now well over half-way. We have enjoyed the North-Goan beaches, as we have a scooter available from the hotel. We also visited Old-Goa\'s churches and Panaji by local buses. The most exciting event so far was when the air-conditioning equipment in our room started burning. It was a small electrical fire which I was able to put down easily. We have had a couple of Ayurvedic masssages and Marita is currently having manicure and pedicure ...

I am enjoying the heat, good food and other dservices of Anjuna, the current backpackers paradise in Goa. In two days time I will move a few kilometers south to Baga beach where I have booked a room for myself and my wife Marita. Marita is coming here for two weeks next Thursday. I have lost some weight here in India, probably because I have eaten almost only vegetarian food and had no alcohol for more than a month. Here in Goa I have already slipped from my pri...

I am now enjoying my second day at Colva Beach in South Goa. I was aiming at another beach about two kilometers south from here but as the riksha driver said that there is nobody awake there at 4.30 AM I came to a guesthouse here. I have to accept that weather is fine here. It is hot, but sea-breeze makes it bearable. Water in the Arabian sea is warm and beach is straight and about 25 km long at this point. Beach ias also not too crowded. In this area there are r...