Panchim

Goa in a nutshell.
Ate too much
Drank too much
Currently paying the price....

Solid evening last night. Started with a cruise over to a different beach called Vagator to hook up with the indo-kiwi dudes and the english girls from earlier. AWESOME beach.. think cliffops, coconut palms and bamboo shacks. Not crowded at all, probably coz most of the beachgoers were happily smoking it up in the beach-shacks.

As a result I'm having a bit of a rough one today. Tender stomach and all, lets just say the rickshaw had to make an emergency stop this morning. Could be a real rough hangover or the street-side feed we bought at 5am.... We've sussed that Drunken Samosas here are the equivalent of Drunken Pies back home!

Spending the night in the Goa state capital of Panchim at a relatively nice hotel. Yes, air conditioning and hot water 24/7. Qutie a nice city... it even has footpaths and i havnt seen a cow on the road all day! Heaps of catholic churches and the likes around because of the Portugese influence. Had a wee shop-up and then boarded for a 'Sunset Cruise' in the harbour.

Cruise was a bit of a joke. Was a bit apprehensive; boarding a sketchy boat while nursing a vulnerable stomach... but that was soon all turned around by our MC for the evening and the ridiculous on-cruise setup. Fast-talking, american-accented indian dude introducing each part of the on-stage 'entertainment', followed by the 'DJ' going nuts on one of those synthesiser keyboards (the ones every 10 year old had) while some local fools tried folkdancing. It was SO cheesy, but the rest of the boat (mostly non-Goan indians) were lapping it up! Cameras out and all. Great for a laugh.

Some more of Panchim, a bit of Air Deccan to Bombay and a train ride back to Navsari tomorrow will bring Tour 1.0 to an end.

Awesome, am not risking dinner tonight as spewing beeroot-red stomach juices out of the rickshaw (in an attempt to cure the hangover I thought I'd try some healthy fruit juice...bad call) isnt my fondest memory of the adventure so far!

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Nick