Posted in January 15th, 2007
Today’s itinerary: Wake upEat fine bowl of fruit salad and curd, then see Caroline off to the airportGo online for ages and get undercharged for itMake mobile call to Australia and get vastly undercharged for itGo to Cuba Bar and enjoy delicious apple pie with custard while talking to very nice Australian couple (hello, Rebecca [...]
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Posted in January 14th, 2007
Another day like many others in Goa. Sat on the beach, soaking up the rays, swimming in the warm sea, eating great food for not much money. At dinnertime, Hans and the neighbours went off into town somewhere for what was, I’m told, a very good meal. I was feeling a little antisocial due to [...]
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Posted in January 13th, 2007
Not that you can tell, though there are more Indian families here than there have been during the week. Last night, we just walked up and down the beach after dinner and chilled with a beer in a bar further up. There are a lot of dogs (and cows) on the beach, all of them [...]
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Posted in January 12th, 2007
Not a lot to report right now. Other than that while you lot are sweating over a phone, or braving the winter chill and fierce winds on the way to work I’m lazing about on one of the nicest beaches you could hope for. Now that you hate me, I’ll go into a little more [...]
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Posted in January 10th, 2007
We arrived in Margao at 9:30. This was the first of the two stops the bus made, and the furthest south, so we decided on this one. A taxi to Pololem, further south, was quoted at 700Rp so we instead opted for the local bus at 20Rp each. Much better. It did get crowded, but [...]
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Posted in January 9th, 2007
Our second and final day in Bangalore was another rusharound. We went via Prashant’s office to try and cancel our train ticket for tomorrow night, but the web site was down. It stayed down all day, so when we finally did cancel it we were into another “penalty” timeframe so it cost us more. Grr. [...]
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Posted in January 8th, 2007
Bit of a whistle-stop today. We’d intended to get an open-top bus tour around the CBD, but couldn’t spot any of the buses so left it. There was enough to see on foot, walking up and down MG Road (yes, Bangalore has one as well) that we didn’t really need a bus. Prashant has been [...]
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Posted in January 7th, 2007
Our bus to Bangalore was at 13:30 so we had a late breakfast before getting a tuk-tuk to the bus station. Our deluxe air-con sleeper express jet-powered supreme lime-flavoured mega-transport hove into view. While we waited, we fended off tuk-tuk drivers wanting to take us places for 100 Rupees. We kept telling them “Bangalore!” until [...]
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Posted in January 6th, 2007
We looked into the backwater cruises north of Trivandrum and decided they were too much hassle and not worth the effort. As such, it made sense to change our travel slightly and head to Bangalore a day early. To this end, we booked a bus ticket up there departing at 13:30 tomorrow, and cancelled our [...]
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Posted in January 5th, 2007
The flight was very pleasant and the free internet at Colombo airport was welcome. For those with a laptop/PSP/whatever using the airport, don’t head for the internet cafe. You’ll have to pay 200 Rupees per hour to access there. Instead, walk towards gates 4-12 and spot the posh lounges on the right and left. All [...]
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