Fine
and sunny 22 to 32 (real feel 36) deg C
Tour ends. Transfer to
the airport for your return flight to Mumbai, or onward travel as per your
plans.
As
breakfast this morning was quite late, 0800h, Bob and I decided to go for
another one of our walking/photography tours about 0630h. The light wasn’t as
good as we’d hoped for as there was lots of smoke and/or pollution in the air. Nevertheless,
we had a decent wander and killed a bit of time. We weren’t in any hurry it
didn’t matter too much about the light. Breakfast was one of the best so far;
lovely cut up fruit, great porridge with banana in it, fried bread, toast
(brown or white) with jam, scrambled eggs, a tasty veg curry and tea/coffee.
After taking our time, chatting with the tour crew as they wandered in, I went
back to my room to finish packing up.
To
settle breakfast, Bob and I went for a walk. Not much we hadn’t seen around the
area, so went back to the State Library to check out their art collection. They
were having an art sale of donated works the proceeds of which would go to
disadvantaged children. Nothing there particularly Indian nor was there
anything that we fancied. Bob was hanging out for a caffeine fix, so we found a
cafe and he had one. By this time, we were due back at the hotel to say goodbye
to the tour leader and staff. I gave a little speech and presented the two
drivers, Thampi & Anthony, the mechanic Pankja and rear guide Deepak with
their substantial tip. The 11 of us put in 500 rupees each, so worked out a
fair amount. They all left about 30 minutes later, along with Fi, Phil and
Jim. The rest of us, eight, had two taxis ordered for 1200h to take us to
The Amrit Goa, Condolim where Bob and I have three nights booked before flying
back home, via Mumbai. The others are going home at different times.
The
two taxis arrived pretty much on time and proceeded to the new hotel in heavy,
and noisy, traffic. The 12km ended up taking about 40 minutes. I decided that I
needed a little rest so after room allocation had just that. Bob texted me
about 40 minutes later and asked if I wanted lunch. Before we reached the gate
of the hotel, we had two recommendations from different people about the best
place to eat. We ended up with the local one, which looked really awful, but
the food was great, we both had chicken biryani and shared a large bottle of
water. That came to the huge sum of AS$6, not each but total, including the
water.
We
then went supermarket hunting but didn’t find much, although we didn’t need
much so that’s ok. After another rest in the room, mainly to blog and/or escape
the heat, we ended up on the beach with the other lads. Very cool atmosphere
with the sound of crashing waves. Ken and Bob needed a feed, so we went to the
flasher of the two restaurants recommended. I had a pineapple and coconut shake
while Bob had a fish curry and Ken had the chicken biryani. Bob was
disappointed with his choice, but Ken was very happy with his. That about saw
me done for the day, so it was back to my room for the normal nighttime
routine. Tomorrow we might relax a little, maybe, maybe not?
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