Old Goa

We did a day trip out and visited Old Goa.

Goa used to be a Portugese colony, so un-surprisingly we found lots of old Portugese style buildings in the old part of town.

The Beach At Goa

So we caught a flight to Goa Airport and arrived to spend 4 days relaxing at India's equivalent to The Costa Del Sol.

Rather than just putting some more shots of beautiful beaches on the blog, we've decided to post photos which show the activities of people on the beach.

1st up you've got the usual suspects enjoying a deck chair on the beach.


The 2nd photo shows a group of guys hanging round looking at something or someone?

3rd photo shows what they're looking at.... She's in the right hand side of the photo. A favourite past-time for adolescents is to come to the beach and check out the women, quite unashamedly.


4th photo illustrates what Goans do on the beach. Which involves running into the sea fully clothed and just enjoying the waves.

Goodbye For Now

Of course those ladies made it across the road! They were clearly veterans.



A mum takes her daughter to get her shoes repaired by a street cobbler.....



School kids hang out of bus when they see we're taking their photo.....


The final photo is of our hosts in Bombay; the Shah Family. A big thank you goes to them, for giving us such a warm welcome and great introduction to India.
Although we now head South, we'll be returning to Bombay later.

Images Of Bombay

Here are a few of the photos we took along the way...

Some people have their hair cut in the strangest of places; like in the middle of some woodland... well why not?!

Has anyone seen my goat? Last time we saw him he was heading for the train station!

Crossing the road in Bombay, is like dicing with death. You have to pick the right time and make a run for it. See if these ladies made it across in the next post.

To escape all the madness, couples head to the tranquility of the park and engage in courting activities. The chap in the last photo is just at the point where he's deciding whether he'd like samosas or pakoras with his dinner tonight. Decisions, decisions.

A Day In Bombay (part 3)

We finished "Hanging Out" in The Hanging Gardens with the animal shaped hedges and went to a Mosque called Hariyali. Which is where a saint miraculously washed ashore and is now entombed here. It is a place of real significance because both Muslims and Hindus come to pay their respects and ask for blessings alongside one another. It is also an island during high tide and only accessible duriing the low tide via a long raised walkway. It was here that we got the photo of the fishermen working against the sunset.
With the light fading we went to see Dhobi Ghat - possible the worlds largest washing machine, but one powered by hand not electricity. Every day hundreds, maybe thousands of clothes come here to be washed by hand and we caught them after the gruelling work of beating the clothes had been done and they were hanging out to dry. This is the place where your whites become whiter than white - we think not!
We toasted a successful day of sightseeing in Bombay.

A Day In Bombay (part 2)

There were a lot of cheeky monkeys on the island and we're not referring to Uncle and Andrew, but our furry little friends you see in the photo.
Once back on the mainland we visited Marine Parade and The Hanging Gardens, where Andrew got to "Hang Out" with some of the senior citizens of Bombay, who were extremely welcoming and loved the attention of having their photo taken.

A Day In Bombay (part 1)

We spent a day sightseeing in Bombay and covered so much that we've had to split this post into parts, as it keeps crashing when we try to upload all the photos in one go.
We headed out with Ashok Uncle to Gateway Of India and The Taj hotel, which is the grand building you see behind Uncle and Shivani.
We then caught a ferry across to Elephanta Island and the famous caves with rock carvings, which made us feel like we were in ancient Egypt.
Check out the doorman at the Taj, who kindly agreed to pose with Andrew.