Hello from Goa!
Last couple of weeks in Mysore were fantastic – I made sure I got in
lots of pool time and am now as tanned as I think I can get, which is still
pretty white.
I was sad to leave Mysore but
excited to get to Bangalore to meet up with Annie
and Amber and go to Goa. The people I met in Mysore were amazing and hopefully I'll see them again at some point.
An “incident” happened in downtown Mysore while I was waiting to cross the
street. It was 2PM and a drunk guy
grabbed my ass. I told him off in the
rudest English I know, then the next thing I know a cop has grabbed him and brought
him over to me to apologize. The then
cop took his metal-tipped cane, slapped the guy hard on his hand, then once on
each shoulder. I then started freaking
out, and luckily I was with my friend Sophia who took me away and we had a
coffee. I felt guilty all day then I
realized I didn’t cause him to get caned, he did. And actually it was a good thing – it was a
really crowded intersection and then everyone around saw that it is not OK to
grab women.
Otherwise still loved Mysore
and hope to go back.
Took the train to Bangalore,
and late that night with Sophia and two of her friends undid 5 weeks of detox and yoga with 3 glasses of
wine. Got up the next morning at 5AM to
pick up Annie and Amber from the airport.
They spent the morning walking around, I napped and recovered a bit, and then we took a
2PM flight to Goa, a taxi to Vagator
Beach, then checked out
the Anjuna flea market, which is unbelievably big but fairly repetitive
merchandise. I’m in a bit of chock here
– Goa is really really expensive compared to Mysore.
That made me grumpy. But I did my
first yoga class in Goa this morning and it
was fantastic.
Our taxi from the airport to our beach took about an hour,
and we had a great driver who answered all our questions (as well as he
could). Goans are Goans first, then
Indian. It’s the newest and smallest
state, and was still a Portuguese colony until 1961. So it’s a very different feeling here than in
Mysore.
I’m planning to stay in Goa for 7 more days, then take the
overnight train and meet up with Annie and Amber in Goa.
They’re checking out the Taj Mahal and Delhi and Ellora but I just can’t face that much movement...
I’ve heard the snow conditions are fantastic back home so
that’s exciting and I can’t wait to go skiing.
I also learned today that Britney Spears recently shaved her head.
Bye for now, hugs from India! Sonja
