One of the nicest views I’ve seen moves by
around us as we drive true the Goan countryside around Baga. We went on a
little adventure on the hunt for yoga lessons and silk for our future house’s curtains.
And the colonial buildings we see on the way, surrounded by sky high palm trees
and green lush bushes makes it look like the perfect holiday destination. Grom
has never done much scooter driving before, but proves to be a natural as he
wizzes along through the traffic getting good at the old beep beep, that
everyone uses to warn the other people on the road, making it sound like a
constant sound symphony on this continent.
A lady in a shop tells us where we can find
the nicest silk, so we end up driving to Mapusa, not realising that it’s a
city. Thank god when we arrive, the market is on the outside of the city, so we
don’t have to keep driving in the busy city traffic. We find great silk at this
shop where this local lady guides us. Not without asking us to come and look at
her shop of course. But as she has nice stuff, we buy a shawl from her.
As we wizz back from Mapusa, proud on our
buy, we go to Anjuna, to find out it’s a bit of a stoner vile really. In the 30
min we are there we get three Marihuana offers, which is a record really. Unfortunately
there is no yoga going on, so I guess itsgonne be some more home training for
me. But that’s Ok, because my present awaits me when we get back.
Graham got me the most gorgeous, double
string, engaging, pearl necklace with
matching earrings from Hyderabad, the
place to be for pearls in India. It looks amazing and I can’t wait to wear it at dinner. I feel like a little prince today in my own
eastern paradise.
