Days 26&27 - Andrew

A quiet day as David was feeling sick again. (Yes, he's pretty over it too.) We dropped a planned visit to Old Goa in the afternoon, to the girls' delight. Who needs 17th century ruins when you can watch movies in the hotel all afternoon? I wandered round and took some photos. That evening we had dinner at the Black Sheep Bistro, which is like a slice of Ponsonby Rd dropped into India - superb European-style food at ridiculously cheap prices. I can feel a Trip Advisor review coming on...

This morning we took two local buses to get to Palolem Beach, our home for the next four nights. By Goan standards this beach is relatively unspoilt, which means from a Kiwi point of view it is lined with wall-to-wall accommodation and restaurants, full of European tourists who've flown out to escape the northern winter for a few weeks. After weeks on the road and often off the beaten track, it feels like Tourist City. But the beach is beautiful, the water is just cool enough to take the edge off the 30 degree heat and the food and drinks are great. Plus Joanna and I walked to the book exchange and got new books and Megan discovered cheap Magnums at the local dairy. There may not be much to say for a few days.

Here are some pictures of Panaji/Panjim.