To the left is the map of Goa. We went to the capital,
Panaji and to one of the beaches and took a boat across to Vasco de Gama's
point near Dabolim airport.
To the right, the bus that
picked us up. Still dressed in Christmas stash. The trip was arranged
by TCI India and contact person was Vicky at
+91 243 8922.
The proud bus driver himself in front of his bus.
Crossing over to Panaji.
The evening cruise ships are plentiful along the quay.
We go through the first five star hotel of Goa to come down
to the sea front. The name is
Cidadedegoa.
The private beach of the hotel.
The group
settling up before getting aboard the boat.
Our boat. Not big but large enough for the tasks at hand. We
were 34 on board this ship.
The hotel seen from the sea.
Another row of luxury apartments along the sea front.
The cool drinks on board.
A boat in similar errand as ours.
The main
harbor of Goa, near point of Vasco de Gama.
We even saw some dolphins doing their tings in the sea.
Martin and Finnish Tuula. Picture by Pekka. Note Martin's beer in a sock to
keep cool.
Martin and Tuula sharing a beer.
Martin in
the drink. He's swimming while the rest is snorkling.
Pekka enjoys his beer early in the morning.
Pekka having his early morning beer.
Rock
face along the shore line.
Old foundation of some long forgotten house.
An ugly smoke stack from a derelict industry projects of kinds.
Ugly nice and nice boat in the foreground
An
open boat is passing by.
A lush piece of shore.
Grand Island just
outside the main air port.
Ashore for our lunch. Tents were set up for us to sit under.
And in close proximity of the airport, they landed all the times. Roughly
one every 15 minutes.
Queuing for our lunch snack.
The boat at
sea.
The lunch plate. Quite OK.
Martin and a
Russian mother.
Pekka taking a stroll on the beach.
The
Russians on the beach.
Farewell to our lunch tents.
Nice boat.
Iron ore is the no 1 industry and money earner for Goa. Most
of the ore goes to China. This is one of the bulk carriers taking it there.
The crew of our boat.
Nice house on the way back.
Tidal fishing
nets. When the tide is high, the nets are dropped and the fish caught.
Simple and effective and used all over the place in Goa. Smart.
The next day, Sunday January 6th,
it was time for another visit to The House of Cathleen were Martin's foster kids
are and to Suren's house.
