19th December
8 hours on a bus to the border with India at Sanauli.
3 hours to Gorakpur next morning. Wait. Train to Mumbai 33 hours. Wait. Change. Train to Goa 10 hours. Now we are on holiday….
As you probably know our friends Martin and Baptiste came to visit and we had a really good time. Chilling and eating and swimming in south Goa where the food was amazing and then upping sticks on New Years Day in the morning (not easy) and travelling to North Goa to for the music and parties. We certainly found it and that day at Hilltop was an absolute belter! They say Goa has changed alot and not so good now but we went to some parties that pretty much put any I have ever been to to shame. Music, people, culture, atmosphere, location. Then back to our gaff on the white sand beach surrounded by palm trees and jungle. Not a bad lifestyle. There’s so many people who go back time and again, I dont think it will be my last visit. Arpora saturday night market. Big stage in the center of the market for live music with different acts on during the night, with a beer bar and cocktail bar either side. Amazing international food area and then 100’s of stalls with unique and great local and foreign artists plying their wares. Bar in one corner with techno DJs playing to loads of people dancing and cheering – not your average market! Palm trees, Old portugese forts lost in the jungle, lakes, beach huts, goan food, lagoons and alot more palm trees!! Goa. Why does Austin go back every year?
