It’s been a whirlwind few days! Survived two overnight bus rides to Goa — on the first, I was in a top bunk and the bus was swaying like a row boat on a choppy ocean. I didn’t get sick or anything, but I hardly slept. Plus, I started violently having to pee at 3 a.m., and we didn’t get to the station until 6:30. Not fun! The ride back was much better; I was on a bottom bunk and the ride was smoother. Our first pit stop was later (1.5 hours in rather than 0.5 hours as on the way to Goa), and so I wasn’t as wiped by the time I got back to Pune.
Goa was really beautiful. After some tea and breakfast at Cousin V’s, he gave us a tour of the area in his car, and then we wound our way to Candolim Beach. It was mostly European tourists there — Russians and Germans — and mostly folks in rather questionable attire. To each their own!
Here’s a shot of my feet as I lounge on the beach; my uncle and cousins are frolicking in the water:
Goa was a great getaway, but it was so hot! I think in the low ’90s? I’ll have to come back some time and explore the area more properly.
Here’re my cousins (left and center) and uncle:
Arrived back to Pune around 7 a.m… Had a quick tea and then a few of us went off to Pune University for a walk — the one place in Pune so far where you can walk relatively freely (without dodging people/cars/rickshaws/animals). We had a snack there, then came home to shower. Cousin A took me shopping (during which I had my first “I’m not feeling so good” moment, which thankfully passed after I sat down for a few minutes and drank some water) and then we had some lunch. Hung out a bit one of my mom’s childhood friends who owns a store near my aunt’s, and then I had a little time at home before we headed out for our evening activities — a trip to a nearby park and then a big dinner at Uncle A’s.
I’m wiped after all the running around, so that’s it for today!
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