Letter from India V 28/12/2004 Well what an eventful 48 hrs we've had.Yesterday (as revealed in our last update) we hired a cab for the day(at the extortionate rate of 15gbp) and headed off to the Waterfallsthey call 'mothers milk'. I think Freud would have something to say tothe man who first stumbled across this spectacular and vast cliffface, streaming with gallons upon gallons of water whisked into afrothy white as they tumble endlessly into the beautiful lagoon, andsaid 'looks like me mums tit lactating that does'.Still these things happen.The journey there was uneventful; we killed no one and didn’t hit anybody.We arrived at the town where we had to take a 4x4 vehicle to the fallsa further 10km away. Now the day before people had paid 150 rupees(Rs) for this return trip, and so, naively, we thought we would paythe same.NoThat day the elderly tout running the whole operation had decided wewould be paying 300Rs. As you can Imagine Saara was non to pleased andripped into the native with a tirade that, if he had fully understoodit, would have had him claiming he was fully aware of his lineage andthat he was definitely not begat by a female canine who had could notremember meeting the dog.His response was in fact along the lines of 'you can always take the 2hr trip home'.At this point I bit my tongue (very wise as the words I was about toutter were 'I can see why Pakistan fires missiles at you'). Anywayafter much grumbling we paid the extortionate fee and went to thefalls.They truly weren’t worth it; pretty as they were the 3hr journey (intotal) to get there was not worth it.They are pretty but we have both seen better for free in Oz.whilst there you can feed wild monkeys with bananas, sold by locals atoutrageous prices (surprise, surprise). We declined, thinking itsbetter to be cautious than get bitten by a wild monkey (we've bothseen 'outbreak'), I was hoping to see a tourist savaged but sadly theywere docile creatures, and the monkeys didn’t deem them worthy of evena scratch.I was struck, however, by the thought that this little group ofmonkeys are fed all day long and wondered how long it would be beforethe little monkeys are so fat that McDonalds opens a branch at thefalls to offer them so low fat, low sugar salad to go with theirbucket of banana thick shake.Leaving the falls we headed for the tomb of St Francis.We were lucky (apparently) as every 10 years they take said deadpriest out of his coffin and put him in a glass display case so youcan marvel at his decaying remains.We had a quick peek and Saara regaled me with the story of the devoutcatholic lady who, several decades ago, bit off the Saints mummifiedtoe and carried it back to Rome in her mouth... Fidelma if you evervisit Goa I expect nothing less.We left the cathedral and outside were the usual touts etc selling'official' photos of the mummified man. Bizarrely they were doing abrisk trade from a (I have no idea what the collective noun is so ishall call them an 'abstinate') large abstinate of nuns. They wereswarming all over this poor tout (truly even after all the horrorstories I felt sorry for this guy), I can only say it was likewatching teenage girls at a Robbie Williams concert, thankfully theydidnt hurl their knickers at the dead priest (as far as i am aware)but it would have sure livened up the solemn procession.Today we lazed on coco beach, took a boat and watched the dolphin’sfrolicking in the sea. It’s been very relaxing. We did see Goa’s prison,an old building and part of the old fort Aguada (over300 years old)We thought it was deserted until the prisoners started waving at us,one held up a sign but I couldn’t read it (probably something akin to'sod off tourists you are spoiling the view').On the way back to shore we passed the palace of a Mumbai diamondmerchant it was incredible and reminded us both of Porth Merrion. Wehave photos and will send them next time we are in Baga (probably 3days time).Tomorrow we head to a place called Pamolin (I think) a quiet beach onthe southern tip of Goa, and on Friday we head to the most northerlypoint to another beach whose name escapes me (too many kingfishers forlunch).Just before I sign off for the day I have seen 2 signs recently that iwould like to share. The first is a sobering one that requests help inprotecting Goa’s children from Paedophiles, just the other day anewspaper reported the arrest of a German man for raping a 14 yr oldGoanese girl in his hotel room. It’s a horrible thing that hangs over theplace and when you become aware of it you start viewing single menholidaying here in a very different light.The other is also quite sobering it simply read"Do not let your Minor children drive your car"Well I’m glad they see the sense in that!Anyway its time to sign off for today, so take care of each other.Keith & Saara Mad
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Way I had to search out Goa's location to be sure K missed the tsunami. Whew. Date Added: 03/01/2005
Mad Yeah I was worried about the old rascal but I'm glad to report that he's fine and is now in Thailand; the nutter. Date Added: 03/01/2005
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keeef Jeez, you are only upto Goa huh.....Thankfully we did miss the Tsunami (though it did hit the beach in Goa that we stayed at destroying some beach huts and generally washing the litter out to sea....no casualties)and are currently lying on the beach at a tiny island called Koh Mak.Thanks for your concern guys, hopefully we will arrive safe and well in Oz where we will promptly be killed by spiders and snakes or stung to death by jellyfish.and a big YAH BOO SUCKS to the spammer Date Added: 10/01/2005
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