About Goa

The internet is not as accessible as one would like in Goa… but I’m on now.

I’ve got to backtrack a little bit. We arrived in Delhi to a hotel room booked on the wrong day and the flight the next day actually departed before we arrived in Delhi to get to Goa. So we started off a little bit bumpy. It was kind of surprising as we’re supposedly savvy travelers.

In the end, we made it to Goa, which is a very different state in India than the one we’re used to. At first glance not so different, but once you arrive at the beach… It’s a completely different scene.

Tourists and westerners everywhere. This is in sharp contrast to what we’re used to in Mysore where when we see a westerner, we almost always recognize them from yoga class.

In Goa, there are hippies who arrived 25 years ago… and they haven’t left.

Food is amazing and there are many options near us for amazing organic foods. Salads which we never find (or eat) in Mysore are plentiful and delicious.

The best part of course for Gretchen is that the beaches are only 15 minutes away on a scooter. Some are a bit touristy and remind us of home too much. But others are empty stretches of beach that go for as far as the eye can see.

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