26th Dec
Woke up rather late after a little jet lag.
In the morning Shivram our volunteer leader gave an interesting presentation on Indian and Goan history. We also had a presentation on Goan food. I now have the recipes !!!
In the afternoon we all took the bus to the local town of Mapusa. We visited the market which was quite large. It’s possible to buy anything from clothes to fresh fruit.
At sunset we took the bus back to Assonora where we are actually staying.
In the evening our cook made us Vegetable Biryana for dinner. Afterwards a few of us went round to the local internet cafe where I wrote my first Blog in Goa. I also bought an Indian sim card for my mobile phone.
When we got back the girls and I sat on the balcony and talked before going to bed.
During the night I was woken by lots of noise coming from the girls room. In fact, Vera, Hanna, Lisa and Maude were very sick. Shivram was contacted and the girls were taken to the hospital.
The only people not affected were Lota and myself. We think it was because the other girls were given fresh fruit to taste at the market, and the fruit contained bacteria.
27th Dec
At 6am in the morning Lota and I were woken for Yoga. All the volunteers were suppose to have a Yoga lesson, but only the two of us were left at the house. The other were still at the hospital.
Yoga was very good, even though I struggled with some of the positions
After Yoga I went back to bed. Later when I woke I was told the girls who had been sick were still at the hospital. That meant Lota and I were the only people fit enough to go on the planned visit for the day to Old Goa.
After lunch we took the bus to from Assonora to Old Goa with Margale, one of our volunteer leaders. However we had to change bus in Mapusa, and again in Perjim.
Old Goa is basically two old churches set in beautiful surrounding. We took lots of pictures including one picture taken with an Indian family who were very excited to have their picture taken with westerners.
Later when we got back to the volunteer house we found Hanna had arrived back from the hospital. The other girls had been kept overnight in the hospital.
After dinner Hanna, Lota and I went to the local internet cafe. I bought an internet dongle so I could connect to the internet myself. However, when I tried it back at the volunteer house it didn’t work, so back to the internet tomorrow to find out why.
Chris
Woke up rather late after a little jet lag.
In the morning Shivram our volunteer leader gave an interesting presentation on Indian and Goan history. We also had a presentation on Goan food. I now have the recipes !!!
In the afternoon we all took the bus to the local town of Mapusa. We visited the market which was quite large. It’s possible to buy anything from clothes to fresh fruit.
At sunset we took the bus back to Assonora where we are actually staying.
In the evening our cook made us Vegetable Biryana for dinner. Afterwards a few of us went round to the local internet cafe where I wrote my first Blog in Goa. I also bought an Indian sim card for my mobile phone.
When we got back the girls and I sat on the balcony and talked before going to bed.
During the night I was woken by lots of noise coming from the girls room. In fact, Vera, Hanna, Lisa and Maude were very sick. Shivram was contacted and the girls were taken to the hospital.
The only people not affected were Lota and myself. We think it was because the other girls were given fresh fruit to taste at the market, and the fruit contained bacteria.
27th Dec
At 6am in the morning Lota and I were woken for Yoga. All the volunteers were suppose to have a Yoga lesson, but only the two of us were left at the house. The other were still at the hospital.
Yoga was very good, even though I struggled with some of the positions
After Yoga I went back to bed. Later when I woke I was told the girls who had been sick were still at the hospital. That meant Lota and I were the only people fit enough to go on the planned visit for the day to Old Goa.
After lunch we took the bus to from Assonora to Old Goa with Margale, one of our volunteer leaders. However we had to change bus in Mapusa, and again in Perjim.
Old Goa is basically two old churches set in beautiful surrounding. We took lots of pictures including one picture taken with an Indian family who were very excited to have their picture taken with westerners.
Later when we got back to the volunteer house we found Hanna had arrived back from the hospital. The other girls had been kept overnight in the hospital.
After dinner Hanna, Lota and I went to the local internet cafe. I bought an internet dongle so I could connect to the internet myself. However, when I tried it back at the volunteer house it didn’t work, so back to the internet tomorrow to find out why.
Chris
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