Goa - It rained, it poured = 2 books in 4 days

Durand and I headed to Goa for a long weekend, as we had Tuesday off for Janamashthmi — the birth of Krishna.

We had trouble finding a place to stay as the hotels were having monsoon packages. It was a bit overwhelming to find a place. I found Bhakti Kutir with "back to nature cabins", complete with composting toilets. Durand wasn't so excited about the "hippie" accomodation and was checking out the Leela. The travel agent that Durand uses found an Ayurvedic retreat called, Devayaa. It was beautiful, simple. Massages were decent. Food was yummy (despite getting sick).

The ferry

Devayaa Ayuredic Retreat - Divar Island

Saturday: Rain
Breakfast
Massage
Read
Walk around the island
Dinner
Backgammon and cards

Flowers and a house on Divar Island

View from Room #2 - the first looked at the receiving station for the electricity

Sunday: More rain
Breakfast
Massage
Read
Parade - the Carnaval of this island
Dinner
Cards

Monday: Rain, Rain, Rain, Rain
Yoga
Sleep
Sick in bed reading and sleeping
Attempted a walk - emailed
Tour of Panaji/Panjim, Old Goa, Beach (We got surrounded by 30 men all wanting to take pics with us. I've taken pics, but never seen a scene like this.)
Read and sleep

Church in Old Goa

Church on Divar Island

Tuesday: less rain
Sleep
Toast for breakfast
Sleep
Tour of Spice plantation - Most expensive spices: saffron, vanilla, cardamon
Picked up luggage and headed to airport

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