As you might have figured out by now, it was neither a very smart plan nor was it a very relaxing one. Only once did we venture out to see the old churches of Goa and after a very relaxing stay, we returned to Delhi for our long flight to Germany. We didn´t budge from our homestay after that and our daily routine included eating, going to the beach, sleeping, playing various board games, cuddling with the house dogs, and repeat. Sawai Madhopur and tiger safari during our India trip All´s well that´s ends well The road went uphill somewhere and the breeze became cooler when finally, after what seemed like an endless drive, we crunched into the driveway of our homestay in Galibaga Beach. More rivers came and went and all we remembered were little spots of lights of fishing boats in the inky darkness. We raced on into the night, passing little hamlets, towns, and endless sleeping homes on the way. Sometime around midnight, we crossed the Mandovi River its broad, flat surface flecked with brightly lit casino boats. The Arabian Sea was somewhere on our right and we could hear its faint murmur sometimes. The radio clock ticked by its fluorescent fingers ticking the time on its luminescent face and often, that was the only light in the street. The smell of sap, petrichor, sea salt, and wild night-blooming flowers filled the air, as we navigated bridge after bridge and bend after bend towards south Goa. It was a beautiful night and the dark Goa sky was scattered with stars that twinkled like large diamonds. When life gives you lemons, you just make lemonade, and with that attitude, we hired a nice taxi, bought a couple of chilled juices and beer, and started our drive towards Canacona in south Goa. We seriously ran out of travel luck that day and upon landing at the brand new Mopa airport, realized that it was a cool 2 hours drive to our homestay in south Goa. The flight, as luck would have it, was delayed for more than 5 hours, and by the time we reached Goa, it was nearly 11 o´clock at night.īeautiful Goa A Goan night drive: India Trip highlight You can imagine our relief when we boarded our flight to Goa. The main city which contained the historic sites was a nightmare of honking cars and lecherous men, and we escaped to the airport as fast as we could. It was Buddha Purnima, a religious holiday in India, and Jaipur was filled to the gills with traffic. We left Sawai Madhopur to go to Jaipur by road and that was another horrible experience. From there, we went to Sawai Madhopur with the aim of a tiger safari and a bigger travel mistake, I could not have made (more of that in the Sawai Madhopur post). Our itinerary took us first to Delhi, where we spent time with my friends and explored the gardens. So we stuck to places in the North and West and came back from our India trip: mentally refreshed and bodily exhausted. In the end, fatigue from jet lag and very high airline ticket prices, made us change our mind.
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