14 February
A most unexpected event occurred this evening that made us aware that the concrete slab building was part of a temple complex, we were woken in the middle of the night by a strange ceremonial noise. We think it was designed to frighten the evil demons out of the newly formed slab, it’s difficult to describe the cacophony of sound but imagine an infant school band banging saucepan lids and drums mixed with a choir of reject singers from a talent show that were tone deaf and you might begin to get a flavour of it. The noise finally stopped around midnight and we would be most surprised if there were any demons left in town.
Heading further north we boarded the Matsyaganda Express for a short trip across the border from Karnataka into southern Goa to Cancona the train station for Palolem, our next destination for a few days.
We have finally hit tourism on a grand scale. Palolem is a beautiful crescent shaped palm fringed beach strung together with restaurants and thatched roof beach hut homestays,
A most unexpected event occurred this evening that made us aware that the concrete slab building was part of a temple complex, we were woken in the middle of the night by a strange ceremonial noise. We think it was designed to frighten the evil demons out of the newly formed slab, it’s difficult to describe the cacophony of sound but imagine an infant school band banging saucepan lids and drums mixed with a choir of reject singers from a talent show that were tone deaf and you might begin to get a flavour of it. The noise finally stopped around midnight and we would be most surprised if there were any demons left in town.
Heading further north we boarded the Matsyaganda Express for a short trip across the border from Karnataka into southern Goa to Cancona the train station for Palolem, our next destination for a few days.
We have finally hit tourism on a grand scale. Palolem is a beautiful crescent shaped palm fringed beach strung together with restaurants and thatched roof beach hut homestays,
Palolem sunset
Beach hut accommodation
Large numbers of tourists in this area have also taken to living the dream of riding the very much admired ubiquitous Royal Enfield in all its guises.
The Bullet
...and the 500
Storm clouds on the horizon
Forget seeing India by train or bus, the hard core riders of the Bullet say this is the only way to go, being a little bit crazy also helps.
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