Anjuna Beach, Goa - chilling, oh yes

So we got to Anjuna and spent 2 days just sitting around on a bar at the beach, drinking coca-cola, eating curry and banana & honey pancakes (not with curry, obviously), and chatting with our friends. We even did a spot of sunbathing (well, one hour) and bought some cheap clothes and stuff. Anjuna is really nice - very chilled out with quite a rural atmosphere, despite being full of hippies.

We went to a night market which was FULL of white people with dreads and pseudo Indian clothes (none of the locals wear tie-dye) selling vastly overpriced crap to other tourists who look like they might not find their way home either.
That said, it was still Indian as the power went off down one of the aisles and the hawkers were still asking us to look at their stuff - in the dark!

We finally started to relax and wash Mumbai out of our hair. We even went swimming in the sea...lovely. My tummy upset didn't really happen so all good on the pooh front!



Was a real shame to say goodbye to our new gang but Hampi was calling our name and we couldn't disappoint Sophie and Phil. Shame we had to get another overnight bus but the time came to say goodbye and head back to Panaji to pick up the bus. The bus station was MANIC incarnate and the taxi driver dropped us the wrong side of a busy road (all roads in India are busy) but this one had about 10 lanes. Took us about 15 minutes just to get across the road, and only by ganging up with some local boys and following them!

We were just missing the start of the Goa Bollywood Film Festival and so all the stars were coming into town. Shame as we're now almost experts after having seen one film (ahem). Got delicious dinner in roadside cafe and boarded ready for Hampi.
(Internet very slow so will have to upload pictures another time).