Baga Beach Goa - 13 Nov 2010
Went again to Fort Aguada today and remembered the camera. Built by the Portuguese in 1612 to defend the shores of The Mandovi Estuary against Dutch and Marathi Raiders. the name derives from the presence inside of several freshwater springs, the first source of water for Ships arriving after the long sea voyage from Lisbon. All I could think of looking at it was how awful it must have been to build the thing in the heat and humidity, still I suppose the same goes for all the buildings around here. There seems to be always someone beavering away building something around here.
Met up with another Australian up there. I thought he was Indian at first as he is by descent but he was raised in Singapore, educated at Cambridge and lives in Sydney. He works in IT but at a far more exulted level than I, apparently he specialises in identity protection systems and works for some global colossus who have a gigantic contract with the Aus Government consulting on the National Broadband Network. He's in charge of some some software project that's being developed in Bangalore and just popped down for a bit of R&R on the weekend. We are going to have dinner tonight so I won't be the tragic figure dining alone I've been since Karen went back to Australia.
That's the one thing about travelling alone, you tend to be more open to meeting other people and having experiences you wouldn't have otherwise. I generally don't mind time on my own but it's taking a bit of getting used to, trekking about by myself when I'd rather be seeing all these places with Karen.
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