Vietnam!

Baga Beach Goa - 15 Nov 2010

Well we are changing direction and going to Vietnam. Once Karen was refused re-entry to India it was all to hard and expensive to go to Sri Lanka and Nepal so we decided to meet in the middle. Vietnam which, from what little research I've managed to do so far looks fascinating. We will land in Saigon (Ho Chi Mihn City) and make our way by rail up the coast via Dan Ang the other little coastal towns ending up in Hanoi where we will fly out to Bangkok and meet up with what's left of our original itinerary. Got to go with the flow although as Karen pointed out it doesn't do much for the title of this blog.

So now I have to make the most of what time I have left in Goa. i'm going to start by seeing Panjim and Old Goa tomorrow, then take another day to ride up to the North and see Arambol and Terrikal Fort.

The last couple of days have seen amazing storms in the afternoon. The thunder starts in the East around midday, the sky gradually gets darker and darker. Eventually great shards of lightening come across the sky and finally the rain pours for an hour or so. It's beautiful to lie inside and hear it pouring on the roof. In the aftermath, it gets steamy and still, very tropical.

I'm going to go swim in the warm Arabian Sea now, then find a nice veggie curry somewhere. Although you can get anything in Goa to eat, the veggie food, as well as the fish is the nicest. 

Edit, ended up with a Masala Dosa, those wonderful Indian Pancakes stuffed with savoury Potato mixture with chutneys on the side. Pedro must have eaten a a few hundred of these when we were here in the 80's.

Should have some more pics tomorrow.