Goa – Day Two
14 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment
Last night was the first night in 3 weeks that I ACTUALLY fell asleep quickly and stayed asleep all night. It was amazing! Anyways, we all got up around 10 then just chilled in the apartment for a bit. Then, while Rachel watched TV, Lissi and I headed into town to get a late breakfast. As soon as we were coming up to the gate of the guest house, a random Indian man gave each of us a rose and told us Happy Valentine’s Day. Wow. That was the first flower I’ve ever gotten on Valentine’s Day. And it was from a random Indian man! YAY!
Anyways, we first got me a new bathing suit since the one I bought yesterday didn’t fit and then bought some croissants from a bakery, some water, a pineapple and a cantaloupe.
On the way back, Lissi gave her rose to a random Indian woman. An Indian man nearby said to Lissi, “You are supposed to give that to your boyfriend!” HAHA! I just realized how I now need to describe people as Indian or foreigner. This is a strange, strange place…
We got back to our apartment and munched happily on our breakfast. Then, after chilling for even more, we all got dressed in our bathing suits and headed for the guest house pool.
It was noon by the time we officially started our day. At the pool, we swam for a little bit (the water was absolutely FREEZING) then Rachel and I worked on our tan while Lissi did her best not to get burnt by hanging out in the shade.
The sun got so hot after a while that, at regular intervals, Rachel and I had to go cool down in the pool. After a bit, Lissi had to go to the room for some stuff. While she was gone, Rachel and I had a quick lunch of sandwiches. Hmmm, sandwich. First sandwich in four and half months and it was SO good!
Lissi didn’t come back for a good hour or so and when she finally did arrive, we discovered why she took so long. She was carrying a plate of cut-up pineapple. Oh bless her heart! She slaved away all that time with the quite-blunt knife that Rachel brought from Kollegal so she could cut up pineapple for us.
In any case, once we’d finished our plate of pineapple it was 3:30 and we decided we should head for the beach.
On the way, I stopped at the shop where I had bought my swim suit and surprisingly got my money back for it. I was expecting it to be A LOT more difficult than it was…
Once we’d made it to the beach, we chose some tanning beds and paid for drinks from the nearby restaurant so we could use the beds. We dropped off our stuff then headed for the water.
As we stepped out into the water, our feet hit rock. It wasn’t too bad though especially since the water was SO WARM! I couldn’t believe it! It was so windy out so we just played around in the waves for a bit. Lissi, especially, enjoyed the waves. Whenever a wave hit, she’d just giggle and giggle and go crazy. It was quite funny, really 
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We, of course, tanned some more. Just as we were settling on the tanning beds, all different sellers came to get us to buy stuff. There was a seller with drums, one with jewelry, one with DVDs, one with a massage, one with henna art and another with ice cream. It was actually quiet entertaining . After tanning for a bit, we went back into the water. Then tanned. And so forth. ‘Twas quite relaxing 
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At 5:30 or so, we decided we would go back to the apartment, take showers, get dressed up then go back to the beachfront for a nice dinner.
We probably spent a good two hours on walking back to the apartment and getting ready. Then we finally headed out for dinner.
We went quite a ways before finding a good restaurant, during which time we got offered weed twice . The restaurant we found overlooked the water and the dim lights and slow music made it feel so chill. I got a Chinese dish of noodles and chicken (it was actually less expensive than the Indian food, which is so weird!) and, of course, a plain naan.
As we waited for our food, we just chatted and enjoyed the atmosphere. The food itself was simply delicious! Poor Lissi though! She accidentally ordered something really spicy. One of the huge reasons why she was excited for Goa was that she wouldn’t have to eat spicy all the time. So, she got some French fries after she’d eaten as much of her meal as she could.
Once we’d finished, Rachel ordered an ice cream. So we chatted some more while we waited for that.
It wasn’t until 11 that we finally left. The time went by so fast! We stopped briefly at a jewelry shop selling real silver jewelry. Lissi got a silver ring for 200 rupees. $4. Insane!
In any case, we got back to our room nice and late and now I just want to go to sleep .
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