At the moment we are in Goa! Wow it took a 12 hour bus ride then a 1 hour taxi drive to get here but it's so worth it! The we bus we took was a sleeper bus (overnight) so it has compartments where two people can sleep...but we all squashed into 1. This is solely contributed to that fact that when we saw the one reserved seat for the extra person, and realized it was a space in the men next to a grinning, Indian man, we decided squishing together looked a little more appetizing! We were happy with our choice as we had much fun on that long ride to paradise! it was comfortable and warm and as India is hot during the day but the nights get quiet cold we were happy with body heat!
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One of the gardens in Goa |
So what I am adding now I never had in my original email, and I really hope Lee will forgive me for her part in this…
So bus rides are always eventful! To name a few things, I had brought my taser with me and everytime we stopped at a set of traffic lights we would have hawkers sticking their hands in the windows trying to sell us stuff which is okay for the first two hours, tolerable for the next two and “OMG! I’m going to taser you for the next 8 hours!” Which the other girls seemed to find extremely amusing!
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Me sleeping on the bus ride |
The bus stopped every few hours for pee and tea breaks, the problem with this is you were never quite sure how long the stop would be. After asking a few locals and getting what can only be described as a head wobble of an answer which is supposed to represent, well actually in all my time there I never quite figured out the exact meaning of it… anyhow we decided to tag team, so one person would wait on the bus while the other two would venture out, this way we were always insured that our luggage as well as our ride were safe! One particular time I was in charge of bus watching duty, sitting in the back in our little ‘cave’ (we had a curtain covering our ‘living/sleeping’ space) when suddenly the bus rolled forward…I jumped up, RAN to the front of the bus jumping over obstacles of baggage and people all the while screaming “ Dooooon’t leeeaave myyy friiiiends!” as I got to the front of the bus, I see the bus driver with a HUGE grin on his face. He had been playing me! So I decided to wait up front and Lee and Bev to return, just in case Mr. Bus driver tried any more tricks! Upon my return to our ‘cave’ I pasted a couple of Asian tourists who proudly proclaimed “I can speak Engrish too, see… Dooooon’t leeeaave myyy friiiiends!” Um, thanks guys! *blush*
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Lee and Beverly sleeping on the bus ride |
The last and funniest story has to be “learning to pee on a moving bus 101” a class which Lee passed with flying colours! Me, on the other hand, turns out I have stage fright! Without getting too graphic, apparently when the option is hold it, pee into a cup or stick your butt out the window and pee…the latter is an appropriate choice…
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I didn't have a picture of the peeing escapade, so I thought I'd put one of all of us, taken in a taxi |
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