After all the Christmas celebrations were over, we set out for Goa for our holiday. We had booked a night train and would be travelling for three days, stopping off in Mumbai on the way to change trains. As we were trying to keep a handle on finances, we decided to go Sleeper class, one off the lowest possible class. The journey was interesting to say the least. People selling Chi and nuts and crisps and chains and toys and socks and who knows what else, going up and down the isles calling out their wares. Men dressed as women sauntering up and clapping at you, demanding money. There were even people that came and settled down on our beds in the middle of the night!
Still, the journey was pretty fun, playing card games and catching up on our diary writing. Best of all was hanging out of the doors, looking into the wind until our eyes streamed and gazing out at India as it flashed past.
We had a nice hotel room and spent New Years Eve having dinner down on the beach.
And throughout the holiday we went swimming, sunbathing, paragliding and trekking. The temperature inched towards 40 degrees C and I was grateful when we finally got back to the cool winter air of Kolkata. Of course, now that we've been back in the cold for a while I wish it could warm up again :)
And of course you can't forget all the wonderful English food. Aaaaaaaaah fry-ups!
All in all we had a pretty good holiday but I can say for sure that I'm glad it wasn't any longer. It's so exciting to be back in Kolkata, looking for new projects and starting back at the old, making the most of our last two and a half months left in India
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