Arrival

I arrived safely to my destination and because of some overbooking scheme I was upgraded to business class on my flight from Hesinki to Mumbai. Very nice and those lie-flat seats are actually a really good reason to invest the extra money if you need to sleep.

I met also a fellow traveller from France who was going to spend 4 months in India. Well, I would still like to think that seven weeks is plenty enough. Anyway, arrival at Mumbai was at 4:30 am and the connecting flight wasn't until 2:50 pm. So between trying to sleep in one of the worst airports to sleep at (check sleepinginairports.com if you don't take my word for it) and waiting for the check-in to start i ran across a nice finnish couple who I ended up sharing a taxi with. Destination: Calangute.

Yes, the most touristic and "awful" place to go and get your canary islands vibe on... But still, sharing the cab fare three ways was tempting and the company was good so I took a hostel near their hotel (paid 500 rs per night for a double room, he was asking for 600, Marshall guest house, quite clean and nice, though the sheets weren't exactly clean and sterile looking). Well, after having some Kingfishers at the beach we headed back to our respective rooms and slept the night through. I'm continuing today to Colva, hoping to shake the worst effects of tourism from my feet and find some peace.

I took until second day to be offered some hashish. Frankly I'm surprised because last time the waiters were selling it in the beach shacks as well. Just like asking if you'd like to have another beer.

But I'm here, alive and well, still not sick. :)