What started as a night spent in a bug covered room ended up as a very nice relaxing week spent at a charming guest house in Anjuna, Goa. We were surrounded by lush green palm trees, with swinging monkeys. I spent my days on the beach and my nights at restaurants over looking the Arabian Sea at sunset. We did one cultural day or should I say half day, seeing Old Goa, which was inland at bit. There were a lot of old churches we visited and some very cute, Portuguese influenced streets and areas. Every Wednesday in Anjuna, just off the beach, there is a huge market that takes place. There were people of all sorts there! Anjuna is known to be a hippy town, and boy did they come out!
Would you believe I met two people from Maryland, one from Gaithersburg and one from PG county... offered to sell me some "things"... I just smiled and politely said no thank you :) Small world it is! The girls and I had a bet going, the first person to meet someone who knows someone gets a drink! I won!
I finished my vacation off back in Chennai. Two of the girls and I went to a 5 star hotel and got massages and mani/pedis! It was wonderful!
Check out my pics from Goa!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Goa
Sunday, October 11, 2009
A fun giveaway I found on Anna's page. I could even wear them in India if what they say is true. I think if I win I'll save them for the cold winters at home though :) Something tells me they weren't talking about India heat when they say they keep your toes cool in the summer as well!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Things that make me smile!
*A Ganish Lamp!
*Cute 4 year olds who greet me with a huge smile and jumping and singing!
*Monkeys at toll booths on the highways of India!
*An auto packed full of Indian men who smiled when I took their picture!
*Brunch with new friends!
*BRIGHT colors*
*The ambassador car
Been A While!
Wow... I didn't realize how much time had passed since my last post. Sorry to keep everyone in the dark, because I know you are checking everyday with anticipation ;)
So what's new...
Th
e past few weekends have been fantastic. A couple weeks ago I bought a saree... which I love, I can't wait to wear it for India week at school. I'm also hopping that someone will get married and invite me to their wedding so that I can wear it there too :) In that same weekend we went to this awesome restaurant, Zara's, Spanish tapas! Mimi and I pampered ourselves a little bit, she got a great hair cut and I got a facial.
e past few weekends have been fantastic. A couple weeks ago I bought a saree... which I love, I can't wait to wear it for India week at school. I'm also hopping that someone will get married and invite me to their wedding so that I can wear it there too :) In that same weekend we went to this awesome restaurant, Zara's, Spanish tapas! Mimi and I pampered ourselves a little bit, she got a great hair cut and I got a facial.This past weekend I went to Pondicherry, an old French colony, 3 hours south 
of Chennai. I went with Mimi but there were a lot of other teachers down there, we had Friday off for Gandhi's birthday. There was a huge Gandhi statue on the beach at Pondicherry. There were stair leading to the top where people climbed and put these flower leis. It was so nice there! You wouldn't think you were in India except for the autos that were still all around. It is a tourist town so it definitely catered to tourists, lot's of shopping, no trash on the streets, there were actually signs encouraging 
people to throw their trash away. You wouldn't believe though still all the people that we watched just litteraly let their trash go in the wind, right on the beautiful beach there! That aside it was wonderful... quiet streets (no horns signs were posted all over the place!), empty streets, we actually found ourselves standing in the middle of the streets stopping to take pictures and not even having to think about getting run over by a bus, motorcycle, scotter, auto, bicycle, etc... So while I was there we did some shopping, ate some great food, relaxed, and pierced my nose! I was a mess, so scared, bu
t it was worth it, I love it! I got it done with a needle, not the gun, but I found out after the fact that the way the guy did it was very traditional. He pierced it with the needle and then treaded string through, and basically flossed it through to make the hole bigger (yes, ouch it hurt a lot!) But now I have a cute little diamond (well it's not real yet, I'm working on getting a real one soon) in my nose :) What is that saying... When in Rome!
of Chennai. I went with Mimi but there were a lot of other teachers down there, we had Friday off for Gandhi's birthday. There was a huge Gandhi statue on the beach at Pondicherry. There were stair leading to the top where people climbed and put these flower leis. It was so nice there! You wouldn't think you were in India except for the autos that were still all around. It is a tourist town so it definitely catered to tourists, lot's of shopping, no trash on the streets, there were actually signs encouraging 
people to throw their trash away. You wouldn't believe though still all the people that we watched just litteraly let their trash go in the wind, right on the beautiful beach there! That aside it was wonderful... quiet streets (no horns signs were posted all over the place!), empty streets, we actually found ourselves standing in the middle of the streets stopping to take pictures and not even having to think about getting run over by a bus, motorcycle, scotter, auto, bicycle, etc... So while I was there we did some shopping, ate some great food, relaxed, and pierced my nose! I was a mess, so scared, bu
t it was worth it, I love it! I got it done with a needle, not the gun, but I found out after the fact that the way the guy did it was very traditional. He pierced it with the needle and then treaded string through, and basically flossed it through to make the hole bigger (yes, ouch it hurt a lot!) But now I have a cute little diamond (well it's not real yet, I'm working on getting a real one soon) in my nose :) What is that saying... When in Rome!I have one more week of school until our week long October break. I can't wait, I'm heading to Goa, a beach town on the west coast, with a group of girls from school. I should have some great pictures and stories... we can drink there ;)
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