More impressions of Goa

Things I really liked were:

1) The colors. Everything was vivid. Houses were bright colors. Flowers were bright colors. Even just the general landscape was bright. I especially liked the way this ice cream vendor's bright red cart contrasted with the rice growing in the paddy right near the temple we visited the second (and third) day we were there. The temple itself was a combination of stark white, and bright colors. For example there were pictures all around the tower outside the temple. I captured one of them here.

2) The beaches and wildlife, and no I didn't mean the crazy Russians. Although there was a lot of evidence of many Russians visiting Goa, we really only ran into them at the buffet, or around the pool at the hotel. It was funny to try to read the signs and see how much of it was directly english words spelled in Cyrillic (ie Sunset), and how much was actually Russian. But back to the wildlife. Birds everywhere. You saw the egrets (or herons) in the last post. There were also smaller birds, and many kinds of shore birds. There were also Turtles, though the one we saw looked like it was sick or injured. One lizard made itself known, and we also saw some geckos in the room. And of course the lounge lizards (related to the couch potato) found around the pool stretched out on their striped towels... And then there were the not so nice monopods who came out every night when it was damper and cooler. They even snuck into our room. Slugs!!!

3) The churches.
We didn't get to go into any of them, as the ones we did try to see were closed due to Easter week celebrations, but the variety of shapes and designs was beautiful. It might even be tempting to go back and just take a few days photographing all the churches I could find, but then I'd probably have to be a better photographer with a better camera. As it is, I only captured a couple.... This one had a particularly interesting door on the side, with this "window" in it. Then there was the large white church in Panjim which I caught through the window of the car as we drove out of town after doing some shopping. You'll have to find the rest of the pictures on Flickr.

4) The food.
We ate a great Goan Fish meal, fresh fish from their own fishing boat, we got to pick the one we wanted from a variety they had on hand. The restaurant was called Joecons, and the ambiance was wonderful, and the food Excellent. They Filleted the fish, and we got some in a spicy Goan Red Masala, and some grilled with butter and Garlic for she who wanted less spicy. Both were delicious.

5) The Sunsets, warm weather and fresh air--
And sharing all that with Cindy.