Being beach bums!

Today was the last official day of our tour! A lot of the group are staying on for a day or more so we decided to pack up and spend the day together at the beach. Saying goodbye to Jai was hard. He's been so amazing this whole trip and it's unnerving venturing off without him; we'll miss his knowledge, his ability to speak Hindi and him! He has invited us to stay at his house to experience the real India which was so lovely of him. I'm very keen to either organise another tour that he's running or to take him up on his offer of staying at his village. After a few more goodbyes we headed to our first hostel to dump our bags and then to Ashvum beach. It was the most beautiful beach I have ever seen. We definitely made the most of the warm water and crashing waves with the whole group. We spent pretty much the whole afternoon there and the factor 50 sun cream was a life saver! We headed back to check into our first hostel, a dorm room with 4 other guys. I'm unsure how I feel completely about this currently but we have to give it a go when dorms are so much cheaper. I'm trying to be open minded and keep thinking that it's just a room to shower and sleep in. I have been reassured that hotel rooms/private rooms in other countries like Thailand are super cheap so hopefully after these next few weeks we can opt for these if the difference in price isn't too great. Fingers crossed it all goes well!Read more