A beach day

I didn't hang around for my 10am breakfast this morning as I wanted to walk to the beach before it got too hot. My foot is healed, thank goodness, so I was able to walk without pain. 

I spent the whole day at the beach and had an omelette for breakfast and falafel for lunch. There was some commotion when a few Russian tourists realised they couldn't get alcohol from the beach shack today. There is a local election here tomorrow, so the sale of alcohol is banned for 48 hours. 

Today was also Goan Independence Day to remember the day in 1961 when Goa finally gained its independence from Portugal. There didn't appear to be any events or celebrations. Umesh told me yesterday that they do mark the occasion in schools.

A breeze got up on the beach this afternoon, so the lifeguard put the red flags out to advise people not to swim. As you might expect, his warnings fell on deaf ears!

I picked up some bits on the way back to Maya as I'm planning a couple of work days. At the hotel, I chatted to Neha, who was working on some artwork for Monday's Christmas market. There is no Saturday event this week because of the election. I was raving to Neha about the Museum of Goa. She admitted that she's never been, despite the fact that it's less than an hour away. I think she might go now 😊.

Christmas has arrived at Maya with a decorated tree out front in the shadow of a palm tree - lovely 😊.Read more