Overnight Train Trip - Oct 2019

We were the only two passengers in our four person compartment on the A/C train from Goa to Kochi. The trip was quite comfortable (for what it was). There is no dining car but food vendors jump on and off or walk along the platforms so you can jump off.

About two hours shy of our destination the train stopped, In between stations, for many hours with no announcement and the passengers started disappearing. We eventually were able to glean that the Kochi station was flooded. We gathered our stuff and climbed off and on to another train bound for somewhere vaguely Kochi-ish. A tuk-tuk managed to push through the flood waters and get us to our AirBnB.

Contemporary Art Museum of Goa.

Took a midday break to tour the Contemporary Art Museum of Goa. Most of the art is by the same artist: Chandrakant Kerkar.
He's big on using recycled materials like washers (the gaur - Indian State Animal) and tire rubber (the black wall hanging).

One more beach day in Goa

We left Saraya yesterday to stay in a quiet area close to the train station but our train isn't until tonight (a sleeper car). We spent a relaxing day in our AirBnB yesterday before walking to dinner. Today we stayed on the beach all day first Utorda Beach and then Majorda Beach. Strawberry milkshakes and fresh red snapper (marinated all day in Marsala spices then baked in a tandoori oven)..

Sid makes friends everywhere we go

These guys are on a sort trip to Goa from Punjab

Baga Beach - Oct 2019

It's only a short bus ride away, super clean, and only moderately crowded. The strangest thing here is that the life guards are afraid that people that don't swim well will follow the good swimmers out too far so everyone gets scolded when the water gets past your knees.

Sangodkarin Devasthan Hindu Temple

After "work" today Sid, Shoban, Priyanka and I hiked up to the Shree Shantadurga Sangodkarin Devasthan Hindu temple on the hill behind us.

More from Saraya, Oct 2019

We spend our days on various projects but most mornings start with yoga. Lately Sid has taken a break from the mud plaster work to clean this funky couch. The fabric is also being changed out. One of the other volunteers has been making these "jellyfish lamps" out of recycled saris. I've been working alternately in the kitchens and deep cleaning some of the spaces.