DAY 93 – PALOLEM
Got off the bus at 9am. Found out the taxi price to the beach was 100 each so I formed the seven backpackers into a little group so we could negotiate collectively. Unfortunately the taxi drivers did the same so we paid 260. They’re good these Indians.
They still have corporal punishment here. On the ride to the beach we saw a hysterical school principal whipping several boy around their heads with a cane in front of the whole school assembly and passing traffic. I tried to get a photo of the sadist in full swing but had to settle for yelling out what I thought of him instead.
Got to Palolem beach and had my first beer in three weeks less than 24 hours after touching down at Mumbai International. That’s good going.
Spent day chilling and swimming. Palolem is like the chill out beach of Goa. Staying here doesn’t so much require changing down a couple of gears as putting it in neutral, taking the keys out and throwing them in the ocean.
The evening entertainment was provided by my recently absent friend Mr Beer.
Heard that Mumbai has 120,000 taxis. Thankfully most run on natural gas so the pollution is way better than is could be.
