We're in Margao (Goa's biggest town) for one night as we are getting a train to Hampi in the morning. We really want to go to Darjeeling but it is right in the north eastern corner of India (and we are currently in the south west) and so we have decided to fly. We have one way tickets to Calcutta, flying on 13th October from Bombay. We then have to get a night train up to a place called New Jaisalpur, before getting the Toy Train (the train itself is a UNESCO World Heritage site) up to Darjeeling. Can't wait!
Goa is a good place to chill out, with cheap beer and great food and it is easy to get stuck at the beach if you are in no hurry (sometimes it feels more like Thailand than India). Goa also seems to be missing India's customary throngs of traffic and general street chaos (maybe it's the time of year?) We have friends coming out to join us for two weeks and so will be heading back to the beaches soon, and, we have just learned, another friend coming out to join us in Calcutta/Darjeeling, which is great.
We will definitely post some photos in Hampi (this computer is so old I suspect it's mechanical).
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