Blow OK Horn

ENGLISH

Yes, it is OK..You can Blow HORN, no problem my friend....!
Third day in INDIA, Goa...and we have a little bit of time before we take and overnight bus to Mangalore. We just realized that we will need a bit more planning than what we intended to do because trains down south are booked for a week! so we just need to have plenty of alternatives and be very flexible...which is easy, since every single place sounds great to visit! We have also realized that 4 weeks in India we'll be nothing, huge country and enormous distances...we were a bit ambitious, but we'll just go easy and do as much as we can.
So far the impression is very good...they are extremely friendly (Shawn is "everybody's friend",since they always talk first to him and call him that way...)and they like to be taken pictures with us :)...so far 3 people asked for a photo with us! The first hotel was a great old Portuguese colonial hotel (that we enjoyed as a Xmas present from Shawn's parents :) and that felt very comfortable. We have been walking a lot, and we already know Goa quite well...went to Old Goa to see all the cathedrals and churches (I
including Francesc Xavier tomb) and yesterday to the beach, Calangute were we enjoyed a beautiful sunset and then a wonderful dinner at a friend of a friend restaurant.
Of course, the craziness of the traffic is already obvious here, I don't even want to image how it will be in a major city! but it is fun and colorful...women have beautiful saris and besides all the horning on the streets we having a lot of fun...specially went shawn makes his fake indian accent, even speaking with them, he just makes me laugh!
Ah! we had a little problem at arrival, shawn bag's was missing, but fortunately it arrived the next day. It was a whole experience to itself to get the bag back, since we had to do all these procedures with costums and the police, but all good.
So, this is all from Goa, now I am going to translate in Catalan!!!
hugs to all,
txell & shawn


CATALA

Si, cap problema "my friend"...pots fer sonar el claxon !!!(ho sento, pero deixare els accents de banda!)
Tercer dia a la INDIA, Goa...tenim un mica de temps menstres no prenem l'autobus de nit cap a Mangalore. Ens hem adonat que no podem anar amb tanta alegria, i necessitem planejar una mica mes, perque el tren que voliem agafar cap al sud, esta tot reservat fins la setmana que ve!! Aixi doncs necessitem alternatives i ser flexibles, la qual cosa em sembla que sera facil ja que totes les opcions de llocs a visitar sonen la mar de be. Tambe ens hem adonat que 4 setmanes a la India no seran suficients per un lloc tan gran (que llestos oi??), sobretot pq les distancies con mes grans del que semblen, i els horaris impredictibles! simplement anirem fent sobre la marxa, i farem tant com poguem, pero amb tranquil.litat.
Fins ara la impressio es molt bona...son molt agradables i curiosos, i sempre et volen ajudar sense res a canvia (com a minim de moment). El Shawn es l'amic de tots, ja que sempre s'apropen a ell primer i li diuen " my friend" i 3 persones ja ens han demananat de posar amb nosaltres per una foto. Hi ha molts turistes indis (del nord) aqui a la zona de Goa (i tambe molt occidental). L'hotel al qual ens hem quedat aquests dos dies era molt bonic i comfortable (regal de Nadal dels pares el shawn). Es una antiga casa colonial (aquesta zona era colonia portuguesa) i el proble de Panji tambe es bonic. Hem visitat l'Antiga Goa plena de catedrals i esglesies (incloent la tomba de Frances Xavier a la esglesia del Bom Jesus) i ja ens coneixem Goa bastant be...de tant caminar. Ahir vam anar a la platja, a Calangute, on vam disfrutar d'una bonica posta de sol, i despres un bon sopar al restaurant de l'amic d'una amiga(bastant de luxe per ser aqui)...
Obviament la bogeria el trafic ja es veu aqui, no em vull imaginar com deu ser a una ciutat gran! Per a part dels claxons que no paren, ens ho estem passant molt be de moment...les dones porten saris preciosos, algunes van mes modernes per aqui, tot es de colors...I el shawn no para de fer el seu accent indi parlant amb ells que em fa molta gracia!
A l'arribada vam tenir un petit problema, havien perdut la bossa del shawn, pero per sort va arribar el dia seguent. Va ser tota una experiencia anar a aduanes per aconseguir que ens la tornessin (era al meu nom) pero tot va anar la mar de be al final. Doncs aixo es tot des de Goa, fins un altre moment...PETONS A TOTS i TOTES!!!

txell i shawn