Feb. 19, 2007

Location: Palolem, Canacona, Goa, India

8) Goa > Mabor Beach, Salcete, Goa 46.8km
Feb. 12, 2007 - Feb. 18, 2007

9) Mabor Beach > Palolem Beach 38.1km
Palolem Beach
Feb. 18, 2007 - Feb. 20, 2007

Total bicycle km= 348km

I shouldn't post these "blogs" after a long journey, I'm exhausted and probably sound cranky. I left Mabor Beach, Salcete, Goa, India, and rode south toward Cabo De Rama Fort (Cape Rame) two days later than expected because I was fighting a head cold and wanted a couple days rest. I missed the turn-off toward Cabo De Rama because rode signs are a premium in India. I pushed my bike up a near vertical hill and almost fainted twice during the mid-day heat because I had spent the last two days sleeping and was still fighting a cold. I was at the top of the hill when I found out that I missed the turn-off, and if I had gone back I would just have to go up the same hill the next day, so I kept going toward Palolem.

Only one good resort, the Inter-continental (very expensive), and a lot of coco-huts cramped together looking like a shanti town. Only one nice coco-hut area at the south of Palolem Beach, but hard to reach on bicycle. You either have to cross a tiny bridge that could hardly hold my 185 lbs., then go through a narros passage; or you have to climb a small stairway over rocks, but the seclusion and bungalows are worth it and cheap (700 rupees per night w/shower and toilet)

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Mabor beach had a lot of nice resorts, was a clean, safe town with a few good cafe's. I'm sure nothing elicit ever happened there. Palolem has one extremely expensive resort, any MANY cheap coco-huts packed together. There are a lot of Dutch here, so I'm sure elicit activity is around.

The cove in Palolem in beautiful, and you would know if I'd post a picture, but that's not going to happen. I'm having electrical problems and my computer isn't recharging. The sands are white, the water is blue, and the palm trees surround the cove. I'll be here for the next few days before heading south.

Rick