Induction week

After EVENTUALLY arriving in Goa, we met with the co-ordinator of our charity project and drove to the house. We had come up with a best and worst case scenario for what our home for the next two weeks might be like and arriving at the green house we were not disappointed! It was luxury in comparison to the worst case scenario and contained many of the attributes of our best case scenario! We wolfed down the food they provided then thought we should probably introduce ourselves to the other girls (obviously the right order to be doing things!) There were 9 others staying at the green house, all of whom were lovely.

Our first week was spent as an induction, we got to know the culture and history of India as well as learn about our surroundings.

Day 1 - Lesson on Indian religion and culture (have converted from Buddhism to Hinduism) + visit to Mapusa market

Day 2 - 6:00am yoga (with a very fat man who bent and contorted us into various positions leaving me with a bit of my spine poking out my back, no jokes!) + visit to oldest church ruin in Goa + visit to St Xavier church + visit to Goan archialogical museum + foot massage (less pleasant than expected, involving boiling hot steam).

Day 3 - Cooked chipatti + Hindi lesson (now fluent) + visit to Anjuna beach and flea market (where Hannah bought the world).

Day 4 - Visit to fort/prison (where everyone wanted their picture take with us) + lunch in a local restaurant + Bollywood film (very graphic, all in Hindi - Hannah fell asleep)

Day 5 - Visit to hindu temple (where I practiced my new found religion) + visit to waterfalls (nearly fell in) + visit to caves + visit to spice plantation. (Our favourite part of the week).

All in all this week was great, learning about the Indian culture and visiting so many sights!

Can't wait to get started on the charity work now!


Lots of love

Two cultured girlies

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