Were Here!!

Hello!

So we arrived in India safely, and despite our rep company (the well know Frontier) leaving us stranded in a Guest house, with no English speaking staff or any kind of information, then forgetting to sort our lift from one train station to the other, we are alive. We completed the introduction week in Mysore, and saw a few amazing sights before taking a HORRENDOUS 14 hour bus ride (we avoided the sleeper bus option Jade, as advised) so were in regular seats the whole time and it was kind of like a mini bungy jump for 8 hours of it.... constant up and downs! The roads that we travelled on for 14 hours can only be described as Bouley Bay or Bonne Nuit hill but with potholes, and a bus travelling at about 80 miles an hour, swerving to avoid any other traffic. It was pretty intense.
We then paid 4 rupees (50 rs is around 75p, so not a lot but still) to experience the worlds WORST toilet ever, complete with used sanitary towels lining the corners, an over flowing sink, no doors on the toilets (they werent toilets, they were holes) and someones fresh sick (rice and curry to be precise) coating the floor outside. It was really something.

Anyway, after the bus ride, we arrived in Pajim and then got a taxi to the place we are staying, otherwise known as the centre. There are another 6 girls as well as us three staying in the centre( a converted house) so its pretty nice to be able to meet people from all around the world doing the same kind of things as us. With a palm tree garden and a side house part where we sleep, we are very free to do what we want, and every night after dinner we sit outside listening to the crazily loud crickets and drink bacardi. Its a pretty good life.

Bus rides around the towns in Goa are costing us 10 rs which is around 15p.... thats for about a half an hour ride. sometimes the busses are so sticky and packed and gross, but for 15p i cant really complain. We are all settling in here much faster than in Mysore. It helps having so many girls around us, and also having the Bacardi !!!

So.... theres whats happeneing basically, the next post will be about the orphanage. :)