Goa is wonderful. It is so amazing to be on the beach relaxing after a tiring 2 and 1/2 day train experience, and month.
We got here on New Years Eve and had a nice evening drinking and eating on the beach, listening to the ocean and the fireworks explode, and watching fire dancers. The last 3 days have just been lazy beach bum days. The first place we stayed at for 2 nights was a pretty dingey place, over a resterant that blasts techno til 2am and with a balcony looking over the street. OHHHH.
Last night and tonight we are at this amazing place on a quieter area, off the main drag, with a balcony that looks over the ocean and has the best view of the sunset. It feels sorta wrong to be here soaking in the rays in India, when we spent a month in dirty cities, and desserts, and in the mountains.
India has been a very eye-opening experience for me. There is so much poverty. There are so many people who just want your money. There are nasty men who stare way too hard. There are some of the hardest working people I have ever seen. There are so many beggars. Children begging, with babies in their arms. There is open sewage, no trash cans (except in Darjeeling), dogs and rats dead and alive.
It is strange to see people with so much money here. It seems so out of place in India. Why don't they help their country?
I wish there was something I could do to help the situation here. Really, what will the pack of biscuts or 4 ruppes do for that person?

I am really looking forward to Thailand! We leave tomorrow for Mumbai and the day after for Bangkok and Lindsey!!!!!