Waking up to find another dull and dreary day I was at a loss as to what to spend my time doing. Luckily I was given some advice by a lovely South African couple and their children: Tiracol Fort. It is over the river, right at the top of Goa and you ride through some delightful little villages to get to it.
Taking the ferry across the river I rode up to the fort with very little hassle, I got lost but it wasn’t a problem as I found a nice man who helped me back in the correct direction! The fort has been turned into a Heritage Hotel and you can’t actually get into many places except the restaurant and the Lounge area, however, I thought that the view from the Lounge was amazing and felt it worth coming simply for that! I could imagine my parents staying at a nice hotel like this if ever they came on a visit to India. They usually go for boutique and unique hotel style. Once I’d taken too many photos of the old fort I drove back to the ferry crossing, only to find that I’d actually gotten the wrong one at first! There was another and it was much easier to get to. I saw the family that had suggested the fort to me waiting for the ferry. I told them how much I’d enjoyed it and that I’d had a coffee and enjoyed the view! They all looked very chic in their matching dip dyed headscarves traveling on mopeds and it was really nice to see that the children looked so excited and happy to be sightseeing.
Next on my moped trek was Calangute and Candolim to try again to find the bloody River Princess tanker, but you guessed it, I never found it! I have no idea if I was looking in the wrong place or if I’m just rubbish at spotting huge sights.
Feeling defeated and a little tired, I stopped by the Supermarket and rode home. As I’d bought some expensive food in the Supermarket I chose to not eat out and instead have a small snack dinner and leave it at that!
I spent the evening reading, Boggling and playing chess on the veranda and it was perfect! Eventually I did want to go and grab some food and I ate pancakes sitting with the lovely South Africans.
All through my Indian adventure so far I have met some very interesting people and it was nice to chat to this couple. They had traveled a lot and it was great to see that they included their children in this, I know so many people that assume that their children will not like the sightseeing or the heat or whatever and chose to go without them. However, most children, if you include them and show them the sights in a way that they will understand will enjoy seeing the world…especially a place like India. I am learning so much, I can’t even imagine how interesting it must be for a four/five year old!
I sat chatting for AGES and it wasn’t until the owner had to come and tell us to leave by putting his bedding roll (they use the tables as a bed frame) on the table next to ours that we actually got up and made a move to leave! After this we stood talking outside the huts for another hour (i think)…fun times indeed!
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