3.3.26 Liz got up early, went out and was on a mission. In India they usually provide a bottom sheet and a blanket. Previous places have resolved it, 2 even had nice, thin white duvets. The others have a penchant for white bedding. As a dog owner this has never been even the vaguest requirement…
4.3.26 Searching and searching for ways to get home to Türkiye is really taking its toll. So today we we went for a walk and decided we were having a day off from it. We ended up in the German Bakery where we had drinks. Liz insisted we had cake too. We’re going to have…
5.3.26 Happy birthday to my gorgeous nephew Henry. After speaking to that lady late last night I researched Cavalossim. It’s only 30 minutes from Benaulim, it’s mine and Lizs last day here, let’s go by bus. We had breakfast then walked to Maria Hall at the junction where we stayed on week 1. I read…
6.3.26 I finally got to sleep around 3am last night, I physically and mentally couldn’t cope anymore with finding possible flights out of India. At 6.45 am I was wide awake and continued the search. Chat gpt has been my best friend whilst building my website but I’m disillusioned now because so many of their…
7.3.61 I was awake at 7am even though it was another late stressful time last night trying to book our planned route back to Turkey. I didn’t like to just book in case Kevin and Sharon had slept on it and decided they didn’t want to do it. Liz was awake and had another terrible…
8.3.26 I’ve wanted an activity as feeling bored. The activity I ended up doing wasn’t on my short list. Thousands of the little critters. John would have had kittens, he can deal with any insects, but not ants. That was exciting. Liz began eating some cranberry granola while I told her about the ants. She…
9.3.26 I slept well last night, it’s nice having a brain that’s empty of flight routes and dates. Liz & I walked to the beach at Trinity end. The consensus is that we should try other shacks and not just Roger’s. We went to the first one to the left, Palmleaf. Nice sunbeds, very few…
10.3.26 I was up and stir crazy at 7am. I can’t wait to move and get decent WiFi and praying my paint by numbers arrives soon. We moved. A mammoth expedition from one side of the road to the other. We’ve accumulated a lot of fridge things. We ‘borrowed’ a flat trolley from by some…
11.3.26 We were all up and on it today, the Bullion restaurant are saving 4 sunbeds at the Woodside Inn for us. We had a quick toast breakfast. Well, I say quick – 2 slices at a time and unless you push it down very firmly you could be waiting all day. The large pool…
12.3.26 I was so tired this morning, I hate being woken up. Soft background sounds don’t bother me, my cpap machine drowns out most things but not mobile phones. I had a banging headache that didn’t clear with paracetamol, I brought in the big guns, Theraflu. Still didn’t touch it. I decided to stay in…
13.3.26 I slept really well on my cube mattress. The hardest part was getting up. A very ungainly shuffle onto the knees and used the dining room table leg to get myself up. I’m praying I don’t get cramp in my calves, good thing I’ve restocked my magnesium. We watched a bit of TV indoors,…
14.3.26 Margao actually. A short bus ride away, something different for the four of us. I did some trip planning from Wikipedia and jotted down some of the best things to see. Liz and I went during week 1 and knew it’s not a pretty place and no reason to go to the market place…
15.3.26 Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mums out there. To treat us 3 fabulous mums we decided to have breakfast at Benos, a place we spotted a couple of days ago. Actually that’s a complete lie. We didn’t even know it was Mother’s Day until we began receiving texts and calls. It was…
16. 3.26 If anyone hears me complain at the end of this year that I haven’t had enough beach days or opportunity to sunbathe feel free to remind me of these last 6 weeks. I have never spent so much time horizontal. I’m surprised I haven’t got bed sores. After muesli, curd, honey, toast and…
17.3.26 The original plan for today was for a pool day at the apartments. That was before ‘Poolgate’. There were only ever 6 sunbeds at our side of the complex. The pool needs, a damn good scrub round the edges, something we’ve reminded staff on numerous occasions. Once the others went over to the other…
18.3.26 I was awake at 7am as usual but with a very sore throat and a banging headache. After breakfast the others went down and got sunbeds and I went back to bed. The difficulty about being in the lounge is that obviously everyone else has to come in and out. I didn’t sleep deeply…
19.3.26 You just can’t beat a day, well half a day by the time we went, at Roger’s. Such a contrast since week one with 50% of the sunbeds and so much hotter. It’s the only place where the staff get it right and the food is consistent. A very pleasant afternoon with a sea…
20.3.26 Everyone who knows me knows how stir crazy I get and how much John and I pack into our trips. Today I’m going on a train ride. We were all going to go last Monday, then Tuesday, then I felt poorly Weds, Thursday no suitable trains other than an early one. Today’s the day….
21.3.26 Awake again at silly o’clock. I thought my 15km walk in Karwar would have allowed me a lie in past 7am. Kevin wasn’t feeling great and had a stay in bed in the air con day. It was less than 24 hours now before our flights. Let’s go for it and check in. At…
22.3.26 I gave up on trying to sleep at 1am and ate a packet of chocolate chip cookies that were meant to be for today’s journey. Yesterday friends posted online that the new Race Across the World will be featuring Türkiye, Uzbekistan, Kazakistan and today’s country of our travel saga to get home, Kyrgyzstan. Added…