Another beautiful HOT HOT day in Goa. Went to a weekly Friday market nearby this morning . The heat was unbelievable . Mapusa market is well known around here and definitely well attended. Pretty much anything you could think of wanting to buy was on display. The shanks of mutton and beef hanging in the hot sun with the flies crawling all over them didn't make me want to have a burger anytime soon. And the dried (and i assume salted ) fish lying on the ground didn't smell the most pleasant. But you can always count on the live chickens which there were many. At least it wasn't raw meat hanging out in the sun.
So many different vegetables and fruits and so many vendors clamouring to have the white faces stop and buy something from them . "Hello ? Hello ? Ma'am ? Come here! I make you best best price !". One woman tried to befriend me by asking where i was from and what my name was. I made the mistake of telling her and then for at least 20 minutes straight she followed me. If I got too far away I would hear " Sheeeley come with me! I show you my shop! Sheeeley wait !" . I finally had to be rude and tell her I was not interested and to please stop.
The heat was almost unbearable . Heidi and I made a pact in the mountains, when we could never get warm, that we wouldn't complain about the heat. So hopefully saying "almost" absolves me. We both had dresses on and both of us were soaked to the skin with sweat. I had continuous drips running all over me and just kept trying to drink water to keep a balance. We did make a couple of purchases but was hard to get into bargaining mode with sweat running off the tip of my nose. Not complaining. Just sayin .
We had an option of visiting a spice plantation afterwards which I probably am already kicking myself for not doing but the market sapped us of any energy and bodily fluids . Back to the hotel for the afternoon where there is, at least , a breeze . Planning on dinner out tonight - hoping on some fresh fish. Will skip any dried or salted varieties after this morning .
Back to Mumbai tomorrow afternoon and then on to Aizawl for me and back to the states for Heidi.
So many different vegetables and fruits and so many vendors clamouring to have the white faces stop and buy something from them . "Hello ? Hello ? Ma'am ? Come here! I make you best best price !". One woman tried to befriend me by asking where i was from and what my name was. I made the mistake of telling her and then for at least 20 minutes straight she followed me. If I got too far away I would hear " Sheeeley come with me! I show you my shop! Sheeeley wait !" . I finally had to be rude and tell her I was not interested and to please stop.
The heat was almost unbearable . Heidi and I made a pact in the mountains, when we could never get warm, that we wouldn't complain about the heat. So hopefully saying "almost" absolves me. We both had dresses on and both of us were soaked to the skin with sweat. I had continuous drips running all over me and just kept trying to drink water to keep a balance. We did make a couple of purchases but was hard to get into bargaining mode with sweat running off the tip of my nose. Not complaining. Just sayin .
We had an option of visiting a spice plantation afterwards which I probably am already kicking myself for not doing but the market sapped us of any energy and bodily fluids . Back to the hotel for the afternoon where there is, at least , a breeze . Planning on dinner out tonight - hoping on some fresh fish. Will skip any dried or salted varieties after this morning .
Back to Mumbai tomorrow afternoon and then on to Aizawl for me and back to the states for Heidi.
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