A new day

Its kind of wierd to be counting down the days until your vacation is over isnt it? I am enjoying myself, but the stress makes me wish for friends to be around more of the time. Today I went on the last of my Goan tours. Today we went to south Goa and I was so happy to discover my friend from yesterday, Ruchita and her family were again on the same tour bus. Today we saw a few churches (one with St. Francis Xavier's body preserved there...weird!), a few Hindu temples, one beach and a lot of scenery. It was really hot here again. This time I didnt bother with the swimsuit, I gave up and wore jeans and a t-shirt. All in all, it was a good day. I got to talk to Ruchita and her sisters, I learned about Jainism (their religion), bought an orange T-shirt (I have an obsession) and best of all....I got to go para-sailing! I tried going once before in Florida with my girlfriends but it got canceled due to bad wind. So anyway, I got to go today. For the equivilant of $6 US! There was a great view from up in the air and it was a very clear day. So today I'm feeling better. I dont know what I'll do with myself the rest of the time I'm here though, with no more organized tours. I hope to get back to that one beach tomorrow, but we'll see. My dinner last night, by the way, was quite excellent, and it is again waiting for me in my room I'm starting to think that solo travel is sort of an art or learned trade (and right now I'm in preschool doing finger-paintings!). But I'm hoping, if my theory is right that it will get more fun with practice and that I'll get better at it. Ok, thats all for now Thanks to everyone who has been writing to me, I really appreciate it! You really help pull me through!