Author Archives: Richard

Yesterday evening was like most others. After a day of sightseeing, I laid on the bed with a pillow rolled up under my head, reading until I lost focus on the story. As per usual when that happens, I went … Continue reading →

I was wondering how going back on the road would be. It’s turning out fine. After about 2 1/2 weeks of braindead beachcombing, it feels good to get some new stimulation. I just need to say this. Many times I’ve … Continue reading →

By this place’s standards, it’s high season here. The huts all fill up and at least a couple dozen newcomers a night sleep out on the beach or in unoccupied hammocks at one of the shacks. I was fully expecting … Continue reading →

I get up earlier than most here. If I want a chai before 8, I have to walk up the beach to find a place with someone ready to boil water. The Napalese place two shacks down has been open. … Continue reading →

The five of us, Sam, Ina, Surya, Ori and I started off up the beach to where the steps from the road come down. We climbed them, ran the gauntlet of taxi and rickshaw touts hoping for a fat fare … Continue reading →

That’s my place on Om Beach. It’s the hut beyond the mud wall of the building on the right of the picture. You don’t need much in the way of shelter here. There’s even a bedroll and light inside. I … Continue reading →

Word was that this beach was isolated. Word was wrong. They built a road to near here last year, no doubt because there is a new posh resort up the hill. I sort of thought this was going to be … Continue reading →

On the one hand, I feel like I need to “do” something, and on the other, I am really enjoying doing nothing. It’s slowly sinking in that I’m not that busy. There’s no way to see or appreciate or hate … Continue reading →

I’m trying to think. This may be the first time in my life that I’ve lounged around a resort area with nothing to do for so long. I’ve been to lots of dive places where there was lots of down … Continue reading →

Goa is small state on the southwest coast of India. It was a Portuguese colony until 1962, and still retains much of it’s western flavor. There are lots of Catholics here, and the older buildings in the look like Portuguese … Continue reading →