Sleazy Breezer..

First things first..Goa is a major DO DO!! This place is completely beautiful, and to think we contemplated changing our itinerary around, to skip the south all together due to weather. Well, sticking to the plan could not have been a better choice. So far the weather has been hotter and muggier than a train station in NYC in the middle of summer. But this was expected, there has been only a short drizzle since we have been here..which was NOT expected. This time of year should be torrential downfalls...{knock on wood for us}.
Yesterday as you know was lovers birthday, and we had such a memorable day. We rented a scooter from our guest house which is the look and how everyone gets around here. After a brief moment of practice Jonathan and I were off to explore this special place. With me seated behind him grasping the back handle and tucking my orange skirt up we were off. The free feeling of the wind against our skin as we sped around getting views of parts of Goa we would have never seen on foot was amazing.
Due to the extreme weather here everything is sooooo green and luscious. I cannot even handle it. Every longstanding brick wall built has now been taken over by moss and sprouting plants that makes it look surreal. Like something out of Tim Burton movie. The immaculate colour of the moss ranges from Electric screeching green to appropriately named deep dark moss green. All the buildings here have such character as well. Influenced by Portuguese architecture with melted colours faded from continuous sun and tinged with moss, lurk in the back round of every small street.
After riding for a while we made our way to the greenish brown hued sea {which is the opposite side of the Indian ocean that was so crystal clear and teal in Tanzania}. For Jonathan's birthday one of the things he wanted to do was go on a hike up to an ancient castle that is in ruins now, overlooking the ocean. For a lady who prefers heels, cocktails, and dancing as her workout..I sure have been doing a lot of off road hiking nonsense instead!! The hike was stunningly gorgeous and terribly hot and sticky, as sweat just rolled down my brow continuously. The path was no more than a walkway imprinted in the ground from so many feet over time. It weaved its way up this gigantic mountain with rocks and pebbles tumbling around us. There were moments closer to the top that we had to extend, reach up, and brace ourselves to make the high step from one jutting rock to the next. The whole while there were creepy crawler caterpillars and bugs galore also making there way around!!
Once at the top though, it was too gorgeous. All I could imagine was a fierce fashion photo shoot with glittering gowns and overly dramatic makeup and hair hair and more hair blowing in the sea wind. Although we had non of that stuff, nor would I even dare try to get it up there, so we did not have the photo shoot of my dreams! :{
The nature alone was lovely enough..with castle walls growing green, and rolling ground, also decadent green, sprinkled with black rocks and old ruins. It evoked something out of The Lord of the Rings to me.
After we came back down we were both ready to celebrate dreammans birthday with a cold beverage overlooking the ocean. We ended up at this cool spot on a cliff side gracing the omnipresent Indian ocean. Jonathan went with the local Kingfisher beer, and I had a sleazy breezer!!! I really did!!! hahahhaa!! The options were beer {which I am not in love with} or a fizzy drink called Bacardi breezer. It comes in a smaller bottle in 3 flavors, cranberry, orange, or lime. It tastes like a liquefied freeze pop with bubbles, and I loved it!! Now, would I ever have this drink in my hand in America??!! NEVER!! But in Goa, on lovers 30th, I was psyched to have something other than wretched wine, or an even more wretched cocktail!!! Looks like from here on out I will be a sleazy breezer drinker in India!!!
ok...xoxoxoxo
Alicia Claire