Post #101 - January 20, 2013 - Baga (Goa), India

What we did: Read by pool, fasted, went to Calangute, watched Back to the Future
Budget: 3500R/$70; Spent:4720R/$92

Today we slowly made our way down to breakfast, still tired and disturbed from the night before.
We decided when we got up that it would be a day of just relaxing and reading by the pool and that we’d only eat breakfast and fast for the rest of the day, which is of course always easier said than done. Jeff has done some reading about the numerous studies that have discovered there are many health benefits to occasionally fasting. So this is something we are going to try and do fairly regularly.

We both had enormous breakfasts that we were hoping would tide us over until tomorrow morning.
After this, we lazed around in our rooms for a bit before bringing our books and water down to the pool side, we grabbed some chairs and spent a very relaxing day chatting and reading by the pool and trying to keep out of the sun, which was scorching.

We ended the day with a brief swim in the pool, it’s quite cool later in the day but nice after an entire day of sweating by the pool.

After showering, Patty thought she was coming down with another bladder infection so we talked to reception and they called in a doctor, he agreed that this was what it was and prescribed some medication for us.

He ended up demanding 2000 rupees from us despite the fact that the hotel had told us it would be 500, we took the matter to reception and the receptionist (an excellent service provider) called the doctor who had sent this kid and demanded we pay the 500 rupees as agreed. Finally, good service!! We ended up paying the 500 rupees.

We then took a taxi to a chemist in Calangute, got the meds, picked up some yogurt (plain, so we’ll see how that goes!), and then headed home.

Once back in our room, we decided to watch Back to the Future, Part 1 and Part 2 to keep our minds off of food. It only barely worked. Patty was not feeling great, this was mostly caused by gas. Hopefully the antibiotics will kick in soon! She was also getting pretty down about getting sick constantly in India. She is quite frustrated with her health.

Watching Back to the Future was fun and helped take our minds off our troubles. Patty actually loved the movies, which she had never seen before. I hadn't watched them for years, and had forgotten that they are pretty fun. We’ll have to finish the trilogy soon!