The Goa Hike

Hey!! It’s Sloan!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goa is a really beautiful place. The beaches are really nice and if you’re lucky the waves are GIGANTIC! It’s a good thing we stayed there two weeks. Other than going to the beach everyday we went on hike to a beach all of us were in awe of.






We started our hike at about 2:30 with some other people we met a few days ago named Maggie and Annemarie. We had to go in a direction that we’ve never gone before (mostly because there were no stores or hotels). We came to a bridge and didn’t know where to go. A guy riding on his motorcycle told us that to get to the Blue Lagoon (where we were hiking) we needed to go north. We thanked him and then he started to follow us. After about the sixth time we told him to leave, he left. The road was uphill for a little while then started to level out. We got to a little path and were wondering which way to go. Should we keep going on the road or should we take this little path? We asked one of the people that were living about a half a football field away from where we were standing. They said to take the little path, so we did. We started walking and saw more cows then any other animal, but I saw some dogs, cats and some sheep. We came to what we thought was the end of the path. It was a steep mountain, almost a cliff, and the only way to get down was to climb. We weren’t going to do that because we would probably fall, and Hailey and I were wearing crocs.







We went back and saw a woman who was taking care of cows and other animals. She told us to go down the little path. We never would have thought of that in a million years. When we got down the path, we came to this breathtaking beach. The beach was spotless; there was a little lake you could float down and the dazzling ocean right in front. It was by far the nicest beach I’ve ever seen.

When we started hiking back a dog followed us. Hailey named him Fishy because he was performing a few tricks in the water for Hailey and my mom. He started to follow us and peed every few yards. I thought that he was going to follow us all the way back to Om Sai (the nice little huts we stayed at) but when we reached the main road he turned back to the Blue Lagoon. It was about 5:00 when we got to the huts so we decided to rest and wash up. All six of us had dinner together at an outdoor restaurant called Madhu’s. Hailey’s special request was that we sit on the beanbags. The food tasted good after a long hike.

The Rock Temples

Hello,

Remember Sloan wrote about Ajanta caves? The next day ( January 8) we went to another set of caves, Ellora. We only looked at a couple because we already looked at alot yesterday. Some dude kept nagging us to look at his coins. We told him "After we look at the caves, we'll see your coins...maybe". We looked at a couple of caves while Mommy slept on a bench. Some weirdos wanted to take a picture with us. I refused. We went and got Mommy and started walking towards the big caves. Guess who we saw? Pakaj, the guy we saw yesterday with Sophie. Except Sophie wasn't there. Pakaj said we should all go up to the viewpoint and talk or whatever. Once we got up there Mommy asked him about his job and he started this whole thing about I don't know what. I heard something about opening a new door to yoga or something. I lost him not too long after he got started. We finally said goodbye and walked down. Me and Daddy went into the big cave. There were lots of elephants but all their trunks were cut off. Don't ask me why. Once we saw a huge school tour coming we decided we were done. The guy with the coins came over, and he had one in perfectly good shape. The date said 1717. Yeah right. Me and Sloan each picked out a "real" coin and bought them. Mine was an East India Company coin from 1835. Sloan got a 1919 India Republic King George coin. We got in the rickshaw and started movingbut then Mommy realized she left her scarf thingy at the caves. So me, Sloan, and Daddy got out of the rickshaw and the rickshaw drove Mommy back to the cave entrance. She found her scarf. Yeah! Then we all squished together back in the rickshaw and drove to the hotel.

Peace Out.

Hailey