On to Goa

I think India will soon run the world. Every Indian we have met has bubbled over with curiosity and obviously amazing English skills. People are sharp and no bullshit on how they view the world and have big dreams and good educations. Also they are super duper amazingly nice. I think an Indian world domination would be the way to go.

We got to Goa during off season. Whole beach towns are empty save for the two hostels right by the sea and one of two bars each. Lovely. I can't imagine the little windy roads completely packed and every hostel booked and bursting with travelers in those wide hemp pants that make one's ass look like a donkey's. As much as the Indians we have met have been fantastic company and gringos have not so much. In every group larger than three there is at least one blond dread carrying a guitar wearing donkey ass pants and sporting a holier than thou disinterested, on the road of five years sort of expression. The coolest accessory is a love child with blond locks equally outfitted but drinking milk from a Nalgene bottle. The gringos we have seen both sport and attitude of too cool for school and can't possibly smile when passing other gringo or anyone for that matter on the street but somehow are unaware that they themselves are traveling in a pack of five which sort of kills the authenticity of the experience they must be craving ("yeah man, was in the back country where no other white man has ever set foot, strumming my guitar and the locals totally thought I was the long lost sadhu God of X. It was cause of my locks man").

On second thought: we will have to come back to Goa one day when the German, Italian and Israeli ravers are in full force. It seems wrong to miss that.