20th May,2007

In the morning you tend to notice one thing. The villagers wake up very early in the morn and seem to be up and working at about 6 a.m.
An important and glaring difference between the city and life here is the means of transport. If you miss a bus then the next one is only after an hour or so. Simply put a few minutes late then you can actually bunk college daily.

Rickshaws have made a quiet foray but again even then it’s really difficult to get one close to where you stay. The telephone then comes to the rescue. A few phone calls and you can have your very own dial-a-rick service. So we were off to the Kankavali town centre to check out the time table and make plans for the Goa trip.

I called up Vivek Shah who was already in Goa. He gave some earth shattering news. He wasn’t able to find cheap accommodation for himself. He was staying at an MTDC hotel at 500/ bucks per night. I realized that I would be bankrupt in Goa in 2 days. So I decided to put Goa plans on hold till better news followed.

Back at home an invitation for lunch at my aunt’s place I had to honor. So off I trundled through some thick shrubbery and reached her place. Oh! The fish cooked over there. The taste lingers. Prawns and Bombay duck fried was amazing, this was topped off with some wonderful curry. Somehow whenever I come to this aunt’s place I am reminded of Aunt Agatha from the Wooster family.