India Day 13 - Goa

We took cabs to the airport in the morning and our cab was pulled over by the police en-route. Not sure what that was all about but our driver disappeared for 5-10 mins. At the airport, you had to show your ticket and passport to get in - family and friends have to say their goodbyes outside. Once inside, we were scrambling to sort out our liquids before the security check but once we got there they told us to put it all in our bags to go through the x-ray. They even let people take 1.5L water bottles through! Men and women had separate queues for the metal detectors and everyone got a pat search. It seems not many Indian women travel - the men's line was long and winding and the women's line was a short passageway with a handful of people in line.
Our plane was really nice. We were flying with Air India and had lots of leg room and even had personal TVs, however TVs only had 3 channels, all of which were playing old / B&W non-English movies, and didn't pause / rewind / fast forward. Although the flight was under an hour we were all served a hot meal with a choice of beverage (including alcoholic). Verdict: Air India = awesome!
When we landed, we realized that Goa is a province, not a city. After an hour cab ride we got to our hotel - nice big rooms, our place even had a kitchenette and two balconies. We had an orientation walk (we are near Baga beach) and then wandered around the beach for the afternoon, stopping for some drinks at a beach patio bar. We went for dinner at Bish's favourite restaurant, where he ordered a crab and a lobster. All the people sitting around me ordered seafood dishes which you ordered by pointing at which one you wanted when they brought around the platters and buckets of all the options. I've always disliked fish and especially disliked watching people eat seafood that still looks like the animal. I just about had a heart attack when the waiter sneaked up behind me and I looked up to see a plate full of prawns with big long antennae sticking out at me right in front of my nose.
After dinner we walked back to he hotel and lay under the fans for a while trying to cool off - Goa is really hot! Getting a bit nervous about being able to handle the heat in Australia (after all - it's only winter in Goa!)