Back in Hippie Heaven

We drove the seven hours back to Goa from Hampi today without incident. Although we saw more post-accident carnage. There was a bus with the windshield shattered and a big working truck that lost its undercarriage to  a roadside barrier. We think maybe the bus hit a cow and it rolled up and smashed the windshield. We didn't see the cow though.
We loved our trip to Badami and Hampi but it was nice to be finished with the long road trips. We had to spend one night at Emma's Yoga & Healing Centre Retreat because Annie's rooms beside Biri's house where full. This is the second English women offering rooms for rent in her homes. 

Yoga & Healing Centre Retreat in Goa

This was a beautiful place. Apparently Emma is highly praised in her field. The email address  is www.yogahealinggoa.com If you are ever in Goa, go relax with Emma in this idyllic setting.



Outdoor Yoga

This seems like a picturesque spot to do yoga. We met an Italian women living in England who came to do her yoga training and after she was done she said she had to come and meet Emma.



A place where hippies like to hang.

On the night we got back to Goa, Biri took us to this place which was one of his favourite bars. It is funny to call it a bar because it was a room maybe ten feet by six feet. We sat on the 'patio'. We were practically sitting on the road. An old hippie friend of Biri's sat beside me and had some interesting tales to tell. He came to Goa forty years ago and never left much like a lot of the other hippies in Goa.  If you are not an Indian resident, you have to leave the country I believe it is every 180 days.

A colourful place

There was a lot to see hanging out at this bar. I never did get over the random cow sauntering by. Apparently the reason why you see these cows roaming without an owner is because of the whole sacred cow thing.  They are not allowed to kill the cows so when they do not serve their purpose anymore, the owners just send them off to fend for themselves. This is why you see them eating garbage at the side of the road. Poor things.