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The first night in Goa, as we're leaving our cottage for dinner.
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Courtyard by our cottages on Vagator Beach.
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Vagator Beach, Goa- right behind our cottage.
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Vagator Beach, Christmas Morning. We had all this to ourselves. And one random old guy, listening to Bing Crosby on the radio.
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Hemal, reading Travel and Leisure and wondering where her fizzy drink is.
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Baga Beach, Calangute, Goa. Self portrait with orange pineapple juice.
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Possibly some kind of jasmine?
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Dinner on Baga Beach.
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Hem, ('I swear, you think there's just rocks on the other side but there's not! There's a shack!') on Vagator Beach.
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Christmas decorations, Goa Style.
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Panjim Church, close up.
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Taking a taxi and zooming down Marine Drive, Bombay.
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Beautiful! Exotic! Bombay, India.
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On the Gujrat Mail train (Bombay to Ahemdabad, it only takes one night!) starting jatra.
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Our first stop for jatra - A side street in Naroda, outside the Padmavati Devi Temple.
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Outside the 'Mini Palitana' temple.
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Drinking masala sodas in Mowdi.
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Hemal and Ravin Kaka, getting their own soda.
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Camel and driver, on a nice slow stroll through town.
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Looking down towards the town of Palitana, at the beginning of the climb to the complex of temples at the top of the mountain.
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We're halfway up!
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Hemal and Hemang, Climbing up to the temple, Palitana.
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Another photo of the valley.
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The garlands of marigolds were offerings - strewn over tree branches the entire way up.
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Palitana temple, totally worth the climb.
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Palitana, which is truly peaceful outside the main temple.
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Bhojansada - The communal dining halls around the temples. During jatra, we ate practically every meal like this.
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Shankeshwar Parsvanath Temple, one that we make a point to visit on every trip to India.
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The main street in Shankeshwar - after years of development.
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Hemal, on the bus. Holding on with BOTH hands.
