Goa – day 14
Wednesday, 12th April 2023
We wake up again at 9 AM. Tomorrow we need to set an alarm. It’s already quite warm outside, so we quickly head out to eat at a random restaurant by the road. We have something spicy with a bun and then we grab an ice cream. Since it’s already late and hot, we decided to go check out Netrani Sanctuary Wildlife. The road there is pleasant, although sometimes we feel like we’re in the oven. The closer we get to the park, the more cashew trees we see. We’ve never seen such trees before, so we’re fascinated by them. Such a large fruit grows just for a tiny cashew nut.
We arrive at the gate of the national park. We pay the entrance fee for two people, a camera, and the motorbike. We go to see the Netrani waterfall. We take a swim there because it’s really unbearably hot, and the fish in the water nibble at our feet.
Afterward, we continue higher into the hills, about 600 meters above sea level. There are still some settlements and rice fields there. On the way back, we meet lots of monkeys.
When we leave the park at two, the thermometer shows 38°C. We only took one bottle of water, so we buy some cold Mirinda and more water. The ride back feels like a sauna. We finally get back to the accommodation and turn on the air conditioning to cool down a bit. Then we go for a short dip in the sea, but the water is quite warm too, so it’s not very refreshing. Jozef goes to work, and I fall asleep. In the early evening, around 5:30 PM, we head to a beach about 15 minutes away on the motorbike.
We swim for only half an hour because Jozef slipped in the bathroom in the afternoon. He scraped his hand and finds it hard to swim, and we’re also quite hungry since we only had pineapple for lunch. On the way back from the beach, we go straight for dinner. I have hot garlic chicken, and Jozef has the king fish thali (the same as yesterday). The midday sun really drained us, so we’re very tired and head to bed early.
