2007-01-30 : Miss out Mumbai, come up smiling in Goa ...

After last minute talks with the British Airways cabin crew union during which they to postpone their strike action by 24 hours, we board a flight to Mumbia, India on the evening of Monday 29th of January. The trip across London on the Picardilly tube line is by far the worst part of the whole trip.
In flight I mentioned to a member of the crew that the inflight entertainment system is not as goo as on Virgin, he answers that "of course Virgin is the luxury airline". Well may be, but they cost the same. I think that BA has some problems.

Landing in Mumbai we change some travellers checks then decide to miss out the whole polution-crime-mad traffic experiance that is the city and hop a cheap domestic flight directly to Goa. The flight is with Jet Airways. Their service levels and cabin crew leave BA standing.

From Goa airport we get a taxi to the state capital of Panajin, our first encounter with Indian driving!! The law of the road is there is no law. The highway code here must read:

1. We would rather you drive on the left.


2. Use horn has frequently as possible.

At Panajin we find a grubby hotel, a nice restaurant, a working ATM (cash point), and serveral new (to us) techniques for disposing of rubbish and sewage. The most popular seems to be leave it lying around untill someone puts some more on top of it. The next day we head south looking for beaches and babes ... well beaches anyway.