Some random notes i scribbled down in my little paper notepad, on my trip from Bangalore to Goa, this weekend:

Saw 10 people inside a car that could normally only hold 5; Took me 2 hours to drive 17Km inside Bangalore; Saw a movie theater that was only showing Indian movies; Products usually have a date of manufacture, as opposed to expiry date; You don't see many foreigners on the streets (i was pretty much the only one everywhere i went); There are drinking water trucks distributing on the streets; From times to times there are cows roaming between the cars, especially on smaller roads; Indians are very humble and seem not to get pissed off easily (if you see the traffic here, you'll understand why stress cannot possibly affect them); Highways are a place of gathering; There are people walking, you can go in reverse, get into the opposite lanes; People get into and out of buses while it's still moving, usually taking the times when it's turning or slowing down for other cars to pass; Our bus - at some point during the night - had to reverse in the highway, because the driver overshot the place where we were supposed to stop for a break; At some point there was this really thick fog (you could not see 5 meters in front of the bus), but the driver still kept going at the same (insane) speed :) The second stop was in some remote place that had nothing but a road and a farm. Peaceful; Food at the hotel in Goa (Marigold - Panaji) is around 3 Euro per meal; Some dishes are even cheaper (around 1.5 Euro); One single bed room there was around 2000 Rupees for 1 night (40 euro); On the way there, more hardware stores could be seen than places with food; In Goa is also rare to find foreigners on the streets; From Panaji to Calangute (beaches) is about 30 minutes by scooter; Aguada fort is great :) Cricket is the national sport; You can find a lot of people watching the games on TV shops' stands; Domino's pizza in Goa: found a pizza that is not spicy; Correction, after pouring the so-called Oregano condiments, it is a bit spicy. Turns out the "Oregano" also contained white and black pepper; A lot of the tourism is internal. Which makes sense, considering the size of the country; 60 cl of Cola = 30 rupees = 60 euro cents; 1 cent = 1 cl :) It's very funny that there is a guard at the church door, keeping people from entering the "house of the lord" after the service has started.