seasoned experts the train system here now! 18hrs later we arrive in
Vapi (according to the Rough Guide, one of the top ten most polluted
cities in the world, what a claim to fame!)
Well it didn't seem that bad when we arrived! We then got our shared
taxi (5 to the back seat!) to Daman, apparently according to the
tourist office a "mini Goa". Now I can tell you, now that we're in Goa
to compare, that this place has nothing on Goa and I have no idea how
they can claim that! It was occupied by the Portugese for most of its
history, so has catholic churches (80ish% of indians are hindu, 13%
muslim 5% Sikhs & about 2% catholic) and 2 forts to defend the the
town! The beach here is dirty & dark so has no features to justify a
visit here (so luckily we only planned 1 day to visit here on the way
to Goa); which is just as well due to the following.......
Unfortunately we had been told by someone that the drinking water taps
at the railway stations were fine to drink. Oh dear! Our bowels
didn't forgive us for that mistake! James was sick for a few days and
Mariana was initially better but then got it too! Not good that we had
to go on another 18 hr train journey that day. However luckily James
had his emergency supply of Loperamide, to let's just say block the
pipes!
With trepidation we made another overnight train journey from Vapi to
the Bollywood capital, Mumbai. However it was only to change trains to
continue to Goa, for another 12 hr journey!
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