Tuesday, September 20, 2011

GOA Spice Plantation Tour

We were greeted with ceremonial flowers. I think they are Jasmine, but I don't remember.

Well, I had to show what a real outdoor Indian toilet looks like. Luckily, I only had to go number 1. Feel like a sprinter at the starting line with those treads for your feet...

Here's our tour guide showing us a bird of paradise flower. There was a butterfly there, but I missed the shot by mere seconds.

This is what they call a Tulsi (the holy Basil plant). They worship this plant every morning.

Interesting plant with flecks of colors that look like they were painted on their leaves.
A real working well.

This is red tail monkey tree.

A water snake that is trained when its feeding time. I used the maximum zoom on this shot.

Tour ended with a buffet lunch with rice, sweet rice, masala chicken. They gave us a taste of a drink called fenny or 'Goan Feni'. Powerful stuff made from Cashew peanuts! They told us not to smell or we wouldn't drink it. It burned like moonshine on the way down the hatch.

1 comment:

  1. That flower necklace is so You. That is nuts with that snake! Be Safe, L.P.

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