Rocking the watersports!

Cavelosseum Beach
Cavelosseum Beach
We've had an uneventful week in Goa, decompressing from the Indian experience before we journey home. We are super relieved that the action in Mumbai has abated, though there is still a heavy aura about us as we have spent the week considering every possible permutation of how we are going to get out of here. We have decided to fly directly from Goa to the Mumbai airport, and camp out there until our British Airways flight whisks us back to safety. The CDN government is recommending against all but non-essential travel to Mumbai, and one does wonder if intel knows something that we don't... On the other hand, the CNN IBN (Indian affiliate) was reporting today that Delhi is suspected as the possible next target for attack, which takes out our plan B, which was to reroute home via Delhi. ???
So that's where we are at. The resort in Goa has been great, with a 50m pool, a gym, and pool volleyball to keep me busy, and to try to create moments where I'm not thinking about what is going on just a few hundred km away.
So that's where we are at. The resort in Goa has been great, with a 50m pool, a gym, and pool volleyball to keep me busy, and to try to create moments where I'm not thinking about what is going on just a few hundred km away.
This will be my last blog entry, guys - thanks to all who followed along! India has been a rollercoaster to be sure, but totally worth it - it was a journey that cannot be found in any other country or continent. Some of you may think we are nuts for coming here, and most of you probably wonder whether we regret coming here, given what has transpired in Mumbai. My answer to that, is no. The goal of terrorism is just that - to terrorize us, to instill a paranoid fear inside of us, to make us want to hide in the southwest corner of our basements and never venture outside. The closest call I've ever had was not in a 'sketchy' country - it was in London on July 7, 2005, where I found myself in Victoria Station as the bombings were taking place at other Underground stations. Is that going to stop me from ever going to London? No. Although I would not purposely journey to a place that was known to be in imminent danger, I will never let terrorism destroy my passion for travel, quench my spirit, or conquer my heart.