SFX

On my final day in Panaji I went to Old Goa which is 12km from Panaji via public transport. Up until 1843 Old Goa used to be the capital of Goa and it had a population exceeding London and Lisbon at the time. Needless to say there are many churches in Old Goa. The one church I was most interested in seeing was Basilica of Bom Jesus. This basilica is famous because it holds the tomb (pic above) and mortal remains of St Francis Xavier.

While going to university at Acadia we were great sporting rivals of SFX. I also have a semi (wedding date to be set...) sister in law who attended SFX so seeing this tomb and learning about St Francis Xavier put a little perspective in place for me.

My last night in Panaji I met Thomas and Tony who have been travelling for the last 14 months!!!!! We spent the day in Old Goa together, it was a scorcher but I was glad we went and then we ended our day together with lunch. Thomas and Tony have a beautiful travel site: www.contemporarynomad.com.

The next phase of my trip was to take the 'non stop' shuttle, which stopped three times, to Margao where I then got a tuk tuk to the train station and boarded the ever dirty Indian Railway train for an overnight journey to Fort Cochi!