Got up early this morning and spent the day ambling around old Goa. Quite why you need so many Cathedral and Churches in such a small area remains a mystery to me. Got to Old Goa on a local bus (first one I've caught since I've been here) which was very exciting and cheap. Spent the day walking roumd one church after another and I have to admit that they all tended to blur into one after a while, all very similar.
Walked around the Indian Archelogical Museum, this seemed to consist of a couple of statues of Hindu and Christian origin and then the portraits. The portrait gallery is where they have hung all the official portraits of the Portuguese Viceroys of Goa. This is all very good and well but when they have ruled the area from the 16th century to the late 20th century and on average each one only lasting about 2 years, its alot of bloody portraits. It was only in the late 19th century that the style of these paintings even changed. So I am now sick to death of portraits. They up side was they had plenty of fans and chairs before the next slog.
After the trauma of the museum a break for lunch was required. Went to see a ruined church (was quite liking the novelty of the ruinedness), then looked around yet another church, this one had a dead dude in a glass coffin to look at, so at least something different. Said dead dude was Francis Xavier whose remains didn't decompose when he died, so they sainted him.
Off to Hampi tomorrow night (after another day in Panjim) so it'll be goodbye Goa, hello Karnatarka.
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You can't leave Goa until you find Richey Edwards.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the dead dude wearing???
ReplyDeleteI have just wiki-ed Francis Xavier. That is all.
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