Cultural Differences

Not the downsides, but rather stuff you wouldn't expect!

• Tap water is not clean, like when I go Spain, so I cant gargle water in the shower like I playfully do. O, and it smells a little stagnant too
• Speaking of water, hot water is limited, so a fast shower is a luxury!
• Every service is worth a tip, dependant on service, of course
• Cats and dogs roam freely, no leads, no collars
• The toilets are behind a bush (or its good enough for me and half the journey)
• Rodents lay dead in alleys
• The roads are always packed. Scooters probably outnumber cars
• 3-star beds dont bounce!
• Moths are the size of small birds!
• Workers in restaurants/shops will remove their shoes when entering. I thought it was a religious gesture, but Goa is mainly Christian
• Drivers beep to eachother to greet people they know
• Full meal+drinks (as in plural of 'drink') =£4
• Dust is and gets everywhere. Pavements are dust
• It is acceptable for men to walk with their arms around another man AND hold hands. How do you tell the bumlovers apart from the regular?
• Crows are the equivalent of pigeons. So where you'd see pigeons in England, you'd see hooded crows instead
• Violence on TV, blood, shooting scenes and horror are on TV before the English watershed time. That's primetime violence. Yet sex and nudity are avoided and cut (take Not Another Teen Movie as one example)
• Ambulances aren't like English - "Jesus On His Way!" is painted on the front!!