Great shopping in Palolem

In Palolem you can shop till you drop… There’s so much nice stuff, especially table cloths, wall hangings and bags but also musical instruments, clothes and jewelry.

Christel has explored the possibility of sending stuff home to Sweden by mail but realized that the package may not be delivered before Christmas and then we do not want to risk it. Instead, we have decided that we will stay in Palolem once again before we go home in December and fill our bags with as much as we (she) can carry. We have checked the cost of overweight on domestic flights as you only may bring 15 kg per person without charge, and it is quite reasonable. Christel is OK with throwing all her old stuff out to make room for as much as possible of these things you can not live/leave without.

But it is funny how you can change your idea of the cost of things when everything is so cheap. The other day we went to buy some clothes and new backpacks, as both of Christels needed to be replaced and three pairs of sun glasses. At the end we got a backpack of 55 liters and one of 35 liters, one dress, three blouses and three pair of glasses and paid around 50 Euros. But you have to bargain!! From the beginning the big backpack costed 3600 rupees (50 Euros) and at the end we paid 2000 rupees.