Articles tagged with: Goa
Rediscovering the Goa Magic
People often remark in despair that Goa has lost its magic, even we did on our trip in 2007. Like a writer once said, “Its sold its soul to charter flights and overdevelopment.”
But this time on our holiday to Goa we discovered parts …
Its Siesta Time!
“We love having a siesta in the afternoon, its part of our Goan culture,” explains Clyde for catching forty winks virtually every afternoon, (I hope he doesn’t read this).
Siesta, a Spanish word meaning a short nap after eating lunch, is actually an important part …
If Hippies Ruled the World…
The hippie culture of the seventies was all about peace and love. It was spread all around the world, and am sure many people still would favour that, at a time when bomb blasts, political conflicts, have become a regular occurrence. Countries waging war, and …
Last Hippie Standing – The Documentary
I had read about it, heard about it, and now I got a glimpse of it when I watched ‘Last Hippie Standing,’ a 45-minute documentary on the psychedelic revolution that existed in Goa without any intervention of the government or media in the 60s and …
The Yin Settles on Goa’s Yang
Goa, the Hippie Mecca in the late 1960′s and early 1970′s, gave rise to a musical culture that embedded with the spiritual culture of India to give us Goa trance.
Goa Trance is essentially music with the original goal being to assist the dancers in experiencing …
Goa, Goan to the Dogs!
We decided to embark on this journey with Goa, not knowing which places we would cover on this trip. Technically, it was our first trip outside Maharashtra and a long one too, so we both were quite thrilled about the whole thing. We would get …
Star Gazing at Gokarna
January 14 – Goa to Gokarna
Room fare (for checking out after 10 am) – Rs 100Breakfast at a shack in Anjuna – Rs 200Bus to Mapusa – Rs 20Rickshaw to Panjim – Rs 120Bus from Panjim to Karwar – Rs 92Snacks – Rs 49Rickshaw from …
The Best Beaches in India
Forbes.com, the financial and business portal, has listed the best beaches in India. Well I don’t quite agree with some of their selection, because it includes the most crowded and ugly beaches in the country.
Here’s the Forbes list of best beaches in India …
A Walk on the Seabed in Goa
Hippie culture has always fascinated me and my previous visits to Goa, a haven for bohemian raves, have usually revolved around parties, psy trance, sun, sea and sand. But this time, my trip was not about being on Goan sands but rather under its waters. …
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