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Goa. Wait For Me.
I Will Be There Soon. There is science, logic, reason;
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Swaying palms, white sands and sparkling waters: the three essential elements that attract 2 million visitors annually to Goa’s balmy shores are plentiful in this tiny, glorious slice of India hugging the country’s western coastline and bounded by the Arabian Sea.
There's more to Goa than blissful food like sorpatel, vindaloo, and prawn curry. The former Portuguese enclave of GOA, midway down India's southwest coast, has been a holiday destination since colonial times. |
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The full-moon parties are over, but Goa - a small, former Portuguese enclave with a 105km long coast line lapped by the Arabian Sea - has much to offer the grown-up traveller: private beaches, boutique hotels and great shopping. It has a character quite distinct from the rest of India and despite nearly decades of liberation from Portuguese colonial rule, it has left its legacy, with a proliferation of churches and a cuisine totally different from the elsewhere on the subcontinent. Goa has grown up, and yet, miraculously, it seems to have hung on to much of its character.
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