Goa….a state of tranquility

Jan. 2019:  Some places tip-toe around you while  others ambush you and Goa is  both. This is my first Goa trip (unbelievable!!!) and I refuse to limit my sightseeing to ‘ten things to do in Goa on a short trip’. The 96 hours I am here I cram in  beaches, pubs, food shacks, markets, vintage…

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Thursday Door

somewhere in North Goa on way to Candolim. The neon green brightens up the surroundings….

GOA – is more than beach

A Portuguese mansion The Portuguese in their discovery phase, looking for spices and trade, sailed into Goa in western India in 1510 and stayed put for more than 450 years till they relinquished the territory to India in 1961.  The  occupancy left its mark in 17th-century churches and palatial Portuguese homes straddling the rural and urban…

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Door to Divinity…..

Doorway to Divinity…ending 2018 on a devotional note. The Golden Temple or Sri Harmandir Sahib (abode of God) is the holiest gurdwara of Sikhism in Amritsar. In spite of its opulence it is an abode of peace and tranquility reverberating to the soulful hymns of the devout. One can spend an entire day in the premises but…

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