Green and red seem to me to be the predominant colours here within the natural world. Green vegetation and red earth (there must be a lot of iron in the soil), which gives rise to a fair bit of red dust. But when it comes to human-made things, they use the entire spectrum, whether it's for clothing or houses. Visually, this place is Disney on drugs. As if they’ve ripped the rainbow from the sky and used it for a paintbrush. I'm in a seaside village called Arambol, in the state of Goa on the west coast of India. It's a tourist place because of the great beaches here, so it reminds me a little of Bodrum in Turkey. Sure, it's part of India, but just like Bodrum it's different as well: a bit unreal, a
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