That was where I was last... for perhaps the third time this year. Floods, viruses and horror stories could not keep me out... and two weeks back into civilization and a place with no beaches, I am already wondering when I can head back there. Goa is the one city in India where normal rules do not apply. Everybody loses a little bit of reserve and puts aside that mask for a little while. So you've families with packed picnic lunches on the beach, mommies in wet saris and papas in old underwear herding squealing kids... There are honeymooning couples with henna fresh and black on the woman's hands and bangles clicking from wrist to elbow walking down in her really cool bikini... College students wearing cheap glasses bought from the stores just off the beach,
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