Vagator Beach

Goa Beaches - Flight Home

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March 22nd 2006
I spent my last week in India on the beaches of the state of Goa. Goa is on the central west coast on the Arabian Sea. It is very popular with European tourists. About half of the people on the beaches were Europeans. About 30% of the locals are Catholics since it was settled by the Portuguese back in the day. It was weird seeing big white Catholic churches in all of the towns. It seemed lik ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more