Our final sunset

Goa! Ahh, Bisto!

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November 13th 2006
Goa.... for us, a little piece of paradise and a welcome relief from the intensity of the rest of the trip! What a difference a few hundred kilometers can make. After an early flight via Mumbai we arrived in Goa late afternoon. The evening before, we had rung ahead for accommodation. Some bamboo huts right on a beach called Patnem (south of Palolem). Palolem itself is now a famous over run be ... 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