I miss it!

Hellsbells

I spent a relatively small time in Goa only, but it seems it was long enough to get under my skin and for me to wish I was on my way back there, only this time to venture out into the whole of India. Im finding I cant stand supermarkets and am doing most of my food shopping in the market, but its not the same, there is colour there but not the vivid colour of the market in Marago of which Im guessing in turn would be a fraction of other markets around India. Im starting to wonder why sitting in a sterile office environment is classified as a great job, its not. I know Im lucky living in Australia, but lately it seems Australia is losing its luster - for me anyway. Things here are moving too fast and I long for it too be turned back a notch. Too anyone is lucky enough to be over there, I envy you and cant wait to return
Cheers
Hellsb

mairangi_vice

Goa isnt exactly your typical india, I found it to be much like any other tourist/resort area in the world (ie everything is more expensive, and the place is full of drunken brits and americans). But having said that, Im still planning on going back! Also, India has plenty of sterile office jobs! And they are good because you get to sit in the AC all day!

goagirlwannabee

I agree Goa is completely different to the rest of India. I love Goa and its way of thinking but im getting a but anoyed when being asked ' bike ride baby' 5 times a day. But apart from that I love it and I wouldnt want to be anywhere else.

Indiamad

Hellsbells I feel for you....just got back myself after one month (a week of that spent in Anjuna) and will be sitting behind a desk staring at a computer very soon too

I live in Townsville, NQ and this place is way too sterile and bland (also redneck central) and I wish I was back in India too. I'm sure Adelaide must be an easier place to live, with more cultural events and interesting people!

I volunteer in the local World Vision store on the weekend so in a way I get a small 'fix' of all the colour and sparkle of the indian textiles and other goodies, and many of the customers have travelled through India, Nepal etc and we share our adventures....it's just a tiny way of feeling connected to the country even though I'm so far away from it.

Planning the next trip always makes me feel better

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richie4india

It is by a long shot better than these Spanish and Cypriot coastal resorts...I think anyway

richie4india

Well I found Mapusa and Margao to be a lot more Indian then Baga of course!

I loved these two particular towns. Great markets and madness!!

I saw a few slum dwellers around the state of Goa. Did anyone see any really bad slums in Goa, if so where?

richie4india

I know what you mean by sterile and bland. That was what I was not looking forward to when I had to come home in January!

I will be going back in November for 6 months. I am sure coming back to the UK after half a year will be an experience in itself!

I will be based in Goa to work with street kids...over the 6 months I hope to visit on a 'fruit run' the slums of Mumbai. In particular the Dharavi slum. This is said to be largest slum in South Asia.

You can see it if you want by 'google images.' That is the real poverty of India. I can not comprehend how something like this can continue..it is awful.

Being only 500 odd miles North of Goa some tourists in Goa do not realise it exists!

moo

My last train ride in India was perhaps the most 'dynamic' - a daytime train from Bangalore to Chennai, never a dull moment . . .
We flew out to London the next evening, and after a couple of beers with London friends caught the train to York. We were cramped together in second class, the journey takes just over 2 hours to cover 225 miles including about four stops on the way. I have never been so BORED in my life . . it seemed like an eternity.
I arrived back in my home city (which I love) as miserable as sin.
My friend, you are not alone.