I'm Indian and moving to Goa (in monsoon) for inspiration and peace

Hi everyone,

This is my first thread in India Mike, though this site has been very useful for me for years.

I'm a 25 years old web and graphics designer and I work as freelancer. I have been kind of careless to my life before; and worked only when I needed money.

Problem is, I have run out of staying at Banaras (my home town) all life, at my native house. I am running out of inspiration for designing. I was in Margao, Palolem area in March and atmosphere was very inspiring for me over there. So, I have decided to stay there for several month and continue my freelance web/graphics work.

Ok, enough of my personal story, and back to the point. I talked to local people and they told me how horrible monsoon can be. I like rain but I heard there are horrible power cuts in the monsoon season, specially outside city areas (at the villages near beaches as well). I need my laptop running to work and with too much power cuts, it would be hard to work.

Are there really horrible power cuts? I mean, one guy said there are power cuts for 2-3 days straight sometimes.

And how is the condition in neighbouring areas of Margao city?




I'm moving there with a friend probably, and hope simple rooms/apartment won't be very costly. Local people said I would be able to get an ok place to stay for Rs 5000-6000 per month.

There are frequent power cuts in this area, too. But more important for you: reliable internet connection, I guess. Check this before you take a decision (there are some threads in the Goa subforum). Just consider: Goa is still a rural area.

Hi Federica, thank you very much for the reply.

I was at Palolem in March. I saw Reliance was working very good over there. Some guy told me that Photon Plus worked well too. I had my smartphone with Airtel, and it's 3G worked well. So I guess internet would be fine.

I'm considering Benaulim also. It's close to Margao city. And BSNL Wimax works there, so may be my Wimax device would work over there.

I live at a place where we have power cuts daily. In monsoon, it get more frequent.