Thomas, Unfortunately, this pleasant mode of travel has been discontinued, after the old steamers that took 22-24 hours were sent for India's ill-advised "peacekeeping" operations in Sri Lanka.
A hovercraft that was launched on this route sometime in the 'nineties could not be sustained due to choppy seas, missed trips and the fact that the costly (made-in-Europe) hovercraft were quite close to the then plane-fares. You have an option of bus (Paulo Travel's Volvo takes 10-12 hours, not sure exactly how long... there are sleeper buses too -- some love them, others hate them), train (the fast services are a thing of the past at least for now, since the June 2003 accident), and of course, air. Having said all this, to someone who needs to hop in and out of Goa fairly regularly, this small state remains fairly poorly connected traffic-wise, inspite of its claims of being a touristic centre and India's # 1 state. We badly need an airport that is open for most of the day at least, bus services which depart and arrive at major cities at different timings of the day (not all departing at about the same time, as at now), and more coordination among departing vehicles. Currently, it's a chaotic mix of each one doing their own thing. A better system for ticket sales, centralised and computerised, as done in Bangalore, would also help the many thousands of visitors who reach Goa each month. Wish the authorities would be looking into this... FN On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Thomas Albrecht wrote: > > Hello > > Is somebody there, who can tell me, if it is possible to go by ship from > mumbai to Goa or back in the upcoming winter season? And is there a link/url > for that? > > One more question I would have: > > I was invited a few years ago by the son of Dr Monteiro (whom I did knew > too in 1972!) in Candolim to book at his place, when I will came to Goa. But > I lost the adress. As I will be in Goa at Xmas - I would ask, if anybody > knows his internet/e-mail adress > > Thank you so much > > Thomas Albrecht > Germany -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha (FN) | http://www.fredericknoronha.net Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org http://goalinks.pitas.com | http://joingoanet.shorturl.com http://linuxinindia.pitas.com | http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- T: 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 M: 0 9822 122436 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
