On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Gabriel de Figueiredo wrote:
Fred, the issue here was we were shown one set of menus with one set of prices, and when charged, we were charged a different higher price. It would have been OK *if* we were shown the higher prices at the very start, which is when we would have made up our minds whether to eat there or not. And it wasn't a "Rs 20.00 a rice plate" place either - a bit more upmarket than that.
That's my point! You got over-charged (read cheated). I get overcharged whenever they come to know I'm a non-local. It has nothing to do with the fact that low budget tourists don't pay luxury taxes -- which Miguel pointed out.
Here? Where? In India or in Goa? We're going completely off-track from the topic. I won't go further into details except to state that sufficient food for the common man in Goa was not a problem in the 50s, contrary to India's situation.
I don't know who you would count as the 'commonman' of Portuguese-ruled colonial Goa, but a lot of comment that looks at those times without Lusostalgia suggests that apart from a pampered but tiny upper middle-class, the vast majority found life tough.
Or would you see this as an incorrect view? FN
