On 23/06/05, George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ................ I was doing some non-historical research at the Panjim Central Library this morning and this is > what I learnt: Mahesh Gopalnath took the Aldona ferry as a young man and like his extensive posts, his ferry ride converted into a long, meandering voyage to America where he took the name Mario Goveia upon his initiation into the white-Christian party (Republicans as Howard Dean calls them). However, his primary motivation for the name change to a nice Catholic sounding name was to confess his cyber-sins...............
RESPONSE: I have heard authoritatively, that a banana boat via Jamaica was the carrier.The song by Harry Belafonte; come Mister tally man, tally me banana, was inspired by this Banana Man. Thought I'd clarify for sake of clarity! cheers. Gabe Menezes. London England.
