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Hello Cynthia, Goanetters Nostalgia, yes, Cynthia you took me on a Nostalgic trip of old but yet not so very old. Thanks. It was indeed a trip to remember. Those 24 hours of travel were really enjoyable compared to the present ones either by bus, or by flight or by train. There is nothing that can be compared to traveling on those ships. Making friends, joining total strangers in playing cards, singing with total strangers and making good friends for the 24 hrs journey. Sharing in home cooked food. All my trips I made to and fro where with family, but the last one I made was as a salaried person. it was in 1986-87 and it was a trip from Dubai. Unfortunately as my ticket to Goa was not confirmed and not being used to Bombay ( now Mumbai) I stayed for the night at the nearest hotel, telling the person who hang at the Mumbai airport for customers for their hotels, that I needed to be taken first thing in the morning to Mazgoan docks. Being fairly new to this land as an adult, the guy promised and he did come to take me to the Mazgaon docks. I paid almost 4 times the amount to buy the ship ticket. I just didn't care, I wanted to be in Goa away from the nauseating Mumbai, which was such for me than. ( Now I am used to Mumbai). I left my luggage in the place I found, and I hardly glanced it for the entire journey until I was in Goa. I was just so happy the moment I set my foot on the ship that I felt I was already in Goa, although it was 24 hrs away. Thanks once again Cynthia for the Wonderful nostalgic trip on the ship Cheers Jerry Fernandes