Hi Clare and Paddy, Happy New Year -- 2006
You lived in Karachi -- so should not be too difficult to fit back into Goa -- even though corruption and bureaucracy has magnified -- As I said to Philip -- I work in Bombay but my home is in Goa -- Alto Porvorim -- I try to get down as often as I can I would suggest that you come down on a holiday see the situation yourself and move around and check those areas where you would like to live -- and then put out feelers for old houses with a large compound -- flats are plentifully available, but I cannot think of living in Goa in a flat -- though a flat is far more convenient for a non-resident to manage Let me know when you decide to come down and I shall help as best I can Cheers Aloysius ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:45 AM Subject: [Goanet] INVEST IN GOA BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE | On Monday, Jan. 16, Aloysius wrote: | | <Hi Goans Everywhere, | | I have just returned from a fourteen day holiday at home in Goa -- and I am | | dismayed to find that more and more Goans (particularly Christians) are | selling out their ancestral homes and lands -- and the buyers are not just | foreigners but other Indians from Punjab & Gujarat, -- fairly soon there | will | be few Goans in Goa as compared to non-Goans | | We now have enough Goans in India and abroad in really good financial | position to invest in Goa -- so please come and buy those houses and lands | which our short-sighted Goa Goans are selling out | | Cheers to a future in which Goans will inhabit Goa | | Aloysius> | | Hi Aloysius: | | Your subject clarion call got our attention and I would appreciate any leads | or suggestions you can offer in making this dream a reality for us. | | Its been a long time since we've communicated -- remember the Karachi | connection -- and are you now in Mumbai? | | Would it be practical for us in our early 70s to adapt in Goa and cope with | the local palm greasing, which should be minimal? | | Thanks for awakening us, susegad Goans, and your invaluable advice. | | God Bless: | | Pat de Sousa | (AKA Paddy) | |
