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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Mervyn, Just to clarify... it doesn't take money to get to a village in Goa. At least, not money worth talking about. With a digital camera (and rechargeable batteries), it doesn't even take film! What does help vastly, of course, is to have local guide to show you around the village. In the past, I've made a standing offer to create any number of pics (within the time available ... this isn't an issue usually except very occasionally) of any region in Goa. This works specially if someone local shows me around the pace. Otherwise, as an 'outsider', there's only that much you can get infront of your own horizon. So, when Jaime de Melo was down in Goa some years back (where are you now Jaime?), we 'did' Moira one sunny evening. My long-time Galgibaga-based friend and colleague Anthony "Tony Martins" Barreto helped me hugely when we needed to photograph coastal Canacona one monsoon day, 3-4 years ago. My friend and colleague Shashikant Punaji ferried me on a two-wheeler through the length and breath of Pernem. We even took a detour via the Maharashtra border and ate a simple lunch there. This was when he needed pics for a site meant to be called pernem.com The site didn't happen; but we got some very nice photos and memories! Maybe it's simplistic to think so, but digital photography (specially sharable photos) can make Goans aware of the need to preserve and take to future generations the scenic legacy that nature and their forefathers (and mothers!) have left for them. We are only trustees here, of course. It doesn't "belong" to us! Anyone wanting photos for your voluntary ventures out there, just let me know. Of course, these will be put out in a sharable Creative Commons or GFDL license. So that Goa's charm remains in the sharable, copylefted, public domain ... and we shouldn't be privatising this. -- FN (a born-again believer in creating social capital) On 22/09/06, Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Colvalecars, looks like we need to sponsor Fred to > make another visit to the village and this time with > pointers to the scenic places and the fort. > Mervyn3.0 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org