The view, from an airplane, of the "Hrafntinnusker mountain in the highlands of Iceland" was engaging enough (Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar - Hrafntinnusker, below). But I was more entranced, and intrigued, by the photos of St. Roque's Chapel in Bandora, Ponda, that an accompanying weblink took me to. Three superb shots of the chapel in the early morning light. But an ethereal Christian chapel smack in the centre of the heartland of Hinduism in Goa?
I wonder if Goa Tourism's temple tour offers a glimpse of the chapel in a brief respite from the overdose of Hindu temple architecture all around it. While they are about it, a meandering drive all around Ponda would also be worth it; I was in Bethora a couple of months ago and was entranced by the view of hills and empty meadows here and there all along the drive past Borim. This is a side of Goa we rarely see in our usual rambles along the coastal belt. Linken Fernandes