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----- Original Message ----- From: Eddie Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Goanet@Goacom. Com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 1:52 AM Subject: [GOANET] The Guardian: Christmas in Goa. > Source: The Guardian. 23 November 2002. > > Headline: Deck the hall with bougainvillea - Can't face another year of > turkey and mince pies? Louise Nicholson and family spend Christmas in Goa, > breakfasting on papaya and bathing in the Arabian sea. > > By Louise Nicholson. > > Feature article (1,424 words) with photographs at > http://travel.guardian.co.uk/countries/story/0,7451,845562,00.html > > Excerpts: > > It was Christmas Day in sun-drenched Goa. Multi-coloured tinsel, plastic > reindeers and plenty of cottonwool snow decorated our hotel. > > .we mixed lazy hotel life with land trips, renting a car and driver - only a > fool would drive his family around India, even in laid-back Goa. > > At Margao we found the fish market where fisherwomen crouch, cheroot between > lips, beside baskets of shrimp, sardines and prawns. > > .we went down the coast to the uba dando, or straight road, the 12-mile > stretch of beach in south Goa, stopping at little villages such as Baga > [sic] to take a sunset walk along the beach and pause at one of the little > beach shacks for a dish of grilled tiger prawns and a glass of feni. > How come this travel consultant places Baga in South Goa when it is actually in North Goa?! Jorge ---------------------------------------------------------- What's On In Goa (WOIG): Nov 06 Children's book exhibn opens, Walkabout, Anjuna... (all weekdays) Nov 06 ArtHouse, Calangute: Chaitali's acrylics on canvas till 19.11 Nov 07 Revision of electoral rolls (till Nov 30) See schedule. Dec 01 Two day conference, Goa Agenda. IT For Society. (Ends 2.12) Every Sunday: Music therapy sessions at Moira, 5 pm. 278, N.Portugal ----------------------------------------------------------
