I hadn’t heard of Benaulim, but Sascha was there, so we finished up in Anjuna and made our way. The lovely Phoebe “Bum’s on Show” Spey joined us on the journey south. Goa is something like India’s California coastline—the region forms a long strip along the west coast; it’s sunny and hot all the time;…
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During the first month of my trip, before Vince arrived[1], I spent almost a week in a small town in northern Goa called Anjuna. Famous for its party scene, of which I saw no evidence during my stay, Anjuna is a past-prime hippy haunt that now acts as a sort of quiet retreat from the…
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An hour boat ride out from the Gateway of India in Mumbai, Elephanta Island is a popular place to take a day trip. Surprisingly, though, our boat, which made Catalina Express look like the Titanic, was mostly full of Indian folks; apparently it’s a popular little day trip for locals as well as tourists. It’s…
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The few short days we spent in Mumbai were enough to appreciate getting out of the traffic jam that it is, but not enough to really see the whole place. Aside from the tourist spots, how else do you really “see” a huge city like this? I feel sort of the same way about LA. We…
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When I arrived in Mumbai, Franklin greeted me at the airport with open arms. Our friend’s mom owns a small apartment in an area called Santa Cruz that she so graciously offered to lend us indefinitely, so we hopped in a tuk-tuk for what would be the first of many of these strenuous cardiac exercises….
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