The first time I went to Goa in 1986 it was quite pleasant. But then we were staying in the 4 Star Taj Hotel. (And I was 16). That was before tourism got big there.
After my parents retired they started doing the "Winter in Goa" thing quite popular with boomers, especially trades people who don't get as much work in Winter.
Goa is a a Christian state, after the Portuguese brought some civilization.
As Indians in Delhi got more money they started holidaying in Goa too. Then it became popular with Russians too.
It's full of garbage - 10ft mountains of empty water bottles and plastic bags everywhere.
The street shitting is not so widespread - lots of them go shit in the sea!
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The newspapers were cover to cover retardation.
The stand out stories I remember:
The Minister for the Environment in Goa insisted that using asbestos as a building material was perfectly safe and reports of its dangers were a scheme by the White man to destroy Goa's asbestos industry.
A headline in The Times of India: "Should I marry my rapist?" and the advice was "it depends".
The police chief insisting the burned bodies of two White tourists under a tree was because of a lightning strike, case closed.
Any White women raped were basically told "what do you expect". Westerners expect the cops to act like the cops back home but there won't be any scene of crime officers on the way to look for clues. If you find a dead body, the cops assume you did it.
The Goa govt. made motorcycle helmets mandatory but it never said "and worn on heads" so people carried them. People also made paper mache helmets to avoid being stopped.
Indians will never answer a White person's question with "Sorry, I don't know" and would rather tell you nonsense.
One Goa govt said "White people can buy houses here now" so people did. The next govt. said "no you can't" and confiscated them.
If you take the driving test it is starting the car, driving 200 yards and parking.
10 rupees ($1) and you can skip the test.
Source: I lived in Goa for 6 months.
It is cheap to live there and not cold.
But my (White) parents had a house there so I was staying with them.
I for the life of me cannot understand why somebody would willingly even set foot in india. Even for free.
The first time I went to Goa in 1986 it was quite pleasant. But then we were staying in the 4 Star Taj Hotel. (And I was 16). That was before tourism got big there.
After my parents retired they started doing the "Winter in Goa" thing quite popular with boomers, especially trades people who don't get as much work in Winter.
Goa is a a Christian state, after the Portuguese brought some civilization.
As Indians in Delhi got more money they started holidaying in Goa too. Then it became popular with Russians too.
It's full of garbage - 10ft mountains of empty water bottles and plastic bags everywhere.
The street shitting is not so widespread - lots of them go shit in the sea!
The stand out stories I remember:
The Minister for the Environment in Goa insisted that using asbestos as a building material was perfectly safe and reports of its dangers were a scheme by the White man to destroy Goa's asbestos industry.
A headline in The Times of India: "Should I marry my rapist?" and the advice was "it depends".
The police chief insisting the burned bodies of two White tourists under a tree was because of a lightning strike, case closed.
Any White women raped were basically told "what do you expect". Westerners expect the cops to act like the cops back home but there won't be any scene of crime officers on the way to look for clues. If you find a dead body, the cops assume you did it.
The Goa govt. made motorcycle helmets mandatory but it never said "and worn on heads" so people carried them. People also made paper mache helmets to avoid being stopped.
Indians will never answer a White person's question with "Sorry, I don't know" and would rather tell you nonsense.
One Goa govt said "White people can buy houses here now" so people did. The next govt. said "no you can't" and confiscated them.