r.i.p goans

Hello everyone,
the british press are now in goa looking for titbits on the very sorry stories
about all of the deaths that are happening on a almost weekly
basis. just how safe do u think goa is..please don't just knock the mother
of the latest victim because we know it could happen to anyone,old or young.
back in the day it used to only be a case of bamboo massage but now it's hang them from the trees or rape & murder
who would want a holiday in hell these days ?
rip goan tourism.

enfield951

Goa is still a lot safer than the majority of countries we originate from I think.
It is obviously very sad to read of some of the tragedies of the past couple of seasons.
Perhaps folk get lulled into a false sense of security taking into account the past record of Goa ,and the good nature of it's people
In many cases people throw caution to the wind and do things they would never think of doing in their homeland .I am thinking of just simple things like leaving goods and chattels unattended on sunbeds whilst bathing etc.
With the growth of the internet, scallywags all over the world are alerted to all the latest scams ,and waste no time in introducing them before anyone is wise to them.
In short it has detiorated ,but still very much better than the majority of places in the world.

Always Look on the Bright side.

a_f_d

otoh 27 FN's dead since January is going some!

AndyD 8-(#

mrmarcus

well ive been going to goa since 2000 and i have never experienced any type of danger there,but there are alot of people who go there and do risky things.i have just returned from goa two days ago.just before i left a 15 year old girl was found dead on south anjuna beach at 4 in the morning,what was she doing on the beach at that time.you cant blame the place,only the people,dont take risks,and stay safe....
i have seen worse stories in england.

Mitzyboy

The difference is in England is that the authorities dont try to dress it up as a suicide when the body is covered in bruises and its fairly clearly not a suicide

wheatsheaf

As Enfield said earlier, many people are lulled into a sense of security by Goa's past reputation when truly it was safe for everyone but reality is that Goa is not the idyllic paradise of two decades ago. The Goan "fabric" that helped keep law and order (better than the law could do) is being shredded.

mrmarcus

but how do they know that the bruises were not caused by the body hiting the rocks in the water,and i think the english authorities dress alot of things up

Remy-Ireland

Exactly, and for the Goan Government to play it down by saying things like, 'Well more foreigners die in Thailand each year than in Goa' is totally inexcusable. The poor girl Scarlett was denied the most fundamental and basic Human Right of all, The Right to Life.

Goa should have a zero tolerance approach to drugs and especially rape and murder instead of trying to cover these hideous crimes up. One murder of a tourist is one too many. Those who try to cover such things up should be charged as an accessory.

Only now is the tourism minister starting to panic about the negative effect all this is having on tourism.......Where has he been for the last two years?

Goa needs to take the Dubai approach to drugs and druglords.
As for the police.....dont get me started!:curse:

How safe is Goa?............it aint that safe anymore!

Mitzyboy

I believe there is an enquiry into why it was blatently covered up now, but how effective that will be .... who knows

I'm just waiting for the first "what was a 15 year old doing out on a beach bar in the early hours of the morning" comment from somewhere

Remy-Ireland

Yeah and if anyone wants to see kids as young as 12 out drinking at all hours......come over to my housing estate at the weekends.
I was drinking alcohol at 14.......did my parents know?......did they hell!
People can argue about the rights and wrongs of parenthood and about Scarletts lifestyle but that does not excuse what happened to her. Murder is Murder is Murder.

Mitzyboy

Exactly right

Lionda

I will ask my neighbours when they return tomorrow after spending a month there. Doesn't sound a nice place to me

mrmarcus

well mitzyboy,are you not reading here i have already said it about what was a 15 year old doing there,you all may do all your drinking at 12,13 maybe thats why englands culture is in such a mess.i have full sypathy with the death of anyone,but you all have to get of your high horses living in your nice safe culture,well were not talking about england,were talking about a third world culture that is not proply developed that includes the people that live there,i admit that is no escuse for what is done but westerners have got to except its india not england,and it make me so angry,that westerners go over there expecting the same as were they come from,as i have said before respect were you are and be safe not stupid.:curse:

mrmarcus

well it is a paradise if you want it to be

mrmarcus

and another thing how many deathes occur in england every year through drugs and gang relations.goa is goa if you dont like the way it works spend your holiday in brighton.