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Forum: Goa
Jan 27th 2021, 12:03 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,958
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: 180 visa stay

Aeroflot are flying between Moscow and Delhi and perhaps Mumbai....
Forum: Goa
Nov 16th 2020, 12:50 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 1,269
Posted By prestonjohn

Cafe Mayona & Dr. Alan ?

Has anyone living or staying in Baga or Creek side near Cafe Mayona know if a close friend of mine Dr. Alan who runs the music side for Pauli is alright ? He has been in India now for over 12 months...
Forum: Goa
Sep 21st 2020, 2:28 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,488
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Information regarding Visas ?

All the signs are for at least 3 to 4 vaccines should be available before Christmas. Its going to be a strange Christmas for some but for others a time to reflect on its original form as Christian...
Forum: Goa
Sep 16th 2020, 9:04 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,488
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Information regarding Visas ?

Tui are advertising package holidays from 10 th of October ! Also in todays Times Dalrymple is asking Uk authorities to examine why statues to General Havelock, who is in Trafalgar Square and John...
Forum: Goa
Sep 13th 2020, 12:13 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,488
Posted By prestonjohn

Information regarding Visas ?

Does any have an idea when things will be returning to normality re Tourist Visas being available again ? I want to travel to India again, back to Goa and Assam before I get too old to travel safely....
Forum: India
Apr 20th 2020, 9:03 am
Replies: 274
Views: 17,304
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Inglorious Empire

Its not just the railways and architectural structures that the Raj left behind but the system of government and the rule of law, the civil service and the armed servies and schools & Colleges are...
Forum: India
Mar 31st 2020, 8:34 am
Replies: 2
Views: 1,872
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Repatriation by R.A.F to UK.

It's official as it's in today daily newspapers that the government has authorized airlines to bring back British nationals using your old tickets and if not possible giving out loans to those with...
Forum: India
Mar 30th 2020, 3:15 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,872
Posted By prestonjohn

Repatriation by R.A.F to UK.

There are strong indications that the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, might authorize a couple of repatriation flights back to the UK utilizing transport aircraft to bring back tourists stranded in...
Forum: India
Nov 4th 2019, 9:36 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,685
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Gandhi Statue

If they get their wish in Manchester, in Gandi was a racist, then half the bloody statues in London put up to Victorian heroes should be targetted, especially the one to General Havelock in Trafalgar...
Forum: India
Oct 31st 2019, 12:56 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 1,438
Posted By prestonjohn

The cruise liner from Mumbai to Goa.

Has anybody been on this cruise from Mumbai to Goa. Their web site is very slick and promising. In the past i used the catamaran a couple of times but it was very uncomfortable. This one looks likes...
Forum: India
Oct 26th 2019, 11:56 am
Replies: 4
Views: 2,185
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Weather conditions current in Goa.

just had a look at some postings on facebook and its teeming down in Goa.....floods everywhere
Forum: India
Oct 2nd 2019, 1:28 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 2,185
Posted By prestonjohn

Weather conditions current in Goa.

Could somebody please give me an update on the weather conditions in Goa. Was The Monsoon heavy, flooding etc ? Thinking of visiting very soon to go fishing around Chapora and Tirakol.
Forum: India
Sep 5th 2019, 9:35 am
Replies: 3
Views: 2,434
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Who Took What ?

Interesting enough William Dalrymple has just published a book on the rape of India by the East India company.The Anarchy. He agrees with you the article that without Indian money flooding into the...
Forum: India
Aug 23rd 2019, 3:31 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,198
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Sex Scandal in Victorian Hyderabad

He was a real Bottomberg then !
Forum: India
Aug 22nd 2019, 9:31 am
Replies: 5
Views: 2,198
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Sex Scandal in Victorian Hyderabad

Not as shocking as the latest expose of Mountbottom or is it Mountbatton ! Apparently there wasn't anything he wouldn't mount ! Midshipmen and small boys the dirty bugger ! Women dressed in Jodhpurs...
Forum: India
Aug 20th 2019, 12:43 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 2,092
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Films Illustrating the History of India

If you're looking for historical films of India then you need to have a look at The British Film Institutes collection.It starts roughly about 1906 to the late 40s.They are mostly documentaries made...
Forum: India
Aug 8th 2019, 9:39 am
Replies: 2
Views: 1,715
Posted By prestonjohn

Kashmir bringing it back into fold? Or what ?

Its a very controversial subject at the moment but Pakistan's repeated demands for the territory do not hold any water when you look at the history of the place.Kashmir was an independent kingdom...
Forum: India
Jul 18th 2019, 2:04 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 2,290
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Scarlet Keeling and the truth of what occured in Anjuna.

The mother was prosecuted in the UK for Benefit Fraud because she accepted money from Richard Branson (£10,000) and did not declare it.She financed the trip from her benefits and also claimed them...
Forum: India
Jul 18th 2019, 11:23 am
Replies: 2
Views: 2,290
Posted By prestonjohn

Scarlet Keeling and the truth of what occured in Anjuna.

I was in Goa, living in Candolim at the time this occurred. I spoke to some of the people who were near Curlies that night and i spoke to the two bikers who dropped Scarlet Keeling off behind...
Forum: India
May 13th 2019, 9:24 am
Replies: 25
Views: 2,313
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Nicholson

To get a good idea of the air quality in rural India travel from Aurangabad to Mumbai by train. You travel across the Deccan and through the Western Ghats downwards to Mumbai. Its possibly one of the...
Forum: India
May 12th 2019, 12:17 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,313
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Nicholson

The last time i was there Tuk Tuks were being converted to LPG and they were fine.The problem with Delhi is that its on the edge of the Thar Desert and that means sand pollution and damp humid air...
Forum: India
May 10th 2019, 11:05 am
Replies: 25
Views: 2,313
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Nicholson

Its been years since i wandered around Delhi, especially around Chandni Chowk and what's left of the old city.I couldn't do it now as its too polluted.It was 30 years ago but now its beyond a joke.My...
Forum: India
May 9th 2019, 8:09 am
Replies: 25
Views: 2,313
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: Nicholson

John Nicholson was a product of his time in that he was a promoter of Muscular Christianity, a Presbyterian from Northern Ireland who was also a sadist, a hypocrite and a very brave man. Read Charles...
Forum: India
Feb 19th 2019, 11:32 am
Replies: 911
Views: 45,072
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: India and the Wars

The founding fathers or founders of India ! Lets get some facts into perspective regarding India's past and where did its peoples spring from.Firstly the term Aryans and it being associated with pure...
Forum: India
Feb 6th 2019, 11:57 am
Replies: 911
Views: 45,072
Posted By prestonjohn

Re: India and the Wars

Bose extracted a promise from Hitler that the INA would only fight against the British, not the Russians and that's because Bose was a socialist, not a National Socialist. They fought in the Italian...
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