British Expats - In To-day's Newspapers

15 p.c. rise in tourists likelyâ€™

26 Sep: Herald. The Travel and Tourism Association of Goa expects 15 per cent rise in the charter tourists this year... .

Netherlands charter set to kick-off tourist season

26 Sep: Herald. Goa is all set to welcome its first chartered tourist flight from Netherlands on October 1, when the State embarks on its six-month tourist season...

[ One think is for sure the shacks will not be open.

www.goanvoice.org.uk

Feel really sorry for these Dutch tourists due to arrive in less than a week!. The Calangute/Candolim road still looks like a ghost town and no sign of any Kasmiris or Tibetans or any other shops opening!Not much sign of the seasonal restaurants opening either!They are going to wonder what the hell the have wasted their money on!

hemingway

Sep 26th 2010 6:15 am

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Originally Posted by jagger (Post 8877112)

Bordering on racist

That's being charitable - IMHO the original post was "down right racist".

Fool that I am, I'm getting drawn in when I'd resisted commenting all day!

Regards

H.

iain492001

Sep 26th 2010 7:11 am

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Originally Posted by hemingway (Post 8877110)

The "draw" for the shacks is supposed to be on the 28th of September for the North & the 29th for the South - there's got to be a chance that the "successful applicants" will want to be up & running ASAP after that, especially if there are tourists about. . . . . . .

Regards

H.

That's what we thought last year, then the breakaway shack association caused so much trouble that it went to the High Court and things dragged on so long that it wasn't till early December when most of the shacks were up and running - so no income to the majority of the shacks for at least 6 weeks.

I've being watching the weather reports from here in Turkey and Goa still always seems to be covered in rain clouds - is this the case, anyone who is currently there?

Cheers
Iain

jagger

Sep 26th 2010 7:23 am

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We arrived in november the year before and was the same.

hemingway

Sep 26th 2010 7:38 am

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Originally Posted by iain492001 (Post 8877285)

Ah yes, but this year there doesn't seem to be the same sort of "fratching" between the SOWS & TGTSOA - don't they love their abbreviations!

Anyway, not long now so lets see what transpires. . . . . . . . . .

Regards

H.

Mrs Brinks Matt

Sep 26th 2010 3:30 pm

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Originally Posted by jagger (Post 8877112)

Well said completely agree with you.
Bordering on racist

If it's "racism" you want to see you should spend more time in Goa/India.

noni	Sep 26th 2010 3:38 pm

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Athletes Village will be finished on eve of games :sneaky:

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...-eve-of-Games-

msj5	Sep 26th 2010 7:54 pm

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Originally Posted by iain492001 (Post 8877285)

Hi Iain.
Glorious sunshine and clear blue skies since the storm on thursday night.You`d think it was mid December!MsJ

Remy-Ireland

Sep 26th 2010 8:06 pm

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Originally Posted by noni (Post 8877947)

Athletes Village will be finished on eve of games :sneaky:

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...-eve-of-Games-

A long jumper will be running up to do his jump and an Indian will be there with a long tail shovel firing the sand into the cement mixer.:eek:

Mzee	Sep 26th 2010 9:46 pm

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Originally Posted by Bipat (Post 8876631)

Regardless of the context of the Games debacle is this really a post to be answered without comment?

Bipat - its pathetic that these comments are even allowed on this forum. This is precisely the sort of thing that I was referring to when I said that there were several posts with racial undertones on this forum. But unfortunately the majority don't agree and that thread was closed. Its sick but it seems to be encouraged. As Hemingway rightly says - it perhaps doesn't even deserve a response.

dreadsoc

Sep 26th 2010 10:03 pm

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Originally Posted by Bipat (Post 8876631)

Regardless of the context of the Games debacle is this really a post to be answered without comment?

Hi Bipat/mzee

Yes I do think that post deserves no comment - any response just gives it credibility - which it does not warrant. Rising to the bait just ends up with an unpleasant series of exchanges and probably gives the poster of such the response they want.

Dread - contempt
x

noni	Sep 26th 2010 10:19 pm

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Originally Posted by dreadsoc (Post 8878500)

Hi Bipat/mzee

Yes I do think that post deserves no comment - any response just gives it credibility - which it does not warrant. Rising to the bait just ends up with an unpleasant series of exchanges and probably gives the postr of such the response they want.

Dread - contempt
x

Totally agree with you Dread

msj5	Sep 27th 2010 4:37 am

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Originally Posted by dreadsoc (Post 8878500)

So why hasn`t said post been deleted? Or perhaps Mrs Brinks Matt should be deleted! She probably wouldn`t experience racism if she wasn`t so racist!

Banyan

Sep 27th 2010 5:10 am

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Originally Posted by msj5 (Post 8879446)

So why hasn`t said post been deleted? Or perhaps Mrs Brinks Matt should be deleted! She probably wouldn`t experience racism if she wasn`t so racist!

There are many people who are very very upset with the property issue.

Mrs Brinks Matt has seen and read in the papers that we have all have seen ie child labour etc. This upset people and sometimes they say or write things at the heat of moment that they do not mean or out of anger.

Mrs Brinks Matt has much to offer this forum and she should not be driven away.

Banyan.

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