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Not really, we only go to visit the family temple and pay the annual subscription. Enjoy that visit though. No other reason for going.

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Learning to speak some Hindi has helped ...............it is actually amusing to hear them squeal and shout "eek Videshi bore Hindi hay" (not sure of spelling correct !!) when you tell them to clear off in their own language........ as they scuttle off :rofl::rofl:

....certainly gives them a taste of the unexpected !! :sneaky:

Dread- x

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And nobody on here has said these people represent the majority.......... the only person who has said anything even close to that is you from the way you have interpreted things....!!! :lol:

And with all due respect how do you know what your young Mumbai relations get up to when they are with their mates and out of sight of all the older folks....like they are when in Goa? :ohmy:

'Family Temple' ....do you own a temple as well as a house and a timeshare?

Dread - x

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To use your own word "tedious" your personal attacks are becoming so.

Do people have to use the actual word "majority" for me just to make a valid point?

Very few of my young relatives go to Goa. Those that do go to the South (there would always be someone there who could report back).

Family temple: it means the temple that the family along with rest of the community have visited for at least the century. (Yes they went during the time of the Portuguese rule). (and donate financially, temples like money as do churches!).

We no longer have a time share.

The house has also been the family house since built in 1920s. We share it with two other families. A promise has been made to look after it and never sell and it is now as much a burden as a pleasure. It is still home and we all grumble but always end up there!!

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I don't see any "personal attacks" here, just rather members have a discussion on differing experiences and opinions.

But to all, lets try not to get heated over it.

Maybe agree to disagree ;)

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Precisely !!!!! I have not personally attacked anyone here !

Dread - x

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My sister actually pulls them up and once she hit one of them over the head with a baguette.The one thing they are frightened of is confrontation because if any Goans are around then for sure its going to be big trouble for them if they react.The only time you practice caution is if they are drunk, like you would do with anyone under the influence.But generally the leering lot are cowards and most are terrified of real women and i mean real women not giggling girls or teenagers.It must be very uncomfortable for women especially if your alone sunning on the beach and more so if a camera is involved too. I remember the bad old days when professional photographers would travel down from Mumbai to take surreptitious snaps of Western girls, topless or otherwise, and they would appear in the top shelf girly mags under headings of Orgy in Goa or Topless Hippies in Goa and they could be bought in Calingute Market.......it was quite upsetting for some of the girls despite the liberal attitudes current at the time.

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Would love to have seen the baguette moment PJ !! :rofl:
I recall one group of drunken males who were particularly vile taking photos, and one of the local police took his camera and chucked it in the sea!

The one and only time I have heard a copper cheered in Goa. :D

Dread - x

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My last memories of Ponda were passing thro ...a dead cow at the side of road about to explode at any moment......and getting back to Calangute with a totally blackened face.....white circles on my face where my specs had been!

took 3 lots of shampoo to get the pollution out of my hair!!

That was about 15yrs ago!!:eek:

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Went to Ponda a couple of times when friends have come over to take them to the elephant place....which is pretty expensive, and even when you have paid 500 rupees to wash an elephant, and the same again to ride one of them, they are trying to get you to make further donations !! (but the kid enjoyed it immensely so the money was worth it for that)
Did find a nice little local place to eat...and had chicken and salad for 22 rupees a couple of seasons ago...which despite the price was really nice !

I did notice after that my skin and hair had black dust like muck in it....no doubt the effects of the mining down that part.

Dread - x

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:rofl::rofl: for one moment I thought you were going to say the cow had exploded over you.

Did you ever hear what they did a few seasons ago, when the big local elephant dropped dead under the Banyan tree, (by Floyds resturant). I often wonder how they got rid of his remains.:confused:

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Goa Arta and Literary Festival starts this week 13th to 17th at Kala Academy..

Zakir Hussein on Friday 14th at Kala Academy..if you didn't think the tablas can talk come and listen to him..he is the master!

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And here's some good news (maybe) for those of you in Candolinium after Christmas............

http://oheraldo.in/News/Local%20News...quo/68033.html

Always assuming they can find somewhere to stick it......

With only 16 days till it starts.......

And all the kids from Bombay and Delly who have pre-booked accommodation in the north.

What a useless shower!

I know of a good spot in Majorda

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:, Jill - I thought your story was going the same way as Dread (great minds???) - so glad it didn't!

Guess I'll give Ponda a miss. Think the last time I had to pass thro' it was once when the Zuari Bridge was closed, and it was the only way to get down south.:thumbdown:

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The main temples are worth a visit if you have never been, no need to go through the town and polluted areas.