We have rented - bought and sold for the last 15 years here in Goa and next week we are off and really can't wait to go back home to UK and Spain until mid October.
Going on China tour for a month in late October - back to UK for 6 weeks where we have not lived for 15 years then off to Vietnam ( went there 20 years ago)for 3 months and then onto Thailand for a month before we go somewhere else.
Really must give Goa a miss - getting too familiar

Have a wonderful time, keep popping back into the forum as you have great knowledge of Goa.
Noni

Have great fun on your travels Em.
If you find paradise, let me know - won't tell a soul - promise !!

Dread - seeking
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Hi Em,

sounds like a good plan.
As of today, my Goan household is officially dissolved, and while one of my eyes is crying, the other one is smiling with relief.
Now I need to sell my company and my land, fingers crossed, and then the whole Goa chapter will be filed under "expensive lessons, but worth it".

I guess I'll next go and check out some of the places where a visa isn't required, such as La Réunion, Açores, Madeira, and so on.

Looking forward to hearing what you'll have to say about Vietnam, though!

Cheers,
The German Fool - finally awake...

Nearly all finished then Steph. I hope the rest of the exercise goes well and you can finally get out of this nightmare. Having known you for many years I know you will fix things, those idiots in the Indian Government don't deserve you and the many other good people we all know from Goa. Live long and prosper. Phill (in Australia)

Thank you, Phill.

We'll meet again, someplace, sometime. Give Debbie a big hug from me.
Moving on basically is a good thing. We all are leaving things behind that were very dear to us, but one has to realize and be aware of the fact that it has all changed dramatically. The Goa we fell in love with doesn't exist anymore (at least not where we used to live). I guess that's what they call "Shiva Power".

Love to you for now,
Steph, the German Fool, disillusioned...

best of luck to you Em and German.

I met a Goan expat who had rebuilt his house from the ground up 8 years ago. He is so disillusioned by the stunning decline in every aspect of life that he is selling up and leaving too. He and his wife had worked all their lives aiming to retire early and return to Goa, but now are thoroughly ruined financially and mentally having been duped time and again by their fellow Goans. They just want to get out, and live their last in peace and safety.

It's a very sad epitaph for Goa when they drive away even their own fellow Goans, let alone those who have visited and/or lived there for many years.

This is becoming an all too frequently familiar story, and the Goan people need to wake up and see their government, lawyers and business people for what they are - before the short term pandemic greed and corruption destroys them, and it is too late to salvage their reputation, land and industry.

There is nothing 'stunning' about the decline of Goa - only an impending tragic devastation of a once beautiful place !

Dread - RIP Goa
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Good luck German Food

FOOD?

B....x you wait until next week - then you will experience senior moments.

Oh God, does that mean you will give me "Fool" to eat at the end of a hard day?

Only if Milwart upsets her by wearing his brown Indian pants above his waistline like the Goan boys on the beach do - then she'll cook him on the barbeque !!!!

Dread - naughty naughty
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As long as I only see them above his trousers, not little brown underpants and white legs. Just remember it is sheep country and bring your wellies.

It is already too late. Doomed Mr Mannering, doomed.