It's about time we had a thread where we could express ourselves freely without fear of anyone accusing us of going "off thread".

Goa was great but it's grand to be back home.

Do you think it will work?
I truly hope so.

Welcome back Troggy old son. You've not missed much - just another 57 forum pages of rambling and smilies

Glad you enjoyed the old colony; I fear it's heading South now big time. We keep abreast of our old stomping ground here and it's not good news, the Scarlett Keeling incident notwithstanding.

GRC

I doubt it but one does one's best.

Yep, agree entirely. We went to the north for a week of our time there and Baga beach was a culture shock after the south. Then we went back to Cavelossim where the pace of life was far more relaxed.

We heard about the Scarlett case of course and the whole thing has its parallels with the Maddie story here: accusations that the local police are incompetent; articles in the British press written by authors who once visited Goa saying what a decadent place it is with the hippies and hash etc.

But, on the whole we still like it and will be going back again.

On the good side the OH finally overcame her fear of dentists and had her teeth done for the first time in 30 odd years. I was a bit put out when they charged her the same for a scale and polish as they did me. Hers took about and hour and a half while mine only took about 10 minutes.

Isn't "Want to move to Portugal" serving that purpose admirably?

Yes it is paul,unfortunately I have to close it soon,admin policy about long threads that take ages to load,Nomad is going to do a sequel,so that I can close it and we can carry on
Come on Nomes its up to you

So when do we get the prequel (in the best traditions of Hollywood)?

Or did I miss that one?

I think this comment is about the technical aspects of this forum and is therefore "off thread". It should be moved by the moderators to an appropriate place.

ahem...rugby....

Good post Paul, hope to see you on the sequel.

Well come on then Nomad,get it started!!!

Don't know about you Cleri but I reckon Nomad has turned into a right little threadtease.

hi everyone, hope your all well and ooohhh i,ve just found a little bit of fluff in my belly button

i can,t wait for the, "hi i,m nomad and i,ve moved to portugal, now ask me all the questions you want about how i did it" thread..............