Sights from our ferry on River Mandovi connecting Old Goa to Divar in the beautiful, golden moments a little before sundown today.
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In Panjim our walls feature a real hole-in-the-wall for the city’s bookworms to crawl into. This interstitial temple of learning is, as claimed, “up to date” with the latest rags, a valuable resource for the scholar of gossip. Parking lot just around the corner is unfortunately not “up to date.” …
No visual symbol distinguishes Goa from the rest of India quite as tellingly as its capital city of Panjim, perched on the banks of River Mandovi. Panjim attained prominence in 1827 when the Portuguese transferred their capital from Old Goa. In 1843, it was elevated to a city, awarded upgrades befitting the capital of Estado…
Scroll down for historical details. From: Snapshots of Indo-Portuguese History – I – Pangim by Vasco Pinho, 2007, pp. 80-82. The Great Mandovi Disaster: 1901 For the people of Goa, the Twentieth Century began on a tragic note. A major disaster occurred on December 3, 1901, at 7:00 am. The motorized launch…
The flotilla of barges plying in Goa‘s rivers presents a charming diversion to the tourist, but this picture postcard scene masks a dark and ominous reality. Goa is being mined to death, with devastating consequences, some of them not yet upon us. Forests have been flattened, and beautiful villages trashed, muddied, their air rendered unbreathable…