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Swan Yoga Retreat, Goa.

Swan Yoga Retreat, Goa.

Five centuries ago, the prolific Portuguese flag-planter Vasco da Gama made landfall south of here, at Calicut, and pointed his fellow colonists upcountry, importuning them to settle across Goa’s viridescent hills and plains, and to amass spices and converts to Catholicism in equal abundance. The missionaries erected tall, whitewashed churches (almost all now designated Unesco heritage sites) and dense villages of brightly painted houses up and down its coast and along the slow-moving rivers that cross it, winding westward to the Indian Ocean. By the 1960s and 70s this temperate, tolerant, still largely inviolate Eden had drawn hippies and escapees from modern existence to its shores. There are dozens of Goas: some are exclusive, others as as a pirate’s map, some a beachcomber’s dream of a cabin, empty dunes and pounding surf. A former Portuguese colony isolated in British India, Goa is India’s Latin quarter. It is tolerant and capricious. It has that easy-going lassitude found in tropical coasts from Costa Rica to Zanzibar. Goans speak about India as if it were a separate country, and Indians as if they were another people. Where India has colorful temples and adobe villages, Goa has bright white churches and Portuguese villas. Goa is also India’s first Covid-19 free state. #butterflybeachgoa #morjimbeach #assagao #siolimhousegoa #ahilyabythesea #forttiracol #goa Text source CN Traveller and FT Howtospend it. (at Aswem Beach, Goa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_RRwm4p_dx/?igshid=shqbgubwm441

Lalaland Festival Nagoa 2019. A cosy event hosted over the weekend with a melange of food stalls, art n folk programs, cool crowd especially if you want something impersonal as you don't know anyone there :), healthy vibes and good energy. I enjoyed the lemon tarts from #drmuffins This was followed by dinner at the legendary #ciaobella in #assagao where you get real #italian if that's what you like. #foodandfun #lalaland #nagoaevent #weekend #assagaocheers #ciaobellafood #ciaobellamario #hinterlandtrail #goadiaries #green #nogarbage (at Nagoa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B46v0wbJoPZ/?igshid=t3uv64udx5m5

A fantastic little bar you can't miss. Loads of beer on tap, nice snacks (order the sausage chilli fry and the cheesy fries for sure), and always buzzing. #pablobar #escos #assagao #bars #goa #northgoa #india #traveldiaries #travelstories #travelblog #mustvisit #beerontap #feni #gin #cocktails #travelphotos #goalife #goalove #goavibes #bar #travelling (at Assagao, Goa, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0GyWHdpXkg/?igshid=9waib0w1c3dg

Some of the best burgers and cocktails you'll find anywhere. #theburgerhousegoa #assagao #goa #india #travel #travelpics #travelling #traveling #travelgram #instatravel #instapic #instaphoto #travelphotography #cafes #food #restaurants #bars #dining #nightlife #goafood #goacafes #goabars @theburgerhousegoa (at Assagao, Goa, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzveUdNloMR/?igshid=1gjh0k7fo2y2

There's a new burger place in town, and boy, is it good or what. Go check it out! #theburgerhousegoa #assagao #goa #northgoa #india #travel #goapics #goalife #goavibes #goalove #goaphotos #indiatravel #travelphotos #travelpics #travelling #traveling #travelgram #instatravel #instapic #instaphoto #travelphotography #goafood #goacafes #cafes #food #restaurants #dining #nightlife #burgers (at Assagao, Goa, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvbdDOl1qb/?igshid=8ksrmex90ajm

Think it's time to make a trip back to @cuebebargoa #grill #assagao #northgoa #goa #india #travel #goapics #goalife #goavibes #goalove #goaphotos #indiatravel #travelphotos #travelpics #destinations #travelling #traveling #vacations #indiatourism #incredibleindia #travelgram #instatravel #instapic #instaphoto #instapic #instatravel #goafood #goacafes #cafes #food #restaurants #dining #nightlife (at Cuebebar Smokehouse Goa) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzhmH2CFc8S/?igshid=1plb9vrdc00ya