Source: The Times (UK) August 17, 2002 at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,71-384920,00.html
Text: Back on the tourist map now that the Foreign Office has reclassified Goa, and most of India, as safe to visit, holidaymakers who want a taste of uncommercialised rural Goa will be able to stay on Chorao Island on the Mandovi River in new cottages and apartments introduced for this winter by self- catering specialists, Lazydays in Goa. With much the same view of the spires and domes of Old Goa as the Portuguese would have had when they sailed upriver in their galleons to their former capital, the sleepy island consists of farming hamlets and rice paddies, churches and Portuguese-style mansions. There are no beaches but the mangrove swamps are home to the Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary. Chorao is only accessible by ferry (about two minutes), and is ten minutes from Panjim, the modern capital. Lazydays is offering one, two and three-bedroomed properties with gardens and a shared pool. To rent one-bedroomed Dove Cottage for a week costs from �226-�396; a hire car with driver and a complimentary ayurvedic massage is included in the price. Flights are extra, but can be arranged. Details: Lazydays in Goa (01202 771170, www.lazydays.co.uk). =============================== Source: The Times (UK) August 11, 2002 at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,195-381825,00.html Gap years for grown-ups. Why should students get all the fun? Thousands of adults are junking their jobs and hitting the road. Extract: Tonia Freyer, 33, was a merchandiser with the clothing chain Monsoon. She lives in London. Why? �I was 25 and single. I�d always intended to take a year off after university, but had never got round to it. My parents had just moved to Australia, so it seemed like a good time to travel.� Where? Tonia spent a year in Australia, visiting her parents in Canberra and staying with friends in Sydney and Melbourne. She supported herself with temporary jobs, including a six-week stint picking pears. On the way home, Tonia planned to take a holiday in Goa, but ended up staying there for six months, living in a hippie commune. �I went native. It was a social experiment for me, living in an open house with very little money. I learnt a lot about getting on with different sorts of people.� How much? Tonia left Britain with just �2,000 and came back owing a friend �500. She earned about �3,000 in Australia, so the whole trip cost a total of �5,500. The best bit? �We spent a night on the beach in Goa around a campfire, watching a full moon set over the sea. There were lots of weird and wonderful people coming and going. It was very spiritual.� The worst bit? �When I arrived in Sydney I felt very lonely. I had been hanging out with other travellers and I was suddenly in a big city surrounded by people working � I started to question what I was doing out there.� What now? By luck, Tonia returned home to find a job waiting for her with her former employer. �I was back at my old desk within a week � it was very strange. I soon got back into work, but I had changed: more confident, but also more tolerant. It was a great experience.� ========================= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
