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Tripping With Brad 1995-2006
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| Wednesday Market, Ajuna Beach |
As a traveler, India was everything that I could have hoped it would be! I visited for three
months beginning in January 2002. It was my first time in the country. For years, tales of endurance-testing bus and
train rides, pushy, difficult people, aggressive beggars and frustrating bureauocracy had kept me in other parts of Asia.
What I found in India was entirely different: easy, accessible transport and pleasant, sophisticated
and welcoming people. The cities were enjoyable places to visit and the small towns and villages simply marvelous.
Everwhere there is something to excite and delight the senses. And lots of fun to be had! I am eager to
go back and see more of this unforgettable place soon...
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Delhi in January was surprisingly cold and incessently rainy. I took a 34- hour train ride
south to the welcoming warmth of Goa: a small Christain province on the coast of the Arabian Sea. Goa has
been famous for years as a place to party hard into the night and vegetate on marvelous beaches by day.
The party scene has been curtailed as of late, but the endless white-sand beaches endure. Colva was remarkable
for sporting 30km of a straight sandy beach and a local tourist scene. I was there for a week before heading up to the "scene"
at Vagator and Anjuna. There I lazed around with the gang at Yellow House, passing afternoons on the beach and nights
at cafes and parties. Goa offered some delightful little towns, grand old mansions set amidst coconut trees, a picturesque
capital and magnificent remnants of its Christian Portugese history.
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| the gang at yellow house on vagator beach |
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| visiting monks, ajanta caves |
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| golgumbaz, the second largest dome in the world |
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| stupa under vaulted roof, ajanta cave |
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