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I walked to Chapora Fort this morning, which is only a 10min promenade from my guesthouse. Chapora and Vagator are twin-villages without any visible borders. There is nothing much left from the 17th century laterite bastion except for the ramparts. However, the view from the ramparts on the beaches is splendid. I have to admit that I thought the view from up the fort would be much better than what you actually get when you're on the beach...
Later, I went to Middle Vagator beach. Accessing this beach, I passed by a number of bamboo huts on poles. These must be long term accommodations for the hippies, who work half a year in Switzerland and blow their money in Goa smoking chillum (ie Indian spliff) for the rest of the year.
The beach's location is undeniably very scenic, in a small bay and surrounded by coconut trees. I was pleasantly surprised as this proofed my thought from up the fort wrong.
Almost all sunbathers used a sunbed except for Keith Richards. Yeah, believe me or not, the Rolling Stone's guitar man frequented this beach as well! He permanently had a spliff between his lips and flaunted himself in his sexy Robinson Crusoe bathers (with g-string on the back). Maybe, he was not Keith...
Goa obviously is really the place where the hippies came in the 60s and stayed until today. And they also brought their kids and grandchildren!
I met a French couple with whom I spent a few hours talking. Gee, I realized that my French language skills still have a lot of opportunities for improvement! |
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