Tag: Goa

Ancient History of Goa

January 9, 2022January 4, 2022 Maya

The original inhabitants of the Konkan region on the South Goa coast are the Kunbi, Gauda and Velip tribes. It is claimed that they inhabit the region of the coast for over five thousand years. Today, they live in the region of Kerala, Karnataka and South Goa. Some of these tribes adopted the Roman Catholic religion as a result of the... Read More

Culture Interesting facts

Kolam – Rangoli

December 12, 2021December 13, 2021 Maya

Kolam is most known in south India, Nepal, and few other Asian countries. While walking through the village streets of Tamil Nadu, it is hard not to see the drawings on the ground. They are made of rice flour, chalk powder, rock powder or colored powders. The making of such a kolams is widely practiced by women of South India. In... Read More

Food Health

Sichuan pepper

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Maya

A bunch of fresh green berries bought at a market in Canacona may look too tasty to think of it as a spice. If you tempt yourself to try one, the itchy and burning feeling in your mouth will make you, want to, drink water for a few next hours, which I experienced personally, but only after one and a half... Read More

Interesting facts Our stories

Always says “Yes”

October 5, 2021October 8, 2021 Maya

Here is one funy fact about Indians, the ones that live in the smaller cities or villages, is that they almost always answer “Yes”. I’m talking about Indians that have seen a white person only few times in life and know little English or at all. You ask a man “Can you show me the way to this hotel?” You... Read More

Food Interesting facts Our stories

Our story of spicy food in India

May 31, 2021June 15, 2021 Maya

How to deal with spicy food in India? When you are in India for the first time you certainly search for not spicy food, if you are like us. And maybe you already know, India is full of spices. So, when you want to eat something, no matter is it street food or a restaurant, you should ask for not... Read More

Culture Interesting facts

Forgotten Walls

August 4, 2018June 4, 2021 Maya

Wandering trough the streets of Puri, I came across this object covered with green. It is an old temple of Krishna facing a newly built one. Inspired by this subject, I dug other old photos … Below are photos from the Portuguese Fort in Canacona, the state of Goa. Here is an old abandoned house built in the... Read More

Food

Goan Shark

April 1, 2018June 4, 2021 Maya

The shark was fresh and very small and did not resemble a monster of any Hollywood production … of course, apart from its specific shape of mouth and dorsal fin. The shark does not scratch, you have to take the skin off it. Here you can see the removal of shark skin and a few other exotic films … Our... Read More

Culture Interesting facts Stories

A wedding in the Hindu tradition – Goa

March 9, 2018June 4, 2021 Maya

Here is the story of the wedding ceremony of the parents of our friend, interspersed with comments and additions regarding the Hindu wedding tradition. “My dad’s name is Padurag Shankar Gookar. He has three brothers and four sisters, they lived in a large house in Kolam. Both our families – dads and moms – come from the Chhetree caste, in... Read More

Food

Goa – our experience with fish

January 31, 2018June 15, 2021 Maya

While staying at Goa, we have tried many kinds of fishes, and the best of them that has been our favorite is bangra (pangra) – mackerel. It doesn’t need scraping, only large ones have some scales on the head and tail. It has tolerable bones – it is easy to get rid of them. It does only require cleansing of the viscera... Read More

Travel

From Goa to Tamil Nadu

January 15, 2018June 15, 2021 Maya

Finally came time to say goodbye to sunny Goa and its beaches. We still had 1 and a half month till our visa finishes but we wanted to travel and do not depend on time. Ticket to Chennai (Chennai Express) 21st December we had a train from Margao to Chennai, in Sleeper class, of course. It wasn’t easy to gain... Read More