Under a watchful eye: Euro
charter tourists sunbathe as cops patrol the beach, Baga. Mixed-bag: Items out for
sale at a Wednesday flea-market in Anjuna. Guess what's what. Last minute note-check:
Young women taking part in the mando festival take a last-minute
look at the lyrics and notes of their melodies, prior to going on-stage. Candle-light musings. Beachside erosion, as
reflected by these decayed coconut trees, seen in Goa-Velha, a
one-time former capital of the region. Foreign tourists find Goa a
cheap and inexpensive destination, where food and drink is
available at low rates.
Family on the beach.
Abbe Faria, an eighteenth
century Goan monk based in France, contributed significantly to
the understanding of hypnotism. He has a statue showing him
hypnotising a woman, just outside the Goa secretariat, Panjim. Colourful migrant: Lamani
tribals find it profitable to sell their unique traditionally-designed
clothes to Euro tourists. Note the jewellery including coins
welded into necklaces. Unique rocks off Arambol
beach.
Bread and wine (1): Pastery-makers
give a demostration at the Catering College in Porvorim. Goa was
one of the early regions to adopt European-influenced bread, even
if the same has not evolved significantly in recent years. Bread and wine (2): Goa
also has a long tradition of making-wine. This small state also
supplies sacramental wine to much of the rest of the country.
Photo shows the Costa's labs at Margao, where the sacramental
wine Seaside scene.
Nets kept for drying, mid-monsoon. Priest with green fingers:
Max Gonsalves, a priest from Pilar, has a unique hobby of
cultivating cactii. Historic stone: A local
resident stands by a historic stone, believed to have been used
as an oil-grinding mill, by the Kadamba rulers of Goa some ten
centuries ago, now lying at Goa Velha.
Exhibiting flesh: Nudism is against the law, but that doesn't
prevent some tourists from shedding their clothes. This lures in
others who come in to gawk at the underclad tourists.
Attempts are being made to regrow mangrove plants in a few
coastal areas of the state. Goa's environment has come under a
lot of pressure in recent years.
Pulling up water, to irrigate the fields, in the traditional Goan
way, Pernem taluka. 
(for religious purposes in Catholic churches) is carefully
prepared.
Baby's first day at the pool. Riza (7 months) seems to have made
some friends too.
