Don’t look at me, look at the dustbin.
Alert ‼️ News on Goa: Last Friday scientists declared that Goa’s beach waters are infested with disease-causing pathogens.
Water samples have indicated high concentrations of:
Faecal matter 💩
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
These indicate the presence of pathogens and bacteria in the water.
This makes it unfit for swimming, especially if you have open cuts, can be dangerous.
Some of the most polluted beaches in Goa include:
Morjim, Miramar, Calangute, Tiracol, Vagator, Mobor, Baina, Velsao, Galjibag. Goa, India
Trying to find a healthy relationship is like trying to find healthy food at an Indian Wedding.
But I’m beginning to understand that taking it slow is the only thing makes sense. Trying slow dating now with
#aisle #slowdating
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I’m feeling Nostalgic about a Goa from the 90s with its bohemian spirit, a place where a few of us felt we had found the best kept secret, chilling on the white sand beaches of Candolim ( yup Candolim) and Baga was where we went to eat chocolate brownies from Tito’s and Seafood platter at Brittos. At night we would get dressed in our hippy dippy attire and ride deep into the jungles to find the secret rave parties. Was a thrill to just find them. And then I would lay on the bedsheets outside and eat andapao under a sky full of stars while my friends danced the night away.
But now, Goa has donned a new attire. The beachside huts have given way to boutique resorts, the beaches are no longer the best-kept secret, and the once-quiet streets where you would just see Goans with their rum bottles and siesta signs now hum with a different kind of energy.
An energy of construction and building.
An energy of investors all looking to make money off Goa’s land. The pandemic changed Goa. Builders building villas that cost 10Cr to 25Cr.
Land prices shooting up.
Shacks with fish curry rice are a rare find replaced by fancy restaurants and speak easy bars. The Goans Rum 🍹 is replaced by fancy Gin Bars( I don’t mind the fancy bars and restaurants, but it’s different)
It’s a new Goa.
Goa has reinvented itself, with a fusion of old-world charm and contemporary delights but I do hope the old world charm remains and the heritage homes and trees 🌳 stay because I would hate to see what’s happened to Bandra happen in Goa.
What are your views? Goa, India
I’m feeling Nostalgic about a Goa from the 90s with its bohemian spirit, a place where a few of us felt we had found the best kept secret, chilling on the white sand beaches of Candolim ( yup Candolim) and Baga was where we went to eat chocolate brownies from Tito’s and Seafood platter at Brittos. At night we would get dressed in our hippy dippy attire and ride deep into the jungles to find the secret rave parties. Was a thrill to just find them. And then I would lay on the bedsheets outside and eat andapao under a sky full of stars while my friends danced the night away.
But now, Goa has donned a new attire. The beachside huts have given way to boutique resorts, the beaches are no longer the best-kept secret, and the once-quiet streets where you would just see Goans with their rum bottles and siesta signs now hum with a different kind of energy.
An energy of construction and building.
An energy of investors all looking to make money off Goa’s land. The pandemic changed Goa. Builders building villas that cost 10Cr to 25Cr.
Land prices shooting up.
Shacks with fish curry rice are a rare find replaced by fancy restaurants and speak easy bars. The Goans Rum 🍹 is replaced by fancy Gin Bars( I don’t mind the fancy bars and restaurants, but it’s different)
It’s a new Goa.
Goa has reinvented itself, with a fusion of old-world charm and contemporary delights but I do hope the old world charm remains and the heritage homes and trees 🌳 stay because I would hate to see what’s happened to Bandra happen in Goa.
What are your views? Goa, India
I’m feeling Nostalgic about a Goa from the 90s with its bohemian spirit, a place where a few of us felt we had found the best kept secret, chilling on the white sand beaches of Candolim ( yup Candolim) and Baga was where we went to eat chocolate brownies from Tito’s and Seafood platter at Brittos. At night we would get dressed in our hippy dippy attire and ride deep into the jungles to find the secret rave parties. Was a thrill to just find them. And then I would lay on the bedsheets outside and eat andapao under a sky full of stars while my friends danced the night away.
But now, Goa has donned a new attire. The beachside huts have given way to boutique resorts, the beaches are no longer the best-kept secret, and the once-quiet streets where you would just see Goans with their rum bottles and siesta signs now hum with a different kind of energy.
An energy of construction and building.
An energy of investors all looking to make money off Goa’s land. The pandemic changed Goa. Builders building villas that cost 10Cr to 25Cr.
Land prices shooting up.
Shacks with fish curry rice are a rare find replaced by fancy restaurants and speak easy bars. The Goans Rum 🍹 is replaced by fancy Gin Bars( I don’t mind the fancy bars and restaurants, but it’s different)
It’s a new Goa.
Goa has reinvented itself, with a fusion of old-world charm and contemporary delights but I do hope the old world charm remains and the heritage homes and trees 🌳 stay because I would hate to see what’s happened to Bandra happen in Goa.
What are your views? Goa, India
I’m feeling Nostalgic about a Goa from the 90s with its bohemian spirit, a place where a few of us felt we had found the best kept secret, chilling on the white sand beaches of Candolim ( yup Candolim) and Baga was where we went to eat chocolate brownies from Tito’s and Seafood platter at Brittos. At night we would get dressed in our hippy dippy attire and ride deep into the jungles to find the secret rave parties. Was a thrill to just find them. And then I would lay on the bedsheets outside and eat andapao under a sky full of stars while my friends danced the night away.
But now, Goa has donned a new attire. The beachside huts have given way to boutique resorts, the beaches are no longer the best-kept secret, and the once-quiet streets where you would just see Goans with their rum bottles and siesta signs now hum with a different kind of energy.
An energy of construction and building.
An energy of investors all looking to make money off Goa’s land. The pandemic changed Goa. Builders building villas that cost 10Cr to 25Cr.
Land prices shooting up.
Shacks with fish curry rice are a rare find replaced by fancy restaurants and speak easy bars. The Goans Rum 🍹 is replaced by fancy Gin Bars( I don’t mind the fancy bars and restaurants, but it’s different)
It’s a new Goa.
Goa has reinvented itself, with a fusion of old-world charm and contemporary delights but I do hope the old world charm remains and the heritage homes and trees 🌳 stay because I would hate to see what’s happened to Bandra happen in Goa.
What are your views? Goa, India
I decided to be fancy and take my family to try the very hip and stylish W Goa this time.
Here’s my review and why I feel it’s unique-
1. Location: It’s on top of a hill overlooking the sea in Vagator.
2. Design: Bold colours, lots of modern art.
3. Rooms: Very unusual rooms with chandeliers and bright colours, bathtubs with TVs -reel coming soon
4. Service: Staff is very friendly and they are pretty quick.
5. Atmosphere: Young, modern, cool.
6. Reception area is called The Living Room and is very lively with music and parties and a bar. ( that’s the W brand, their receptions are all like nightclubs and they were especially famous in the early 2000s)
7. Food: Delicious especially the Asian Restaurant -Spice Traders and I loved the Goan Thaali in their coffee shop. ( pls note the thaali is HUGE, 4 people can eat from it 🙂
8. Their “Rock Pool” is one of the most famous pools in Goa.
Unfortunately the Rock Pool isn’t working right now, it will be ready for the season.
9. They have an indoor adults only pool in their spa which is dimly lit with candles all around it. Their spa has a lot of interesting options. I haven’t tried it yet, will do later today.
#WGoa #goahotels @w_goa Goa, India
I decided to be fancy and take my family to try the very hip and stylish W Goa this time.
Here’s my review and why I feel it’s unique-
1. Location: It’s on top of a hill overlooking the sea in Vagator.
2. Design: Bold colours, lots of modern art.
3. Rooms: Very unusual rooms with chandeliers and bright colours, bathtubs with TVs -reel coming soon
4. Service: Staff is very friendly and they are pretty quick.
5. Atmosphere: Young, modern, cool.
6. Reception area is called The Living Room and is very lively with music and parties and a bar. ( that’s the W brand, their receptions are all like nightclubs and they were especially famous in the early 2000s)
7. Food: Delicious especially the Asian Restaurant -Spice Traders and I loved the Goan Thaali in their coffee shop. ( pls note the thaali is HUGE, 4 people can eat from it 🙂
8. Their “Rock Pool” is one of the most famous pools in Goa.
Unfortunately the Rock Pool isn’t working right now, it will be ready for the season.
9. They have an indoor adults only pool in their spa which is dimly lit with candles all around it. Their spa has a lot of interesting options. I haven’t tried it yet, will do later today.
#WGoa #goahotels @w_goa Goa, India
I decided to be fancy and take my family to try the very hip and stylish W Goa this time.
Here’s my review and why I feel it’s unique-
1. Location: It’s on top of a hill overlooking the sea in Vagator.
2. Design: Bold colours, lots of modern art.
3. Rooms: Very unusual rooms with chandeliers and bright colours, bathtubs with TVs -reel coming soon
4. Service: Staff is very friendly and they are pretty quick.
5. Atmosphere: Young, modern, cool.
6. Reception area is called The Living Room and is very lively with music and parties and a bar. ( that’s the W brand, their receptions are all like nightclubs and they were especially famous in the early 2000s)
7. Food: Delicious especially the Asian Restaurant -Spice Traders and I loved the Goan Thaali in their coffee shop. ( pls note the thaali is HUGE, 4 people can eat from it 🙂
8. Their “Rock Pool” is one of the most famous pools in Goa.
Unfortunately the Rock Pool isn’t working right now, it will be ready for the season.
9. They have an indoor adults only pool in their spa which is dimly lit with candles all around it. Their spa has a lot of interesting options. I haven’t tried it yet, will do later today.
#WGoa #goahotels @w_goa Goa, India
I decided to be fancy and take my family to try the very hip and stylish W Goa this time.
Here’s my review and why I feel it’s unique-
1. Location: It’s on top of a hill overlooking the sea in Vagator.
2. Design: Bold colours, lots of modern art.
3. Rooms: Very unusual rooms with chandeliers and bright colours, bathtubs with TVs -reel coming soon
4. Service: Staff is very friendly and they are pretty quick.
5. Atmosphere: Young, modern, cool.
6. Reception area is called The Living Room and is very lively with music and parties and a bar. ( that’s the W brand, their receptions are all like nightclubs and they were especially famous in the early 2000s)
7. Food: Delicious especially the Asian Restaurant -Spice Traders and I loved the Goan Thaali in their coffee shop. ( pls note the thaali is HUGE, 4 people can eat from it 🙂
8. Their “Rock Pool” is one of the most famous pools in Goa.
Unfortunately the Rock Pool isn’t working right now, it will be ready for the season.
9. They have an indoor adults only pool in their spa which is dimly lit with candles all around it. Their spa has a lot of interesting options. I haven’t tried it yet, will do later today.
#WGoa #goahotels @w_goa Goa, India
I decided to be fancy and take my family to try the very hip and stylish W Goa this time.
Here’s my review and why I feel it’s unique-
1. Location: It’s on top of a hill overlooking the sea in Vagator.
2. Design: Bold colours, lots of modern art.
3. Rooms: Very unusual rooms with chandeliers and bright colours, bathtubs with TVs -reel coming soon
4. Service: Staff is very friendly and they are pretty quick.
5. Atmosphere: Young, modern, cool.
6. Reception area is called The Living Room and is very lively with music and parties and a bar. ( that’s the W brand, their receptions are all like nightclubs and they were especially famous in the early 2000s)
7. Food: Delicious especially the Asian Restaurant -Spice Traders and I loved the Goan Thaali in their coffee shop. ( pls note the thaali is HUGE, 4 people can eat from it 🙂
8. Their “Rock Pool” is one of the most famous pools in Goa.
Unfortunately the Rock Pool isn’t working right now, it will be ready for the season.
9. They have an indoor adults only pool in their spa which is dimly lit with candles all around it. Their spa has a lot of interesting options. I haven’t tried it yet, will do later today.
#WGoa #goahotels @w_goa Goa, India
Share this video with your partners and friends and see what they choose.
You may just be surprised 😲 interesting how most men in this video chose food and the women chose sex. Breaking all stereo types in this video 😉 So what about YOU? Goa, India
Goan Government pleaseeee do something!!!!!! Lovers of Goa and the oceans let’s do something- we can’t just accept this.
The Goan oceans and rivers have been declared unfit for swimming and fishing because of high levels of bacteria from untreated sewage in it. Human 💩 in the waters . Shacks and hotels just put pipes out w the sewage straight into the rivers and ocean.
Will we protest? Will we do something? Or as per our high level of tolerance as Indians will we just say chalta hain and ignore it and continue to swim in it without a blink of an eyelid?
Come on man- let’s do something???? These are our oceans and rivers? Do we not have the right to clean waters???
I have an open cut and I’ve been swimming it it and will probably go in to surf now but I feel so upset and grossed out – ( not enough to stop swimming I guess 😞)
I’ve seen shacks in Arambol just letting their pipes out into the ocean. Can’t the Goan Government stop this???? I know it’s close to Season but seriously is this what we have to live with ?? Why do we accept this? Goa, India
How to meet people on your next solo trip-
1. On a train 😉
2. Hostels – best place!
3. Cafés ☕️ just start talking about the coffee
4.Bars – smile 😊 and if you get a smile back, strike a conversation
5. Take a day tour ( to meet travelers like yourself )
7. Learn something new ( a perfume making class in Paris is where I met this girl who showed me all of Paris)
8. Volunteer – I met one of my editors when he was volunteering at a surf school as a videographer.
10. Just be open and strike up and conversation; don’t take it personally if the other person isn’t friendly back.
Some of my most memorable times on trips have been times like this when I discovered an unknown place with an unknown person! ❤️🍹#vienna #viennastravel #viennastory
Send this to your friends and see what they pick- 10 Cr or Love of your life? Which one would you pick if I met you on the beach in Goa and asked you :))
Be honest come on. Ask your crush, friends, girlfriend / boyfriend now 😉
#shenazquestions #beachquestions #voxpop #goabeach Goa, Morgim
This cafe is famous for being the most beautiful cafe ☕️ in the world – Gold plated interiors + Gold Plated Coffee. I realised Gold is good to look at but not good to drink. My stomach was not happy after the coffee ☕️ moral: Gold is to be worn; not to be swallowed.
New York Cafe in Budapest!
#newyorkcafebudapest #budapestcafe #budapestcafenewyork
What resort should I review next?
Save this for your next Goa Trip. And leave a comment!
W stands for wherever whenever!
Where’s your next holiday?
Have you heard of the W Hotel in Goa? Here’s my unbiased review of the W.
Unfortunately their Rock Pool was closed so I couldn’t review it. Next time! #whotels #wgoa #whotelgoa
In the bittersweet dance of time, Goa has witnessed a transformation after the pandemic. City dwellers swapped their chaotic city routines for the tranquility of Goa. But with that Goa tranquility itself changed and Goa became something new.
Goa, once a haven of tranquility, now witnesses a relentless wave of development, raising rents, construction.
But here’s something I’m not so sad about – Goa has emerged as the Food Capital of India! It’s a paradise for restaurateurs with affordable costs and fantastic seafood.
From top-notch Mumbai sushi to Delhi and Bengaluru’s most famous names all moving here, Goa’s food scene is hotter than ever. It’s a mix of bittersweet, just like life itself.
Save and share this video for your next trip ❤️ 🍷
They even Recycle Their Buildings!
The construction industry accounts for 40 percent of global CO2 emissions and 30 percent of landfill waste, making it one of the world’s biggest polluters.
In Copenhagen, there are innovative building and architecture initiatives that aim to address the construction industry’s environmental impact. One project involves creating a residential area using materials from abandoned homes, resulting in a 29% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to traditional building methods.
Another initiative focuses on circular interiors, utilizing technology to minimize waste and lower costs.
Additionally, repurposed shipping containers are being used for student housing, highlighting the importance of considering the entire life cycle of housing.
These efforts strive to make the construction industry a part of the solution to global pollution.
They have a safe and scenic biking infrastructure where bike lanes are as big as car lanes. They even have lanes for bikers on the highways and most people look down at those who drive a car instead of biking.
Could we try this in India???
Is Halloween the one night when we can finally channel our inner drama queen, or should we reserve that for the other 364 days? And Does Halloween remind us that, just like our love lives, it’s all about mixing and matching until we find the perfect ‘ensemble’? 😉 #
My outfit- @thesource_buyorborrow ( re used , recycled )
halloween2023 #halloweenindia #halloweenmumbai Mumbai, Maharashtra
We have streets like this in india where bikes and goats and humans all pass- without traffic lights 🚦 Anyway, this is the narrowest street in Prague. It is only 70 centimeters wide at its narrowest point.
Features
The street has two traffic lights at either end to indicate when it’s occupied.
The street is actually a fire escape.
You can press a button on either end to signal a “walk/don’t walk” traffic light.
Location
The street is located in the Mala Strana area.
It’s sandwiched between two buildings on U Luzickeho Seminare Street.
At the other end of the street is a Čertovka restaurant.
#narroweststreet #narroweststreetinprague #narrowestalleyprague Prague, Czech Republic
Which friend are you? #packingvideo which one is your friend?
Whether you’re tracking your fitness goals, hiking on your favourite trek or making short trips on weekends – You can effortlessly unveil the many sides of your adventure with the Skybags Rucksack.
Effortlessly lightweight, multi utility pockets and stylish designs make it the best companion for your adventures
#SkybagsRucksacks #Lighweight #KeepTrending #classof23 India
Ladies and gentlemen, can you relate? Now, uncover what truly makes women’s hearts race… an incredible driving adventure! Get ready to hit the road with style and safety! 🌟🔒#MahindraScorpio #ScorpioN #whatwomenwant India
She was one of India’s first VJs and now she’s Travel+Leisure India and South Asia’s first social cover star. Say hello, to Shenaz Treasury (@shenaztreasury), the OG travel influencer!
Catch her travel across India as she scales mountains, traverses deserts and dives into oceans. She shares tips and tells us about the joy of travelling and the “freedom of being one’s own boss”. Read this and more at the link in bio.
Editor-in-chief: Aindrila Mitra (@aindrilamitra)
Conceptualisation: Chirag Mohanty Samal (@chiragmohantysamal) and Pallavi Phukan (@pallaviphukan)
Interview by: Bayar Jain (@bayar.jain)
Video Courtesy : Shenaz Treasury (@shenaztreasury)
Video Edited by: Sanyam Purohit (@sanyampurohit)
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