Goa - Palolem Beach - t.a. photo
1. Pleasantly different from average India, good to relax all the inconveniences experienced elsewhere in the country
2. Low price level (beer, ice cream, meals, mineral water, etc.)
3. Good food (fish curry) and drink (Kingfisher lager beer)
4. Public safety is pretty good; there are fewer beggars than elsewhere in India.
5. Locals are friendlier to the visitors than elsewhere in India
6. Goa has excellent beaches with fine sand; bikini dress is more tolerated than elsewhere in India
7. Enjoyable nightlife
8. Beautiful churches (Portuguese cultural heritage)
9. The white sand of Palolem Beach
Goa - Roads, beaches are infested by stray dogs - r.a. photo
1. A lot of neglected, smelly places, garbage along the roadsides, polluted air here and there
2. The pushy street and beach hand-sellers
3. Some beaches are too crowded with tourists
4. The tourism is moving too much in the direction of package holidays, and less and less easy-going individual traveler
5. The boring crap of the crooks eager to fool the foreigners
6. The verbal harassment of the white girls, ladies by the sharp-eyed Indians
