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Article: READY, STEADY, GOA; For a jumbo adventure try India's funky holiday state.(Features)
- Article from:
- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 9, 2008
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Byline: By MIKE RYDER
YES, it sure is all go in Goa. You have to decide what beautiful beach to visit next, when to spend 60p on your next bottle of Kingfisher beer, when to take an elephant ride through the forest... yep, it's tough having fun in the sun.
This was my first-ever visit to Goa, which is the smallest Indian state. Just 40 miles long and 25 miles wide, it's on the country's west coast and has a population of 1.4million. For 500 years it was part of Portugal's overseas empire and christened The Rome of the East, until it was claimed back by ...
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