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Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May
There is no better, value for money, guest house.
Confirm your bookings early or miss-out
Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation.
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MANDOVI
MARCOS GOMES-CATAO
Mandovi! When the sun adorns early morn
Dissolving the mystery of misty dawn
At Divar, Penha and Campal
You so brighten the life of us all!
By your beauteous waters reflected
Stretch the pearly salt-pans scattered
Pyramids of little substance
Mocking the sky in open defiance
On the ribbon road to you glued
Run endless vintage buses packed
With pilgrims in perennial quest
For the Saint's hallowed place of rest
Ethereal the myriad churches spread
In your moonlit waters mirrored
How tempting to flirt with history'
Seeing Arch, convent and monastery!
Past your banks mangrove-lined
Course slow,ugly barges loaded
Carting off avid the black gold
Treasure they can barely hold.
Stones outsize of austere greyness
Like giants grappling in the darkness
The Magi's Fort guarding your entrance
Retains still its grim appearance
But now rarely purrs the quaint ferry.
So easy to cross hurriedly!
Is it crime to long for leisurely ways,
Nostalgia for bygone days?
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