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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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In the Economist's City Briefs
Touring Mumbai's slums
"Around the corner from Leopold's, a bar on Colaba Causeway popular
among international travellers, lies Reality Tours and Travel. The
agency, started by Chris Way, a young British transplant, sells tours
of Mumbai's slum neighbourhoods, promising a unique way to experience
the "real" Mumbai.
One option is a budget, three-hour walking tour of Dharavi, Asia's
biggest slum, in the central suburb of Mahim. There residents earn a
living by making clay pots and soap or recycling the city's waste. A
longer car tour offers more: a visit to a children's shelter; a stop
to watch the city's dhobis (washermen) at work; a drive past the vast
textile mills that are being torn down and replaced with glitzy malls
and office blocks; and then on to Dharavi.
These tours are great value—at about $7 for the walking tour and $13
for the one by car—and for a good cause: 80% of the fee goes to a
local charity that helps slum dwellers."
Any enterprising Goan to organize a tour of Dhobitalao and Girgaum
with a shot of cashew feni thrown in?
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