Hi You may have heard it being said that in mathematics India gave the world zero. If you agree, without this zero "0" nothing can move, you can either be zero plus or zero minus. Sometimes this is not such a bad thing because in Goa you can find both, zero plus and zero minus with more of the minus as can be observed on the landscape of houses in disrepair and even the thinking in government administration including people behaviour.
I have to agree with Abby Aguirre who wrote an article titled "Goa's colonial estates, lovingly restored" which was published in International New York Times Travel Weekend Supplement Saturday-Sunday 15-16 February 2014. She referred to Goa as "India for Beginners" that is missed out by visitors staying in 5 star fortresses. The real charm of Goa can be found in Siolim House, once owned by the Governor of Macau. She also mentions "In part because foreigners who buy a Goan home must operate a business on the property as a condition of the sale, it is not uncommon to find inns and villas owned and run by Europeans." This has enabled their guests to find the real Goa. Customer services at Symtravels.co.uk report that their customers highly complimented Air India for their hasle free daily flights from London Heathrow to Goa and other parts of india. Abby Aguirre article can be read on: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/travel/hotels-with-history-in-goa-india.html?_r=0 Enjoy. Melvyn Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 26 February 2014
