Ginger Without Borders

For our last few days in Mumbai, we were able to return to our first hotel in Mumbai (and my favorite breakfast buffet). We were lucky to even get a room on our return because the hotel was full. The Indian political opposition had united in a coalition whose initials are INDIA and INDIA was…

Our return flight to Mumbai was not until late afternoon, so the adults gave the kids a long time for a final splash in the hotel pool. Then we loaded up the mini-van and drove to downtown Panaji. We parked near the main square named Praca Da Igreja (Church Square), because it is at the…

When Kingston was at University in Mumbai, he several times joined a group of friends for a getaway to Goa, some of whom would drive their scooters the 14 hours to Goa. Kingston would take the train and rent a scooter in Panaji for the two hour drive to Palolem Beach in south Goa. The…

Our hotel was on Candolim Beach aong the Arabian Sea, just north of Fort Aguada and on the opposite side of the Mandovi River from Panaji, the capital of Goa (and the last former Portuguese capital). Our day would end in Panaji, but first we stopped at another ancient fort that guarded the sea approach…