The modern Goa

I was going to stay 4 days in Goa, the tourist state that was originally on the NO NO list for my travels in India. But there I was ready for a Party. This party was optimisim in the highest volume. Some of you might have heard that the ledgendary Goa-party died in 1993 (or there about). There is now a stricht rule that clubs may not be open after midnight and many of the world famous Goa-clubs have been closed down. What remains is a Russian and Israeli colony of tourists, with a few English here and there. This is the modern Goa.

The Festival that I had planed to go to was adverticed as an ecological party, the Chakra View festival. Naive me believed that and decided to go to meet people from my yoga class. This party was in reality a rave. a trans party. drugs. music. party.  This I found out after I met Or, the smily Israeli, on the local bus to the beach. I had not suspected anything.  The media was a bit more clever and up to beat and suspected something and got the police to investigate the hole organisation. The goverment agreed and banned the party until they had proof against their assumption. While the party was cancelled, moved, canceled again, moved to another state, then again to a beach in north Goa, canceled again, changed to a small party, cancelled again… in three days, we were in limbo. Or, who came specially all the way from the southern most end of India to attend this awesome rave, did not rest. I however was calm and easy (happy that the rave would not happen). Me and Or shared in a little beach hut right by the ocean. I enjoyed swimming in the sea, running at sunrice and sunset, having homemade breakfast on the padio – kurd and fruight and musli… mmmm…. eating and drinking King and Kingfisher bear. But Goa travels are not complete without a party – And the most interesting option was a went to a silent party. A headphone party. Before we knew it we had spent 6 days in Goa. It is extreamly touristy. Even more so than Rishikesh. There is hardly any Indian food to be found. But somehow it was easy to enjoy the simplicity of life and relax by the beach.  This truly was a holiday from traveling.

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