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To the left, on the route to Old Goa, we ended up in a fancy
traffic jam where one bus broke down. Took some time to get passed it.
To the left, the churches of old goa. |
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Xavier, the patron saint of Goa. He was canonized 200 years
after his death on his birthday. The ground in Goa is very
soft. Old sump land and all the churches have a tendency to sag. In
addition, the monsoon causes a lot of algae to grow the destroys the
buildings. Of 84 churches, only 14 is left. |
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Nice tree outside the churches. Straight
tree outside the churches. |
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Crooked tree outside the churches. Back to
the bus, everybody drinking water. A necessity in this hot and humid
climate. |
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Gandhi, the father of India. Killed in 1938.
There are some nice roads in India, but not many of them. This is one, built
in conjunction with getting the iron ore out of the the hinterland. |
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Drying cow dung for use as fire briquettes later in the
year. Bell tower of a Hindu temple. This is a tradition they
picked up from the Portuguese. |
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Brass towers used for special occasions when they put
candles in these towers. Inside the Hindu temple. |
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The Goddess of Hinduism on the wall. The
living quarters of the Hindu priests, the Brahma's. |
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The secondary temple next to the main one.
To guys making prayer reefs used in the religious sermonies. |
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Boy picking up nuts from the trees, jumping from tree to
tree. Pepper plant. It's a creeper, but doesn't destroy the
host tree. |
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The spice expert explaining the finer details of turmeric.
The banana tree is not a tree, but grass. The world's tallest grass. |
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The water pond, now empty at the end of the rainy season. It
rains over 3000 mm every year in Goa. A lot of rain. The
pineapple fruit. Only one per plant and then it dies. |
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The holy tree of India. Is used for nothing and give no
edible fruits. It is never touched. Rasmus, our Danish
tour guide, explaining the various dishes for lunch. |
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The barges up the river to pick up some more iron ore. |
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