“Santa Santa, hey look, Santa!”

Huge Santa at a mall in Vashi, a village in the outskirts of Bombay in India.

Have you seen this man? Sure you have!

Beachboy Peedrooo, of Portuguese descent. You have seen him, for sure, seen him in sunny Goa. Welcome to the Peedrooo Appreciation Forum. If you have photos or videos of Peedrooo, please post the link as comments, and a bit about your interactions with, this evergreen fisherman. He’d said to me:

I am known far and wide, in the land of the King, as Pedro from Goa. I am always here, this, is where you’ll find me, for I have called you. You want to see dolphin? Dolphin?

A couple of my links, of the past:

http://shaaaks.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/my-friend-peedrooo-from-goa/

and

http://shaaaks.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/formula-goa/

Valentine’s Day, 2009

Gorai. Gorai Beach. We went to Gorai beach. Over the past three weeks or so, I’ve been going through the Carpenter’s syndrome or blogger’s block. The Carpenter’s syndrome = blogger’s block. Good. I just came up with that. This is the first time that this syndrome has hit me, since Adam. The blogger’s block. I’m struggling to come up with decent original content in blog, image and video. Guess what, this video ain’t no different:

The Carpenter’s syndrome is terrible. I feel like an out of form batsmen struggling to get one off the meat of the bat, score that single, time it to the boundary. I have no idea as to when I’ll break out of it, soon, hopefully.

Formula Goa

A few days ago, I’d posted some photos of my friend, “Beach Boy” Peedroo.

David de Souza, one bugger, was in the vicinity. The man shot some videos. Our deep affection for the “Beach Boy” demands that we share his love, joy, enthusiasm with the rest of the world, especially with those who share a deep unconditional love for Goa.

My friend Peedrooo from Goa

Portuguese influences in India. I love to read about the times of the Portuguese and visit relics. Let me see, I’ve been to Damon, Vasai, Chaul/Revdanda, Fort Cochin.. where else? Hmm.. of course Goa!

“Baba, come, put your suit, poota! No running in the house. And don’t keep this here. And don’t keep this there!”

Christmas celebrations at a Goan family’s house in Bombay, India
Merry Christmas, everyone!

“Kevin! Don’t eat the Shankarpalis. We have to go to church! After church you eat!”

“But I want! I want!”

“Kevin! Behave yourself! I’ll tell dada to beat you with belt? I’ll tell him?”

“The people must be accountable? What the hell is he talking about?”

On the 17th, I’d blogged reasons behind my decision to not vote in the upcoming elections. Mumbai was hit by terror three days ago. The manner in which these terrorists carried out their attack is an embarrassment to the nation, leave alone the government. The Congress have always been incompetent and have raped the nation, its economy, infrastructure etc. but the only reason they’ve come into power time after time is because of their ‘secular’ talks.
Do you think they should come into power again.. elections are coming up very soon..?

Travels through the south of India and money making opportunities for travel photographers

2003, January. I backpacked through the south of India. During my travels, I emailed my friends every now and then, updating them about my adventures. Copies of those messages sit in the ‘sent messages folder’ of my Yahoo! Mail account. Gmail didn’t exist then. I glanced through some of them today. I find them funny now. Back then, I wrote differently. I had different priorities. No digital cameras. Read on:

Travels through Kanyakumari and how travel photographers can make money on the internet

2003, January. I backpacked through the south of India. During my travels, I emailed my friends every now and then, updating them about my adventures. Copies of those messages sit in the ‘sent messages folder’ of my Yahoo! Mail account. Gmail didn’t exist then. I glanced through some of them today. I find them funny now. Back then, I wrote differently. I had different priorities. No digital cameras. This is the second email I wrote to my friends during my travels, at Kanyakumari. Read on:

Casa Araujo Alvares and the Big Foot in Loutolim

I have been to Goa on work and holiday some three dozen times. More on holiday than work. But never have I considered spending time at any of the exotic destinations that South Goa has to offer. South Goa is laid back. Lazy. It lacks the hustle and bustle that North Goa has to offer.. pubs, bikes, raves, Saturday night markets etc. A couple of years ago, someone told me: