Goa

lake · river

A pond in a secluded area towards the outskirts of Panaji. We take our GoPro and lo its a treasure of gold-coloured fishes with black dots swimming in large numbers. Experience fishes underwater in a feeding frenzy.

farmland · highway

No Goa is not all about crowds, Russian and Israeli mafia, liquor lobbies and worse. Goa has wide open country and lovely driving landscapes too! Goa driving: See this clear open palm tree lined road heading across agricultural fields, from…

highway · forest

One comes across a range of habitat types and landscapes in Goa. When seen from the air, the possibilities appear to be immense.

aerial · river

What a brilliant view of Goa's estuaries and mangroves in this fine aerial view along the upper Mandovi river.

Clubbing in Goa : Party scene in 2000's Goa in India, with free flowing liquor / booze from a bar at a pub occasion, with a DJ playing at a Technics table.

coastline · boats

The Old Anchor Beach in South Goa, India, features archival footage depicting the contrast between large ships utilizing modern anchors and smaller fishing boats present on the beach, in the days before Goa became a tourist magnet.

Malaika Arora and Arbaaz Khan and with Sanjay Kapoor attend Behind Bars - a Goa Bar Opening: Goa social scene. The name of Goa comes up whenever one thinks of holidays.

farmland · forest

Railway tracks cut across the Western Ghats forests in a wooded part of Goa. Thick forest and paddy fields seen aerially in rural Goa - quite another side to the beach - party locale

farmland · aerial

Away from the buzz of the beaches on the Konkan Coast is this shack surrounded by palm trees and the stunning sight of terraced paddy fields.

coastline · river

Does the name Goa conjure up images of shacks, with crab meals and feni? Or does it bring up images of a wild rocky Arabian Sea coastline with waves crashing up on red-black rocks, Brahminy Kites doing the rounds, this Western Ghats forests…

farmland · snow

Thick Western Ghats forest in Goa, with a meandering forest road passing through: There is more to Goa than meets the untrained tourist eye! What fabulous forested country Goa has to offer the responsible visitor.

coastline · aerial

Luxury homes are part of the burgeoning real estate sector, as seen among Goa's countryside, with estuaries, waterways, mangroves and thick Ghats forests, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view.

farmland · forest

This is Goa aside from the beaches and the sea. Lush forests with palm fronds sticking out surrounding the almost ripe paddy fields in autumn. Agriculture between forest clearings and moist Shola type Ghats forests...

festival

At the INOX theater in Goa, protestors turn up at the IFFI Festival Goa 2006. Not the usual crowd that one would expect at a film festival's theater premiere or opening, for sure! The protestors seem to be objecting to the screening of a fi…

Bollywood actors and actresses at the opening of a disco / club in South Goa.

coastline

Along the Konkan coast south of Goa, a tourist lies on a rocky stretch of beach and takes in the sun and gets hit by the waves of the Arabian Sea, in a wonderfully desolate patch of sea-side rocky coastline.

The cast and director of the film 'Metro' at a press conference during the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.

dance

Dino Morea- The whole unit stayed together in Goa for 30 days, so every after shoot we all meet up, eat dinner together, had a lot of fun. It was like a holiday with the whole family. There are 7 songs in the movie.

coastline · highway

Husband and wife (then) Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora Khan with their young son Arhaan holidaying in Goa, as Sanjay Kapoor opens up a Bar by the sea in South Goa.

festival

A glowing and radiant Bipasha Basu and Madhur Bhandarkar at IFFI Festival Goa 2006 Press conference.

coastline

The sands of the west coast of India are washed by the crystal clear waves of the Arabian Sea, south of Goa and along the Konkan coast.

architecture · river

Mandovi River with long bridge over it near Panjim in Goa Goa is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population.

forest

Experience riding inside the lush forests meandering between hillocks in Goa. Small shacks in between the long stretch of roads. Take a tour of the lesser-seen side of Goa away from the beaches and party scenes.