Heidi’s Journey
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Hello readers. I’ll let the following letter I wrote to the Goa tourist board, and the collection of photographs taken of the terrible state of Baga streets, speak for themselves…….. Dear Mr Menino D’Souza As a seasoned tourist of Goa, I felt compelled to write to you regarding the absolute terrible state of the roads…
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Eight Things I Love About Goa!
Arabian Sea, bamboo plant, banana tree, beach, Beanulim, Benaulim beach, coconut tree, community, family, family time, flowers, friendly, friends, Goa, Goan flora, Goan hospitality, Goan houses, Goan sunset, happy, heritage house, India, love, memories, monsoon, ocean, palm trees, peace, Portuguese, Portuguese rule, rainy season, solo female traveller, sunset, the sea, Travel, travelling, tree energy, trees, West India
Goa. The little state in West India, famed for the long stretches of beaches, sweeping palms, full moon raves and the oldy woldy Portuguese charm. For me, personally, though, it means so much more than that. I’ve been visiting Goa for 20 years and I love, love, love the place! Here’s what makes me go…
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Daily Gratitude
ashram, birds, bliss, breath, breathe, bugs, butterflies, consciousness, deer, divine, dragonflies, firefly, God conciousness, gratefulness, gratitude, India, insects, life, lizard, love, meditation, nature, North India, peacocks, silence, solo female traveller, squirrels, Travel, travelling, wildlife
Today, I am grateful for….. The abundance of wildlife in and around the ashram where I am staying in North India. I am surrounded by deer, fireflies, bugs galore including many species of ant, caterpillars, centipede’s and more dragonfly’s than I can possibly count, not to mention the butterflies in all their array of different…
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The drive from Menara airport to my riad was interesting and filled me with a wonderful sense of excitement for the days ahead. I loved the sights, the people and the busyness of the markets as we drove by. When we left the main roads and turned into the windy, narrow streets of the medina,…
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I had an unexpected week off and before I knew it I was looking at Air BnB’s in Marrakesh. The word MARRAKESH just literally fell into my head like, BAMM!! Why? I don’t know. But there it was. I didn’t have an instinctual feeling to be there. There wasn’t some kind of spiritual or mysetrious…
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This evening, I was looking over old photos of some artwork I’d completed from some years back. I came across a very large piece and which I still have in my possession. The painting was inspired by my love of henna art. I love henna art work so much! If I was able to have…
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AYURBALANCE MASSAGE COURSE In December 2017, I attended the Ayurbalance massage course with the company Rasovai in Goa. It is a twelve-day course and it was really enjoyable. The course was created and run by Chetan, a lovely, gentle, kind Indian man, who was really great at his craft! On day one, in the morning…
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In May 2017, I was lucky enough to have a short visit to Srinagar in Kashmir. My friend, who I’d been travelling in India with, owned a houseboat on Dal Lake and that was my home for 4 nights. Usually, a tourist trip on Dal lake lasts around three hours, or so, but my friend, (who actually…
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27th NOVEMBER 2017 I have just attended the Ayurvedic abhyanga marma point massage course in Ashvem, Goa. The course was run by the company Raso Vai and our teacher on this course was Dr Anita D. Rawandale (B.A.M.S). We started on 21st November and finished today, 27th. Just a week, three hours daily. Because it…
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