WONDERFUL CYCLING MEMORIES – 1980 WITH MY FRIEND FOR 56 YRS ALLAN PINTO! Today is World Bicycle Day! It took me back 41 years – 6th May 1980! …. And this is what I found in my photo album…
All of us have fond memories of getting our first bicycle, learning how to ride it, the cuts and bruises from falling, riding through our neighborhood with friends – these are memories we will always cherish. Growing up, cycling has…
Resplendent in all their majesty, depicted midstride or simply sitting – the proud King of the Jungle keeps guard, unseeing, in pairs over all they survey. Perched atop gateposts of old homes in Goa, it is needless to say, they…
Figures of Eight Why are church bandstands octagonal in shape? A great attraction of photography is its ability to suspend a moment in time. Since I took up photography as a hobby, I have been documenting “my Goa” and, over…
Circa 1600, a breeze picks up in the Mandovi bay, waves beat against the sides of the seven ships sent forth as part of the Dutch fleet, anchored there for over a month. The sails flap in the growing wind,…
After having ridden over 3000 kms I decided to take my cycle for a service to the shop I purchased it from in Panjim. Made a call to the owner and fixed an appointment for the session on 4th January…
The blistering summer has hastened the flowering of a bevy of summer-flowering trees. The Copper Pods Trees are already sprouting their second crop of flowers of the season. The Jacarandas and Pride of India are proliferating with clusters of exquisite…
Ever walk down a beach and find yourself in wonder, about the mysterious artist who creates these amazing sand balls designs? Well, on your next trip to the shore, just below the high water line, try and spot an evasive…
It is unclear where the idea originated. Some say it came from coastal Gujarat while others point to Cape Comorin. But it took Goan Carpenters years to perfect Goa’s traditional architectural curiosities: ‘the Mother of Pearl shell inlay Windows’. Glass…
Another Sunday and this time I plan to conquer all the six forts north of the Mandovi river on my trusty horse cycle. *Information about the forts are in separate posts. I started my ride from Britona Residency, under the…