How much money do you need per month in Goa ta have simpel but decent life?

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Eva

Is there pub open during monsoon

i keep visiting Goa every now and then and would love to visit you guys and have a good time. I love you work and would love to see if we can collaborate and work together. I stay at Bangalore.

I too would love to hear your experiences over a bottle of chilled beer.

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Umakant

Hey not sure if I saw this in time – to see the monsters you can go to Mapusa and in the villages but the thing is it is pretty spread out and to see properly usually you get invited to someone’s house. Not sure if there is a public burning place. I only see it in the villages.

I am hoping we can get advise. We just left Goa for Hampi but we were wondering if our first Diwali experience would be better or rather more intense in Goa with the “demons” being burnt. If so, is there a place south that you can recommend experiencing Diwali. We stayed in the Old Quarter, Panaji and then in Caranzalem when we were in Goa. Thanks for reading and your help. Your post have encouraged me to really consider quitting my nursing job full time.

Hi Merryn, I think this post will help you a lot! :) renting in goa

Thanks Dan, yes all those reasons make travel more difficult. I will be doing more traveling in the US this summer. I love traveling in my home country too :)

Love your posts

Any idea what Andrea Anastasiou does when working “like an maniac?” I wear of couple of different – not totally unrelated – hats, business-wise. For much of the past 25+ years in more than 40 countries worldwide, I’ve been acting as an advisor/consultant – mainly to governments in the developing world, private sector clients too – on key aspects of their tourism development. My current focus is with investors/developers in the tourism sector in Vietnam, where I’ve been working on a regular basis for the last 16 years (though based in the UK). My ‘other hat’…is an international art consultancy, working with high-end architects, interior designers, property developers, planners and landscape architects as the art consultants on their projects. Could be almost anything…hotels/resorts, condos, shopping malls, clinics, corporate HQs and so on. Much of this is in the Gulf/Middle East. I just thought that, logistically, Goa would be a good half-way point!

Very many thanks for your prompt reply, Rachel. I wasn’t thinking so much in terms of ‘permanent residency’ – more extension of the tourist visa (how long is that typically issued for?). Where can you get to directly from the airport in Goa…Gulf/Dubai, Bangkok? I’d be in and out of the country fairly regularly anyway, and could easily re-new the visa as necessary. Can you please recommend a good real estate agent to find somewhere reliable to rent, small house or apartment? Charl

Residency is nearly impossible, no matter which visa you still have to exit every 6 months so most people get tourist visas and just keep renewing. not sure for UK, for US its 10 years now. yes, there are many artists here

that’s the motto ;)

Happy to hear my blog has helped you ease fears.. you’re going to enjoy Goa for sure!