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Claiming the Right to Say No
Also I have observed a very typical pattern in their staying patterns.
They live at the ends of Goa - some in Palolem (South of Goa) others in
Anjuna, Vagator and Arambol (North of Goa). The coast line of Salcette is
occupied by mostly very rich tourists. Hence, this suggests: the cheap,
and notorious tourist want to have some privacy to carry out their odd
tasks.
Night Life
The real life of these tourists starts with nightfall. I can say that the whole
day is a resting period to rock the night. We visited many Night Bars 3 . I
was just ‘scared’ to go inside one “9 bar” at Chapora. It was a completely
new experience. First, I was not sure whether the entry was free. Second,
the instance I entered, I saw a boy inhaling from a small square paper
(surely some drug category). It blew my nerves. I told my colleague that
we should return. But he insisted and soon after that the others followed.
Later, I became very comfortable.
Inside, it was ‘Hell’. I don’t understand how they enjoy the beat without
any melody. There was a D.J. who was playing with the help of a laptop.
They were just not affected by the cold. They were not getting tired nor
did they feel sleepy. There was an open sale of drugs and I think there
were also prostitutes being sold for the night. Here and there were some
who eyed us and told us not to take photographs.
When we visited ‘Surf Club’ in Arambol, the ‘band’ called itself ‘The Tribal
Gypsy Experience’ 4 . Here they were playing typical Israeli songs with
some Congo beat. The girls were really dancing beautifully to the beat. I
would like to mention a juggler working on his ‘sticks’: He was showing
styles of men of different countries. E.g. for Chinese he made some sounds:
Hi, Hai, ThuSS. When it came to Israeli tourists, he just did not juggle; he
3
9 Bar at Chapora is owned by a Goan which starts around 8.00 p.m. and
closes at 10.00 p.m. and Surf Club which is owned by a British at Arambol.
4
One of the members of this band became our very good friend. He gave us a
lot of insight.
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