Goans and the art of slow travel
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The art of slow travel and Goans | Gomantak times Gomantak Times

BY MAYA ROSE FERNANDES
Goans, in general, are well-travelled. Whether it’s something in their DNA or in their cultural ancestry, I don’t know, but you’d be hard-pressed to go anywhere in the world without finding a Goan who’d been there before you.
My immediate family is no exception to the rule. My paternal grandfather was a musician who travelled often across India with his band.
My Goan father lived in Darjeeling, for a spell. Maybe that’s where he first caught the travel bug. And, maybe, I caught it from him.
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