When you are a host in Goa and have the good fortune of meeting people from all over, there’s a good chance that your encounters have a bit of sugar n spice added to them. In this new column series ‘Sunny Side Up’ young Trusha shares her trysts with tourists in Goa
Burnt Rose petals
WHAT’S the first thing that comes to mind when you think “Goa”? Go on, give it a thought No, really, THINK. It could be “the beach,” for instance; I’m sure that’s a common image people concoct the moment their minds wander to my beautiful, coastal state. Or perhaps your brain jumped to “jazzy dance clubs” if your more interested in our abundantly vibrant nightlife scene.
Maybe you even thought “Russian chicks” if you’re into – you know – that sort of thing.
Well, whatever it is you briefly imagined, it’s my job to deliver it and, before you ask, no, I am NOT a holiday renting genie but a homestay manager-in-training (which, I’ll admit, is not as cool as the genie-thing).
For those of you who now have the question “what on EARTH is a homestay?!” bouncing around the caverns of your mind, allow me to enlighten you; if a hotel and a guesthouse had kids, they would be homestays (no, really).
This story is from the Volume 9 Issue 1 edition of Planet Goa.
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