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Arjuna Beach |
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Anjuna,
18 kms from Panaji is a popular beach area
adjacent to Chapora fort- it was the haunt of the flower
generation in the sixties - and is still popular with the
younger generation.
In
Anjuna there is magnificent Albuquerque
mansion built in 1920, flanked by octagonal towers and attractive
Mangalore tiled-roof.
The
Anjuna band plays for the beach party at night. Palm trees
stand motionless in the warm air. To the east is a mountain.
If you want to return to civilization, climb the mountain
to get to Baga where you can catch a ferry out.
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Anjuna attracts a weird and wonderful collection of
over monks, defiant ex-hippies, gentle lunatics, artists,
artisans, seers, searchers, sybarites and itinerant
expatriates who normally wouldn't be seen out of the
organic confines of their health-food emporia in San
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Full moon, when the infamous parties take place, is
a particularly good time to be here if you want to
indulge in bacchanalian delights.
Only
a Brit would think about raving about the main beach,
but it's worth the walk to the small, protected sliver
of sand at South Anjuna where the area's long-term
house-renters tend to gather.
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