The Pride Sun Village in Arpora Goa is located very close to Sarovar Portico Lazy Lagoon, Old Bombay and the Saturday Night Market. Not many people know of the Pride Hotels, perhaps because, unlike many popular hotels in North Goa, this one isn’t really ‘out there.’ While it may lack…
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Ah, the yearly recap post! I personally love reading recap posts on other blogs because I find it fun and inspiring to reflect with bloggers on the years gone by, where they went, what they achieved, and what they wanted to accomplish but didn’t. This is definitely one of my…
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Whether Goa’s balmy, humid climate makes it too uncomfortable for you to venture out and explore, or the monsoons leave you rained in, you can be sure that when you stay at the Grand Hyatt, Goa, or even just visit the property for a day, you’ll never be short of things…
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Ever since I’d heard about IshaVilas, I was curious to visit. Words like ‘Luxury Villa,’ ‘Airbnb,’ ‘Wellness Therapy,’ ‘Yoga,’ and ‘Neck Connection Therapy’ had been used by people referencing this new spot in Siolim, and quite honestly, I couldn’t form an idea of how everything came together. While Goa is…
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Wadup, folks! Here’s a fact for you. As of today, there are over 500 million blogs in existence. Isn’t that mind-boggling? I personally visit around 10 new blogs every week in my free time – by googling everything from ‘Best Vegan Blogs in Texas’ to ‘Hottest New Blogs In Sri…
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It’s been a while since I last featured a life update here on ThatGoanGirl. I do my best to share everything that’s going on in my life on social media, but I feel like I haven’t done that quite so often here on the blog. I don’t know about you,…
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Explore Goa all you want, and you’ll still find that there’s more to do in this tiny state of ours – be it getting up close and personal with nature while kayaking through the mangroves or attending a soulful Noite de Fado concert. But the latest exciting new thing to…
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Go to the mall, walk through a high-end supermarket or browse the web and you’ll come across hundreds of familiar brands. Brands that have grown rapidly, sell by the crate and have little or no charm. But if you dig a little deeper, you’ll find entrepreneurs who’ve made a name…
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My ‘Year In Review’ has now become a ThatGoanGirl tradition since I started it in 2015. As December draws to a close, I find myself yearning for an hour or two away from the festive family madness to sneak away and reflect on how far my journey as a blogger…
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Love them or hate them, relationship apps have evolved with our social landscape and we all know someone in our circle who has met their significant other using one of them. Gone are the days when your prospective match was limited to someone you work with, live near, or a…
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Writing a series about being a ‘digital nomad’ has been on my mind for quite a while. Every day, I wake up to emails and DMs in various social media inboxes asking me the same thing: “How can you afford to travel?” “Are you a full-time blogger?’ “How do you…
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