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We hit Goa by storm for New Years. We couldn’t think of a more beautiful place to celebrate bringing in the New Year. Goa is most definitely a resort type of spot. All the entertainment was very comical and fun. I was really amused at all the tourist I past by with beet-red sun burns. Some 40 of my closest relatives and I all arranged to stay at the same Goa India hotel, we pretty much took over the place. The hotel restaurant where we booked our celebration basically almost felt like a private party.

The New Year celebration was so overwhelming. The music was so very loud and the performances by the pool, made it almost impossible to get around. There were tons of people! Lot’s of dancing, lots of songs sung by some famous southern Indian people who performed international hits. I did enjoy the Bhangra dancers. Bhangra is a Punjabi traditional dance, and they dance to very loud rhythmic drums. Very strenuous and difficult, because there’s a lot of jumping around and a lot of squatting and moving shoulder with the beat. It’s a very cool dance to watch, but not participate in, even though many tried. Now that was funny.

The night ended due to a fight at the beach-side bar. I’m not sure what happened, but I think some English dudes wanted to start something with my very drunk cousins. Unfortunately, the English dudes succeeded. A lot a drama ensured, a few bloody faces and then we went to bed.

The next day, I awoke and slipped away with Shelby and my Dad for a tour of Goa. Goa has tons of churches, we found the reason why is because Goa was founded by the Portuguese who left their mark of Catholicism. The Portuguese went on a rampage to destroy the temples already built by the Hindus, but the Hindus managed to save some of the temples from destruction. I found it ironic that the Hindus were here first, building up temples, then the Portuguese came in a built up their churches and in today’s world, Goa is considered one of the best party places in the world.