Ride around Vasco da Gama
1. Checked out VSG train station
2. Visited Marmugao Fort, built by the Portuguese in 1624 but subsequently abandoned and lost by 1737.
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| Vasco Da Gama train station. We came directly after checking into our hotel and setting up our bikes. |
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| Vasco Clock tower |
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| Climbing on a slope with Mormugai Harbour below @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/S74rn3fpd2bRfq3N7 |
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| A shrine by the side of the road @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/g8PCtswpkxjmHmYu9 |
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| MPT Iron Ore Stockyard |
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| The conveyor belt built to transport the ore looks almost like a roller coaster ride in an amusement park! |
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Shri Kalamdev Khapreshwar Devasthan |
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| The stockyard and the port |
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| At the foothills of Fort Mormugao |
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| The Fort's walls |
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| The steps up |
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| Fort Mormugao was built by the Portuguese in 1624 but subsequently abandoned and lost by 1737, during the invasions of the Marathas. |
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| "Restored and Blessed by Fr. Theo D'Cunha on 8-2-2004" could only mean his efforts to the Fort |
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| Tower |
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| View of the port, mouth of River Zuari with the Arabian sea to the left |
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| In ruins |
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| Breakwater |
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| A google point of St Francis Xavier church near the port led us to this area. There is only a local church here. |
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| Mormugao Port Authority Guest House @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/4X3Fg94PZ9ns59Ed6 |
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| Near Deepvihar School @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/S23qJc7dDEyPhidH8 |
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| Mormugao Port Authority Children's Park |
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| The Park offers a view of the Arabian Sea |
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| Abandoned public housing @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/xKN8RvhWpkE8cKiW9 |
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| Buffaloes |
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| Buffaloes |
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| Cable Brg @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/GjNJo4Z6CxHqG33C7 |
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| Baina Beach |
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| Para sailing activities |
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| Still on Cable Brg @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/WfNjmcxMcp894vRRA |
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| Shafi Masjid |
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| Poor housing near Shafi Masjid |
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| Flats near the poor housing |
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| Rocks and broken tiles used to weigh down roof sheets and patch up holes |
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| Cable Brg and the elevated highway we had come from |
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| View of the countryside |
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| Indian desserts |
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| Favourite snack in India |
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The Flora Grand Hotel, Lake opp. Radio Mundial, near Vaddem, Vaddem, Vasco Da Gama, New Vaddem, Goa 403802, India @ https://maps.app.goo.gl/VmcayH4yFr8fk9tT6
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