May 1972: Panjim Wharf, Goa.
Passenger Ship Terminal
Photo by: Tony Fernandes
Taken from on board the s.s. Konkan Sevak
about to dock alongside the apparent peaceful Panjim Wharf.
Picture reproduced from original Kodachrome slide.
40 years ago - taxis, porters, etc., patiently waiting for the imminent arrival of the big Bombay steamer; and my
vacation in beautiful Goa is about to begin. Picture taken on board passenger ship nudging in to dock.
In the picture 'foreign' taxis still in use at the time are neatly parked, waiting for passengers to disembark, somnolent porters whiling their time away and in no apparent hurry - one precariously perched on the railing, chatting with other khaki-clad taxi drivers.
This was the grand old picturesque Panjim of yore. The major landmarks, then and now, being the statue of the Abbe Faria, the famous hypnotist, and the old Secretariat Building. On the right are shops, a restaurant, bar and a liquor shop where one could have one last peg before leaving Goa. On a macro inspection one can even spot the Goa Medical College bus in front of the V.P.Sinari Record Shop on the first floor.
Please click on the following link
to read my poem
The Little Odyssey
from my book GOA - Memories of My Homeland
(Poems, Stories and Photographs)
Wow just Amaizing,I'm sure that Era was Golden.. Lucky are the people who Lived in that Era.
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