The Evolution of Goa From Hippies to High-Rises | A Journey of Culture and Change | Jenny and Adam

[@michaelrodrigues8691]

Wow what a great interview with the real Goan couple.. i live in Anjuna. Me and Antonio were in the same school in Anjuna..now Antonio kids and my kids are in the same school now ... Such lovely guy he is...

[@cpsavesoil_pftp]

We’ve been coming to Vagator for 20 years, and we can honestly say that Blue Bird offers the warmest and most beautiful atmosphere we’ve ever experienced. Such a special family! And let’s not forget Antonio’s cooking, easily the best in the area. Warm regards, Paolo and Nicoleta from Italy

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Couldn't agree more! If you want delicious authentic goan food blue bird is a must!

[@andie3240]

Fully agree with Antonio's wife, Goa's beauty lies in her simplicity which needs to be preserved

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

We also agree with her thank you for your comment! ❤

[@melitamarx3830]

Very beautiful interview. I'm from goa myself and I totally agree what they said. It also makes me sad when I hear about rape cases, drugs etc.. The name of goa gets spoilt.

[@angeladacunha6360]

Bring back , ohh bring back , oh bring back 'that ' Goa to me, to me...(repeat, and sing along)..... ❤ Great interview by goan couple.....

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

@@angeladacunha6360 thank you

[@yvonnepereira9249]

Thanks for letting us step back into our happy simple and yet totally enjoyable lives as Goans. That's the Goa we are all craving for. Took years to build it and it has gone in a blink of the eye😢😢😢😊😊😊

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Our pleasure! Are you from Goa? We thought that sharing this interview would have been of a positive impact to anyone

[@MiriamButtazzoni]

wow, such an interesting interview, well done guys. Finally something different that shows the reality of a holiday hotspot.

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

@@MiriamButtazzoni thank you so much

[@Dan-q6v1v]

What a fantastic job Jenny and Adam. Such a wonderful video.....i wish KZbin would promote this video!! Such a wonderful conservation.i too want a simple quiet vacation with the peopl. This has inspired me to go to Goa as soon as i can.

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

So glad to hear that from you! This is actually the reason we are making these videos. Inspiring people to travel

[@leechi001]

I've been visiting blue bird for the last 15 years. Antonio & Janet are such lovely people. I love going upstairs and chill-out on those big sofas eating great food. They call me Mr Lee

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Couldn't agree more! Such a lovely couple.

[@leechi001]

I've made so many local friends from small vagator. It's where I stay every time I come. I think it's the best place to stay in Goa. It's very clean and quiet. But it's changed quite a lot and I do feel for the locals who have to put up with the very loud parties that go on all night.

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

You are absolutely correct

[@jovinsonduarte]

I love this true to Goa Story!

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you very much! Please feel free to share this video with friends and family

[@junemendessingh8925]

❤❤❤very very nostalgic..heard so many good things from their rich memories..

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

@@junemendessingh8925 thank you for your comment

[@marinafrancis8026]

Excellent interview. Being from Assagao a village very close to Vagathor I spent many happy holidays in a bungalow on the beach that my father would rent from the landlord Dr. Armand Braganza the doctor of our village. Still have some beautiful shells picked up from the then pristine beach at low tide. Sand was white, water crystal clear, tiny shellfish could be collected in a handkerchief as the tide ran out and boiled for an incredibly tasty mid morn soup. Indeed those were the days my friend. Thanks to the Italian couple for organising this interview and to Antonio and Janet for the clear picture they have provided for non Goans of the way it used to be. My village has also been taken over by the "Delhi people" and has lost its soul.

[@MeGoanBeGoan]

Excellent flashback in time. Fabrizio from Italy taught boxing to so many locals and foreigners. Tiger Boxing School in Chapora. I remember the tall and handsome Jules Maxwell from the UK. Another legend. Sonia from Badem was their protege. Beautiful memories.❤

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you so much for sharing your memories!

[@thaddeusdsouza2366]

Thank you Jenny and Adam for taking Blue Bird flying to Europe. Please send all your friends and other family too

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

You are very welcome

[@paulheslop9252]

What a wonderfull insight into Goan life and lifestyle. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much for your feedback

[@Dan-q6v1v]

AWESOME VIDEO!!! So nicely done. I would like to stay with this couple. Thank you for showcasing them so I know where to stay when I go to Goa. Thank you for helping the local businesses. I feel sorry for the local Goan people with Liberation the Indians are taking over their homeland.

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Glad you enjoyed it! And yes they are such a lovely couple

[@ritujerath8269]

How incredibly amazing is this blissfull interview.. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you very much

[@urmilavaru5607]

Woww, amazing 😍👏👏👏

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you very much

[@user60687]

Brings back lovely memories of the ealier days in Goa, thank you.

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Always welcome 🙏

[@Dan-q6v1v]

You have such good questions and kept the conversation going. I didn't know the contributions of the hippies to Goa.

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you very much

[@antonypereira3853]

I grew up in arpora the neighbouring village which had it's first English school in Goa 150 years. ANJUNA I remember 1976 the then foolmoon partis ,there were like Woodstock then, some of the best musicians played there , we knew the fender, and gibsons equipment then! Dont be surprised the Beatles visited ANJUNA! Disguised

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you for your comment very appreciated

[@JohnDesouza-Studio-videos]

Remember the good old days with the hippies.

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

thank you

[@Dan-q6v1v]

What a great take on life!

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you 🙏

[@elizabethfernandes4941]

Congratulations. Beautiful video. Thanks

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you too!

[@anthonyfernandes4764]

Very informative, thank you

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

@@anthonyfernandes4764 our pleasure

[@PratiekGanesh-t7l]

Susegad cant be explained...it can only be experienced. We need more people like Antonio couple to save whats left of goa.

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

we agree.

[@PeterGonsalves-mf1st]

Wow❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@edgarmenezes8957]

Interesting and honest interview!!!

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you for your comment

[@vicentea2237]

My closest experience as described by Antonio and his wife.

[@goachanneluk]

This is a Fantastic video. Took me back in Time. ❤

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you so much

[@lencoutinho4416]

All that they share in this interview is true that is called niz goenkar

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you 🙏

[@GuidoGaiart]

Video bellissimo, bravi ragazzi

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Grazie mille 🙏

[@monalisa-x7m]

Thank you for making this vlog ❤

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

@@monalisa-x7m it has been a pleasure

[@st.josephscreationsj24]

❤❤❤🎉😊

[@truthhurts7843]

🙏🙏🙏

[@PeterGonsalves-mf1st]

❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

thank you

[@trev13fern80]

A very thougtful video to b asking d local Goan of their comparative views of life before & now. And I can truly say, they were 200% absolutely correct. One could see through their (every Goan) sadness in d present deteriorating scenario, with outsiders literally grabbing & taking over, but they can never ever get d unique goan culture into them, which makes all d difference. Imagine train loads from uncivilised lands coming in daily with migrant labour, & who r mostly notorious with shady backgrounds resulting in rampant chain snatching, house robberies, rapes, murders, drunkeness, encroachments. While on d other hand r d North Indians & Non Goans with plenty of ill-gotten money, who r into buying & selling property & destroying d green cover & Portuguese-styled houses etc to construct wildly, destroying d flora & fauna, d language & d very culture. And, so out of disgust all these mis-behaved non-goan migrants r locally termed as Ghantees. A state which was a 100% crime free is sadly not today, with d influx of dance bars, massage parlours, casinos, restaurants with blasting music, drugs, prostitution etc etc. It is requested that all non-goan Indians r most welcome to come & enjoy nature, d food d culture and return, but if one is to continue with all d misbehaviour of driving on beaches, sitting atop vehicles, throwing empty liquor bottles etc & all other nonsense, d locals wd surely know to forcibly correct them. After liberation of Goa from d Portuguese in 1961, unlike India in 1947, Goa was forcible attacked by Indian forces & attached as part of India, Goa was still peaceful till around d1990's, but all this nuisance has started & grown with d Politician-Police-Judiciary-Bureaucrats, Hotel-Builder nexus with each grabbing d flesh of Goa & Goans.

[@trev13fern80]

@@albertmckenna7091 Practically everyday there is a opposition or an agitation or a representation against someone or something to d concerned authorities or d chief minister, but as d entire nexus r all involved there is no effect & often risk of one's life. At present there is opposition to a mega housing project of 700 villas with 700 swimming pools atop a hill whereby d very hill is being cut along with d flora & fauna. The very locals there face water problems, & with such projects, d water, sewage, landslides etc Just google 'Goa News' - Bhutani Infra. Goa relies on its eco tourism & what if d very scenic beauty is destroyed, with uncivilised from other Indian states just enter to make money. A priest Fr.Bismarque Dias was killed, and now another priest Fr.Bolmax Perieira who takes up ecological issues too comes under threat. A massive bungalow built on heritage site under d ASI protection, and despite great opposition/agitations/representation & d Panchayat & Courts hv issued demolition orders coz it is owned by a non-goan of d ruling BJP minister of another state. One can go on & on but it is sad for my state of Goa, & d unique identity of Goans truly going.

[@antonypereira3853]

You sad it all !

[@trev13fern80]

@@albertmckenna7091 It happens day in & day out, 24 x 7, 365 days. And there r complaints lodged daily, but due to supersonic strong nexus in-between d Politician-Police-Judiciary-Bureaucrat-Builders-Hoteliers & various lobbies, literally nothing happens. And, if one is in d forefront, d main culprit d Politician barring a few r bound to target u & d entire family too make it hell. Most of these high ranking officials, d Governor, d Chief Secy, d DGP, etc r all non-goans deeply involved, & so with strong backing criminals r emboldened. Earlier times, d Police were so strong & independent that none even dare to think of committing a crime in one's own house, but at present they have all sold their souls to Lucifer himself.

[@trev13fern80]

@@albertmckenna7091 Pls do go thro d last line - d authorities r all into it, with a strong nexus. So can one expect any good coming off any representation.

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

We completely agree with this comment. Good history insight as well

[@MarinaSaidero]

Bravissimi

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Grazie mille 🙏

[@keithfernandes7350]

The title says hippies..... who hopefully have gone, but now we have the Indian Nomads who have their own states disowning them and yet Goa gives them hope..... unfortunately any guest over staying cannot be made welcome unless they are fully acceptable to the local lifestyle

[@adrianfernandes6193]

Which part of Italy

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

The north east near Venice.

[@adrianfernandes6193]

@@BESTCHEVAMOS io Sono di Goa pero vivo a Milano

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

We live in London

[@Faithful1434]

Hi i want a plot of 2500 sq ft, can you help me to make my my own villa.pls.

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Unfortunately we are not from Goa and cannot help you in that!

[@Faithful1434]

@@BESTCHEVAMOS ok thanks God bless you,i saw the youtube,the the place where u stay was very greenery,i loved it.

[@trev13fern80]

Pls do visit but not even think about hvg a villa to yourselves as my Goa is unsafe & sadly not d same unique Goa of yester year hvg been infiltered by non-goans from other uncivilised Indian states who hv taken over & made it literal hell for d locals. In fact, crime has just increased a lot. These uncivilised indians want their females all covered up but r there to ogle, touch etc at mere skin sun-bathing or not, as they r indeed sex-starved, lecherous hypocrites, showing themselves to b extra religious in their own housed & communities & r extra irreligious out, d Dr.Jekyl & Mr.Hyde type. Everything here in Goa has gone literally topsy turvy. Prior to liberation, d christian population was 74%, but at liberation many Goans hvg Portuguese Passports opted to move out reducing to 34%; at d 2011 Census, it was 25%, and today it cd probably be a mere 12-15% or less, while d Muslims from 2% rose to 15% in 2011 & now probably around 20% with muslim vendors from neighbouring states entering. It is not about religion, as d local hindu christian muslim who existed, blended well with eachother having imbibed d culture, which is now nowhere in these dishonest non-goans having infiltered in 2 decades from neighbouring indian states & d domestic tourists too r uncivilised each thinking they can do & behave as they please. Earlier d hippies & foreign tourists needing a break from their fast lives abroad, wanted to b to themselves, close to d sea, sun & green nature, while it has all gone. So come, see if things hv changed before everything goes.

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Yes that was crown villa vagator

[@angeladacunha6360]

Goa exploited by 'non goans'........😢

[@Allinson-j9h]

I would only say as a Goan then there were no rapes cases because parents taught us values and to respect hippies and as goan we saw white skin at very young age. Now with non things are different i dont need to go into detailz and goas image is tarnished

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you for sharing

[@Munkill_17]

Grandi raga!!!🎉😎

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Grazie mille

[@marinafrancis8026]

Can Antonio and Janet Moraes share their Gmail or WA contact details?

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Probably you can ask them directly using the links on their website bluebirdrest.com/restaurant.html

[@marinafrancis8026]

Excellent interview. Being from Assagao a village very close to Vagathor I spent many happy holidays in a bungalow on the beach that my father would rent from the landlord Dr. Armand Braganza the doctor of our village. Still have some beautiful shells picked up from the then pristine beach at low tide. Sand was white, water crystal clear, tiny shellfish could be collected in a handkerchief as the tide ran out and boiled for an incredibly tasty mid morn soup. Indeed those were the days my friend. Thanks to the Italian couple for organising this interview and to Antonio and Janet for the clear picture they have provided for non Goans of the way it used to be. My village has also been taken over by the "Delhi people" and has lost its soul.

[@BESTCHEVAMOS]

Thank you very much for your comment! It has been a pleasure sharing this interview with the world!