“Time Treasures” pieces of dust of the time to the Portuguese , Goan is a Pirate’s child and no blood more creepy than the Discovery of its own history. A scientific timeline in the movement of time, where the treasures are kept to become Known. As treasure hunters. One treasure continues to clue the next

Goa gets into the spirit of Carnival in a big way, with a wonderful fusion of Goan, Indian, Portuguese and Brazilian. It’s loud, it’s lively, it’s crazy and it’s great fun! Earlier in the day we had taken Jenny, Ruth and Cel out to see a spice plantation – amazing variety of plants and spices

We had all been invited to see the Christian Art Museum. The current curator Natasha was expecting us with a painting of Christ donated by a benefactor which is unfortunately badly flaking and we which we will try to stabilize it before we leave. The Museum is situated at the back of the  convent of

As we leave our sleeping arrangements (which change on a 5 day cycle), everyone greets you with a smile, be it the weather or  the temperament of the Goans. It is uplifting and you cannot but start your day feeling positive and enjoying the chirping of the birds especially the huge number of parakeets at

The day started off working on a funding proposal in conjunction with City and Guilds’ Indian partner. The potential to extend the pilot project across India is potentially exciting, but at the same time would require a huge effort. Once in the studio the students arrive more or less on time (some clearly find it

With January behind us, February welcomed us today with a sticky 36 degrees. Even as we arrived at the Archbishop’s Palace in the morning it was noticeably warmer than the last few days, and Goa is apparently one of the warmest places to be at the moment. We are not complaining. After a talk from

I need to keep focused to maximise the time we have here for two reasons. The first is to pass on as much knowledge as possible, and the second is to make sure that the information is processed properly. It is exhausting but highly energising because of the feed back from the students. The students

    We woke to another beautiful, hot and still morning on the river at Colvale, and after breakfast in the company of a kingfisher, some monkeys and the silence, we headed into the village for Mass at 10am.     The little Chapel had been especially decorated for a feast day and a small

  We climbed this morning into a somewhat precarious wooden narrow boat (our seats were two plastic garden chairs facing each other) and glided on the water through the omni present mangroves on the backwaters of the Chapora river, brightened by the blue reflection of the kingfisher, the whiteness of the big crackers, the black

All the chores seem to take us such a long time. Just to give you an example C. went yesterday to find a bedside light for Ruthie and Jenny coming this weekend, and was told none were available. Caetano went to the same shop and came back with one which he is using to control