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Budget Travel is just a Bonus... And, there's more to Daman than mixing drinks!

Who says budget travel and the good life don't mix?

Like mixing business with pleasure and work with leisure, mixing comes easily in a place with a multi cultural, multi racial and multi lingual heritage.

I asked fellow Damanenses across the globe to list best things about Daman and after adding my own, compiled a top 10 list in the order of popularity...

  • The Indo-Portuguese culture

  • The beautiful Portuguese churches, chapels, crosses and grottos

  • The unique Portuguese gilded wood carvings in the churches and chapels

  • The majestic Portuguese forts

  • The uncrowded (though littered) and drug-free beaches

  • The Portuguese sense of humor of its people

  • Exemplary communal harmony

  • Great weather

  • Abundant water-supply (though potability is a concern) and cent per cent electrification

  • Organic farm produce


    A traveler can toss the following goodies into his haversack...

  • Budget travel - you can get to Daman from the two nearest cities Mumbai and Surat by rail

  • Cheap hotels for the budget traveler

  • Good hotels and resorts by the Arabian Sea

  • Nice restaurants - continental and Indian cuisine

  • Cheap eating places - roadside shacks are my favourite!

  • Lots of bars

  • 'Foreign' goods for shopping

  • Lots of local festivals and fairs

  • Cheap beach accommodations and camping sites

  • Hospitable locals

  • Petrol cheaper than on the 'mainland'

  • Better roads than in the neighbouring places


    And for the business traveler...

  • Business opportunities abound as the town is still growing

  • Facilities for setting up industries

  • Cheap labour though mostly imported!

  • Good infrastructure

  • Near Vapi railway station

  • Close to the Golden Corridor (NH No. 8)

  • Cheap electricity compared to neighbouring Gujarat

  • No power shortage

  • Few power failures

  • Good investment opportunities in real estate


    Students...

  • A number of schools, including English medium schools

  • A government college

  • A government polytechnic

  • An ITI offering certificates in various trades

  • Seats in various professional colleges across India eg., medicine, engineering, computer science, pharmacy, etc.


    Job-seekers...

  • Ample employment opportunities in the three industrial estates - Somnath, Kachigam and Bhimpore

  • Government service

  • Hotels, resorts and restaurants

  • Private hospitals and clinics


    Retirees...

  • Temp jobs in factories

  • Part-time in the hospitality sector

  • Teaching

  • Security agencies

  • Front office/Secretarial support


    Like any other place, Daman too has its share of undesirables - but I leave it up to you to discover them for yourself!

    Hic! I almost forgot... alcohol is amongst the cheapest in India;)

    Here's to a great experience - whether you're on a budget travel or not, a short or extended stay...

    ... or here forever!

    Cheers!

    Viva Damao!

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