globalloon wrote:
i went to goa a while ago
there’s lots of funny people around in goa but you don’t need to go all that way for a party
better (i think) to go to india for india and then if you get invited to a party, you’ll be feeling great
make snse?
good advice
keep an eye on the international reports I am posting on the drugs section as well (I need to relay a few more from India as I have been concentrating on SE Asia at the moment)
I also have a lot of reliable sources of news from that area (I work in a place where 33% of the staff are Asian and many regularly travel to India and have family there)
there is a massive backlash in Asia against the rave scene because the whole continent is awash with ketamine and other drugs, India is seen as a source of this. The Chinese have also discovered raves and this is causing a bit of bother out there.
With the increasing urbanisation of some parts of India the local youths are also starting to take recreational drugs and go partying and starting up their local club/party scene.
India’s politicans and businessmen are very worried about losing the lucrative IT work they have wrestled away from the West if they are seen as a “security risk” and a “drug precursor country”. One main reason UK companies outsource is to get more reliable staff who work hard but don’t party hard and thus do not pull sickies/take long holidays/are knackered on mondays and make mistakes.
Although Goa has accepted the Western tourist trade its not without murmurings from the Indian themselves who also consider it a form of “neo-colonialisation”, so is outsourcing TBH but it is far more lucrative.
Add to this the ongoing world conflicts between Islam and other religions (India is a multicultural society where all religions are permitted) which is also making authorities and locals jittery
Although India is welcoming there are some very socially conservative elements in the country (not all are Muslim either!) and they are slowly gaining more power and acceptance (particularly amongst law enforcement authorities) as the global security situation deteriorates.
A lack of enforcement is not the same as activities being legal!
If you go out to any Asian country these days its better to just look like a “normal” person, not like a backpacker, raver or hippie (i.e do not openly wear street clothes which advertise Briitish club venues, groups like Spiral Tribe or any “drug-friendly” type stuff). Even so expect to be searched if you are young and look like you may take recreational substances (even if you don’t).
When you get there make sure you have trusted friends with local knowledge. This is very important. As anti-Western feeling increases there is a big danger of being stitched up (it happens loads in SE Asia).
If you are Asian best not to go as a single man – (my younger male relatives are now quizzed at every national border about their movements whenever they travel anywhere).thanks to world events we are now seen as terrorists, criminals and drug dealers world wide – thank you Jack Straw and Usama Bin Laden…
