In the video, Zuur glides across emerald-coloured waters and skids off boat ramps set specifically for the once-in-a-lifetime ride.

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Further south again, South Goa lays claim to the very best of the state's beaches, a slower pace both of life and of tourism development, and a heady combination of emerald paddy fields, white sands beaches and warm, azure waters.

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