Laze by the pool, indulge in a long lunch while monkeys cavort in the trees and knock back a coconut feni or two (the local Goan firewater), and you will truly appreciate the meaning of a good Goan susegad.

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Now the rooms are buried in palms and sea grape trees in fact, there are stretches of the long, crescent beach on which the sea grape trees have become palapas.

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If things go well in the land of maple trees and Mounties we imagine it wont be too long before America gets a taste of VoIP calling Facebook style.

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If Milroy is half as successful in green technology as he was in telecom, the world will be using chemicals made from willow trees before too long.

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That means that it may take a long time not only to clear, but also to get, for example, the power companies back in to clear trees and to put things back in place so that folks can start moving back home.

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