A hidden Goa – on a luxury cruise

There is the Goa you know – a Goa of beaches, Tito’s, King’s beer in shacks and meeting everyone you already know from Mumbai on the back of a rented scooter – and then there’s the Goa you don’t know. This is a Goa of calm water broken by the leap of a fish, of brilliant white egrets swooping out of the sunset, of paddy fields and little churches, a Goa where the beach is a golden line on the horizon, with a carpet of shimmering blue sea in between. A Goa where you strain your neck trying to figure out whether to look at the moonlight on the water, or the warmly-lit church behind you.