Spot the water Baba.

You can lead a camel to water...

"Paradise Beach," promised Junida. Her fellow traveler said it was stunning, the best (and purest!) around. He laid out the route to the very best spot. "It's quite far," she told us.

We followed a map written on the back of an old napkin (or envelope). Photographed by phone, the hand drawn map led north, out of India's smallest state and into Maharastra.

Passing woman wearing saris as we traversed dirt roads, it was clear we weren't in Goa anymore. A similar sentiment crept in as the catholic iconography gave way to temples to Kali and Ganesh.

Soon, we were at Redi fort, an inlet away from "Paradise Beach."

Sometimes the view of Paradise from the side is better than paradise itself.