The "Japanese Garden" up the hill in a place called Sada. See An old building in Vasco Street market Motorcycle taxis tend to be more reasonably priced, especially if you're travelling alone and don't mind roughing it out a bit. You will find them usually painted in yellow and black (the colour of taxis in parts of India, including Mumbai) and their riders are locally called pilots. Like in the rest of Goa, two-wheeler motorcycle taxis are available. Get around in a car, bus, scooter, or on foot. While no regular ships operate from Mormugao harbour, the cruise ship Superstar Libra calls at the port on its journeys from Mumbai to Lakshwadeep. Major services between Panaji and other cities usually have connections from Vasco.
Buses operate to towns in Karnataka and Maharashtra. There are connections to Mumbai and elsewhere from Madgaon Junction, 24km away. There are direct trains to Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata and Chennai. There are seasonal charter flights from Europe. It is served domestically by Air India and internationally by Qatar Airways, Kuwait Airways and SriLankan Airlines.
This area's largest naval presence is the INS Hansa, which includes the Dabolim airport. Overlooking the Mormugao Port is the Navy's hydrographic school. Nearby is the naval hospital INS Jeevanti. INS Gomantak is the headquarters of the Indian Navy in Goa and sits on the hill overlooking St Andrew's Church and the Zuari river. The Indian Navy also has a conspicuous presence in Mormugao with its vast campus, and its contested control over the Dabolim airport enclave. Ship-builder Goa Shipyard Limited, that builds Navy and Coast Guard vessels, is built on the 1957-formed colonial barge-repair yard Estaleiros Navais de Goa. Around one-third of India's ore exports leave from here. Mormugao Port was constructed in 1888, and is today one of the major ports of India. The town is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who is the first person known to have sailed the Cape Route around Africa. Vasco is Goa's most populous overgrown town and the adjoining Mormugao port are busy, dusty and mainly commercial centres. Vasco da Gama is a port city in the west coast Indian state Goa.
See Cape Route for the sea route around Africa.
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