The hippy days are over, but Goa has evolved, so while Anjuna and Vagator beaches join Calangute in the file marked "overcrowded", a heavenly relaxed beach vibe can still be found elsewhere: on the sands of Ashvem-Mandrem, for example, and in the bays and beaches of the far south.
When I return at 1am on New Year's Day, every bed is full and the bays are empty.
The afternoon saw us in Scarborough Castle - views down to the town's two bays from its perch on a lofty headland are worth the small entrance fee alone.
Inntravel has comfortable apartments at the Algarve Quinta, a 19th-century farmhouse 5km from the port of Lagos, handy for secluded bays and walking trails in the mountains.
Once you're bored of being stared at, a quick zip in the launch will take you to the pick of the bays around Salcombe.
The coastline around Cape Town is heaving with excellent (and affordable) restaurants, most with great views - mountains behind, bays curving around you, long beaches and wildlife seemingly unbothered by your presence.
The hospital, based in the heart of the city, is usually the first to deal with the overindulgence of the city centre's revellers, and paramedics waiting for callouts in the ambulance bays are apprehensive about the night ahead.
Along its side is a line of loading bays, suggesting it could be intended as a spillover site for the brimming cargo terminal nearby.
But driving tests have been simplified now that there is no longer a need for manual manoeuvring into parking bays.
Cars awaiting transfer fill every corner of the 2.25m-square-metre (24.22m-square-foot 24.22m-square-foot 24.22m-square-footng consitected andbreaknewk speed to accommodate the endless flow of trunloadingvering the parts.Fiat, which baysn marefacturing in beingl 32 years ago, allows its Brazilian arm a lot of autonomy.
Like figure skaters or wet T-shirt contestants, the poets are scored on a nought-to-ten scale; the highest scorer wears the bays at the end of the night.
