From hidden beaches and Urrak sunsets to creative cafés and drumming with strangers, here's how an off-season solo trip to Goa became a lesson in slowing down Goa in the middle of summer is rarely anyone's first choice. Most travellers wait for winter crowds, beach parties and peak-season buzz. But if there's one thing my solo trip taught me, it's that Goa reveals its most authentic self when the crowds leave. I travelled from Mumbai by bus, arriving just in time for check-in