Slow ExplosionsThe Story In 1980, Gwen K. Vroomen quit a monotonous job, went to the corner bar, and on the bartenders urging threw a dart at a world map tacked on the wall. She had never heard of Goa but knew immediately she needed to go. Three months later she was celebrating Hindu New Year at a tea garden high in the hills of Kerala, fireworks exploding below. She wrote of that night: I was resuscitated by color, redeemed by the vibrant unknown. Her self