the GO GOA experience..

Greetings.. haven't blogged in a while.. have been away.. let me run u thru the turn of events.. some changed my thought process.. some defined my path for the future and some shook my very pillars of trust and a mere mortal existence... Was away on a vacation.. GO GOA!! and the trip churned out everything a bollywood pot boiler would throw at you.. exagerating.. but ITS OK!!

Day1: Sat Afteroon 11:00 am.. set foot on the Goan soil.. Panjim our first stop.. our next destination Calangute... though we knew what would be in store, we took up the challenge and enquired the rates to Taxi us to Calangute.. as ridiculous as the idea itself was, we got a quote of 700 bucks for a 15 km journey.. shrugged our shoulders in vain and walked towards the local bus station. The helpful locals directed us to the right bus and in no time we were in Calangute.. and any guesses wat the fares were??? well dont rack your brains.. it was 20 rupees.. :P ... got directions from Rak.. reached teh hotel.. showered changed... rushed to ZANZIBAR - THE BEACH SHACK.. ordered some hot n yumm prawn curry with rice.. Rak n I kickstarted the weekend and the vacation with Kings Beer :)).... the rest of the team arrived and we had a gala time at the beach.. That night the entire team partied at SunBurn Butters Goa.. DJ Nikhil Chinappa slapping out his worst.. and being a hardcore metal fan.. his music was just torchure to my ears... couldn take it any longer.. we left by 2:00 am and reached the Baga beach... found a shack open and ordered dinner at 3:00 am... yeah.. pretty cool aint it.. After having had all the restrictions and 11:00 pm crap in Blore city... Goa gave me an impression that i had teleported to another planet.. the place always swarmed with tourists... be it day or night.. nobody really slept until the wee hours of morning.. we ended day1 n 2 technically at 4:30 am..

DAY 2: Woke up around 10.. already time for breakfast.. showered changed.. sunblock.. shades and rushed down... breakfast at Infantaria... breakfast transformed into lunch literally as we actually arrived at the place well nearing 12:00 pm.. time when breakfast closes and lunch is ready. I had a detour after brunch as i had to pick up my buddyf from the airport.. 44 kms away.. but the thought of meeting this friend of mine after 2 months nullified signs of any fatigue or the daunting task of making the 44 kms all alone.. the meeting was good.. the return was smooth and we were on our way to Anjuna Beach by 5:00 pm.. were supposed to meet up with the rest of the gang.. once at Anjuna, circumstances forced us to see Vagator beach as well and by 7:45 pm we had to make the decision of riding towards Arambol beach.. 34 kms away from Vagator.. the ride was smooth.. the best part was when we were climbing the steep road and the hills to our sides appeared to be closing in on us.. finally reached Arambol.. another lovely beach.. time was abt 8:30 pm... met up with the entire group and after abt a respite of 30 mins.. we started the journey back.. 6 activas and 1 bullet.. it was a fun filled smooth ride back home... errr home is Baga for now.. that night we hit pub Mambos at abt 12 am :P
fun filled night again.. called it a night only around 5 am...

DAY3: Monday started the same way with breakfast at Infantaria... by then a group had already left towards the church and Fort Aguada.. we started around 12 again.. towards the Fort first.. and then headed towards the Candolim Beach for some adventure sports... the guys enjoyed waterskiing, parasailing, bumpy ride and banana ride.. fortunately i found some time to play football at the beach.. its a completely different feel to playball on the beach.. :) loads of fun.. we left the beach around 7 and headed to the hotel after a tiring day... it was our last evening in Goa... we decided to have dinner together.. Britos was the venue... some mouthwatering delicacies and soothing music.. final walk on the beach at around 1:00 am and then retired early for the night.. but the past 3 days flashed by and kept me up all night.. Rak had an early morning flight to catch.. she checkd out around 5.. saw her off and then hit the bed at 5:30am..
DAY4: woke up at 10... and was ready in a jiffy.. last few hours in goa... watts n i headed towards ZANZI... incidentally i ended my tyrst with Goa with the same prawn curry and rice i had on day1.. spent some nice moments with my buddy dearest while she got her tattoo etched... and finally at 2:30 it was time to bid goodbye to the sun sand beach and the babes.. :P.. flight at 5:00 pm... and landed in my city Bangalore.. with all the thoughts of the past 4 days lingering in my mind.. moments which had left an everlasting impression.. looking forward to another tryst with the sand... errr and i am sure the sands of time will never be able to erase the memories of the Goan sand... till my next...

--rest_IN_peace--