The GOA diary..Part 1

The idea of this journey was conceived at Marine drive when 4 of us..Akash, Prashant Santosh and I were out to have fun. We thought lets go somewhere together and decided for Goa!!

We had an extended weekend and all were set to plan this trip. So many days we kept on planning, planning and planning still nothing happened. This planning included the session of staying awake the whole night on Prashant's b'day and going to the tatkal ticket counter to get a reserved ticket to Goa. Even after reaching the window at 4am..couldn't get the confirmed ticket..reasons..Mr Prashant will depict :D

So now all eyes on the expensive bus tickets and luckily we got them. The journey started off at 6pm on 4th Nov 2011 when 6 of us-Prashant, Santosh, Vinita, Himanshu, Jyoti and I have to board the bus from Sion. Full time we played dumb charades with some really funny and unknown movie names guessing game. The bus driver gave us the irritating and tiring though funny roller coaster ride to Goa.

Reached Mapusa at 8.30 am and decided to proceed for Baga beach area where we can find a place to stay and wait for Rashmi and Akash to come. We looked for 2-3 flats here and there and closed on one which was supposed to get free at 10.30 am. Now we had almost 1.5 hrs but nothing to do. Guys were dying to hire the bike and girls were worried about spending their time and place to keep the luggage. It was just 15 min to 10.30 left when Prashant said..lets keep our stuff somewhere here and hit the beach. All were on the bikes and within 20 min were back to the place where we started as all were unprepared to have fun.

Went to the flat, got ready and started off at around 1pm for old Goa this time to see some churches, markets etc. With the unprepared itinerary and lots of confusion, we rode approx 50 kms both sides to visit a church which nobody was interested in except Akash and Rashmi.

This state is very different from other states of India. It has a flavor of Portuguese culture with a mixture of Indian taste.

All were shattered as 1 out of 3 days was wasted and we couldn't get a bit of fun except riding bikes for no reason. Then to our wonder the fun time started off. We got to eat at river side restaurant with so much of leg pulling of Santosh for some secret reasons, complains and threats to me by Himanshu, gossips, photography sessions and good food.

Started off for home to change and hit the beach for night out. Vinita and Jyoti were too tired for the night out so decided to stay at home. Rest of us headed for the Baga beach with vodkas, juices, breezers etc in our hands. Had lots of fun there..truth and dare, photos, poses, gossips, heart breaking of Himanshu and Prashant was memorable.

On our way back, we all discovered the number of people found on the Tito's lane at 3am were more than we found in entire Goa during the day. Seems like this city never sleeps. Wanted to roam more but too tired for all this and more in a day. Here comes the end of Day 1 at Goa.