Go Goa

It can get bigger but it can't get better than this. My trip to Goa from 23-28 December was one of the most amazing. And that trip ends an eventful year for me. Year 2007 was again a mixed bag year. With one good thing came one mishap. In summers it was a wonderful trip to California which came with an accident. And in winters it was a poor performance in Inter IIT Sports Meet which came with a wonderful second trip to Goa. And that's what I am going to write in this blog of mine.

Our journey started when I reached Goa from Mumbai on 23rd December. Tired from the journey we decided to visit only one place that day "Family Beach". Yes thats what we call Calangute Beach where you can find hundreds of families with almost no space to take a bath. We just took a stroll along the beach that evening (Ohh and the 'We' here signifies Karan, Prem and Me). That evening was spent with dinner and drinks on the beach.

Special Day 24th December

We started early in the morning and biked straight towards "Chumma Beach", I mean Anjuna Beach. We halted for sometime at Baga but that was only for eye refreshment. We took a long bath there at Anjuna because that's the only beach with no family affliction whatsoever. We took our dinner early and headed straight to Curlis because we never wanted to miss out on any moment of the Christmas night.

The road to Curlis was a nightmare to drive on. There wasn't even a hint of a road or a path on the way we were travelling. It consisted of all sorts of sand with no lights and people around to help. We would see a head/tail light of a vehicle far off and we would go in that direction. And that's how we reached Curlis. We walked into a small portion of the beach surrounded by rocks. There were alomost 50 people at that small place at around 8 PM with only 2-3 dim lights and 4 lanterns. The lanterns also were like a gift by "female drug merchants" who were sitting there on the beach with one corner assigned to each of them. The DJ (Goa Trance Music) was in full flow and within couple of hours that dance floor was filled with guys and girls completely out of their senses. There was no restriction and no shortage of any sort of drug commodity you wanted that night. We stayed there until 3 AM and it was total fun.

We spent the next three days roaming all over Goa. We visited Old Goa and Panjim Church on 25th December. Then we went to Vagator, Aguada Fort, Chapora Fort and Colva Beach during the next two days.

This visit to Goa brought back all the memories of my stay there during 2006. Both me and Karan used to point out places where we used to hang out in history. But this visit was special in its own terms. It was Christmas and Goa was flooded with tourists from all parts of the globe. Attending a RAV party was one of the never fading inscription of our minds. All three of us wanted to stay till New Year but our ever increasing expenses on food and drinks never allowed us to do that. Hence this leaves me to explore Goa once again during New Year. I don't know when will that trip be possible but it certainly won't be before next new year.