DAYS IN GOA

Day 1: 14^th April’ 2015

Starting from home is not always an exciting feeling because you are sometimes occupied with so many other things (worries or thoughts) and is in no position to think about the coming vacations or good time. That is what happened with me this time. Anyways, we started from home and reached at T3, there only i started to realize that I am on a trip to a city of sand and sea, away from office and homely routine life. VISTARA, a new airlines but with a good & reliable brand name i.e. TATA with SINGAPORE AIRLINES, made it a wonderful start for us. A before time departure, helpful; beautiful & loving airhostesses, delicious food and hospitality of an highest order made it a real kick start for us. Landing and pick up by a government vehicle makes you realize that the time invested over your journey to get a good, reputed and powerful job, did not go waste. Finally landing in the guest house at a premium location but unfortunately in the SOUTH GOA; unfortunate because we wanted it in NORTH GOA to have a good bunch of beaches near to us only, put our minds in double state. But we finally decided to stay there only. In the evening we decided to explore the nearby area in VASCO only. And finally, by taking the help of public transport we reached our destination. There we realized that the waiting time for the public bus was much more that the time taken to reach there. We shopped few things and came back but this time via an auto. At the guest house, the food was waiting for us. Finally after having a not so delicious food, we sealed our day with a hope to have a good time further.

Day 2: 15^th April’ 2015

Time for some work. Went to MPT and learnt many new things about a new concept and never an explored area i.e. PORT. There also the treatment we got from the local officers was an experience in itself. Well enough to make you realize that you are employed at a right work place. After visiting there I reached back to guest house and we had our lunch together. As the sun was setting, our mood to visit the nearby area was rising. So we decided to visit a nearby park along the beach side (not very well explored) and the most funny part was its name i.e. CHILDREN PARK. But believe me it was not as its name. I think we would not have called our journey a complete one without visiting that. We had a bhel puri from an only vendor selling it outside the park. The place is an appropriate one to breath fresh, tension free air. And finally, with a not so good vegie but OK OK non veggie food, we sealed our day 2.

Day 3: 16^th April’ 2015

Finally we decided to see the actual GOA in NORTH and for that we hired a cab for full day. The northern part was actually far off. And the day was really hot, as hot as you are in Dubai. The first destination of the day was Dolphin Safari in which you can see the Central Jail, a bungalow of some diamond merchant worth Rs. 80 crores and a sight of dolphins in the sea depends on your luck of the day. Two sure things I could make out 1.) the owner of the bungalow can never ever sell his property for more than Rs. 80 crores and 2.) the prisoners of the jails must be having fun with such surroundings. On an whole it was not worth the visit but when you are at a mercy of a travel agent, you cannot decide or choose your areas to visit. The following day was fun when we enjoyed the company of each other, had a dip in the sea along with yummy food at the beachside. There comes a feeling of satisfaction and saturation and then you really realize that what else you need from life to give you. Now was a time to pack up from beach and rush towards cruse for which we had already taken the tickets. The one hour on the cruse was a real waste of time, energy and money. And then we gave it a second thought that are we really here for such things? But then we decided to take this as a lesson for our next visit to this place. With this we ended our day’s journey and after taking an halt at Vasco to make a decision as to whether to hire a cab or a bike for the coming day, we took the quotations from the different agents present there. We came back, and mutually agreeing to take a cab for tomorrow also, we had a peaceful (not so yummy) dinner and slept to wake up early the next morning.

Day 4: 17^th April’ 2015

A happening day and a super lovely time was in store for us. We went to Church and prayed. That is the place where you have to believe that miracles actually happens by seeing a body of a saint kept for 432 years and the most astonishing thing is that no chemical or preservative is used to maintain that body. If this is not miracle then what will you call it? After that we had the fun of shopping. We shopped different things for people back home, drank mango shake and then finally moved towards our next destination i.e. beach for the beach lovers and water lovers like us. This is the place where a super hit film of Amir khan was shot but if one has to believe in the beauty of the place, then it does not need any marketing of this sort. It was really beautiful. Staying at a beautiful, clear, clean beach, eating yummy food, watching the tides of the sea and just thinking about nothing else other than enjoying the company of your man is the real essence of life. Finally it was the time to conclude a super amazing memorable day spent with even a wonderful company and that is what we did after reaching back to the guest house.

Day 5: 18^th April’ 2015

On a day on vacation what else you want other than a late wake up call? This is what we decided this day to be like. We booked a cab pick-up at 1 in the afternoon. After having our breakfast we went back in the room and relaxed in the silent company of each other, which otherwise is a rare thing to happen. This day we decided to rush directly to the yesterday’s beach and again started with yummy lunch and chilled drinks. We had a lonely peaceful time there. And while coming back to guest house in the evening we decided to capture the GOA pictures in our mind so as to have a long lasting impact on our memories as this was the last day of our travel in Goa. Although the place full of sea, culture, relaxed attitude of people, slow paced life and comfortably moving traffic on small roads makes Goa a wonderful destination to relax but home is where your soul is. Afterall you sometimes misses the mess of your home, the dust all around as the room not being dusted for days and everyday problem of water, light, selling neighbours etc. etc. And this is exactly what makes you want to go back home.

Day 6: 19^th April’ 2015

A morning wake up call, well served meals, a place full of people who are ready to serve you anytime, a place where you need not to worry about cleaning, washing and preparing meals is now ready to say good bye to us. We are ready to fly back to our city of DILWALLAS'. A vehicle came in to pick us up from the guest house and to drop us to airport came on time and we finally boarded the cab. GOA airport is not huge in size, no matter it is a destination for many international passengers. But still it was a comfortable one to accommodate us for a good 1.5 hours before we fly. 40 degrees in Delhi, a messy room waiting for ms, a place where you have to arrange everything from A to Z on your own, sounds not so comfortable one to go to but believe me, you will be most comfortable at home only, no matters what and how it is.

Landing at home was an end to a beautiful, peaceful and a loving journey.

NOW WE ARE GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER ONE NOW!