After a long wait for getting the leave approved for May 2nd by my manager, convincing peple that the regular work will not be affected that day, I left for Goa with my Eng friends without caring about the project status on 30th Apr. Finally. The place where every bachelor who has watched DCH wishes to go.
We landed at Panaji at around 8ish by the well driven KSRTC volvo, playing cards thru out the night. Oh, btw, We = Me, Bond(another Karthik), Kirthi and NCK(Chandrakanth). We were all hostel mates at SIT. Ya, going further, we booked a WagonR for ourselves from a self proclaimed dealer for 3 days. We straight went to Calangut where NCK(thru outsourcing) had booked a beach resort for one day initially, which got extended till our stay in goa.
After freshing up, we first thought of finishing off all the religious places before we start our purpose of being in goa ;) So first went to St Xaviers Bascillica (also known as Bom Jesus) which is in Old Goa. I remember seeing this when I was a kid. Fortunately, it was open and not crowded as expected. Here, the body of St Xavier can be seen.
After this, we had some juices and drinks to wipe off our thirst and marched towards Mangueshi temple. Needless to say, tender coconuts, fresh lime sodas and other juices were our best drinks in the sun all the 4 days. We reached the temple, had darshan of Lord Shiva and were thinking of where to go next.
The first thing that came to mind was Aguada fort, where DCH shooting had taken place. So, we moved up again towards the fort, only to see that the gates of the fort were being closed at 5ish. Well, luckily there was a beach nearby - Sinquerim beach and we decided to have a first look of a Goan beach. This was quite a good beach where there were some water sport activities going on. As we approached the beach, agents fell upon us for the water sports from rates like Rs. 300 per head for one ride (Jetskie and Banana boat) and Rs. 1200 for parasailing. After a lots of bargaining (good job Bond) we showcased that we were students and not affordable to pay such hefty prices, the price lowered to Rs. 500 for 2 rides. We said we would come back tomorrow and play in water.
Next, we headed to another beach, Baga beach, which was a purely commercial one. Tables and hookahs on the shore, people of all ages & all nationalities surrounded the place. We had the popular local fenny, wine and other drinks along with gobi etc, spent that evening enjoing the cool breeze and looking at stars and then returned to our resort. The fenny was strong. I was in my own world.
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