Goa Trip - Day 4

Our last day in Goa started off on a good note, with first settling the bill amount and then going to Vasco. Oh ya, I'd forgotten to write about this - as soon as we landed in Panaji the first day, we got return tickets booked to Bangalore through Paulo travels, Ac bus. I'll come back to it later anyways. And also we had the train tickets booked, but it was still in waiting list. So had to cancel it before we incur any further losses.

It was a 1.5 hour drive to Vasco from Calangut and me and Bond waited in the que to cancel the tickets, while NCK and Kirthi went around shopping for cashews, as we were told that cashews here were cheap (hell it was cheap!). We next had a glimpse of Vasco port and still were thinking where to go next as we had nearly 3 hours to return the car. It was there we had the group photo sessions - drivers (Bond & Kirthi), navigator(myself) and antakshari winner(NCK) ;) (The favourite letter to end a song was with 'L')

We then relooked of going to the missed out Aguada fort, and came back to the fort after another hour drive. The tower and the place where the trio of DCH sat were thoroughly shooted. We spent around an hour there and came back to Panaji and returned the car at 430 PM.

Then we had light snacks at a nearby restaurant and proceeded to catch our bus back to Bangalore which was at 6. The very first look of the bus made me skeptical as to we will reach Bangalore or not! It was AC/Non-AC bus, with the first half being AC, a door in the middle and the rear half being non AC. Phew! At least we thought we were in a better position as we had a sleeper in Ac. When asked the driver as to where would he stop for breaks, he told - dinner at Karwar, breakfast at Sira. ??!!?? What ?? A stop for breakfast! We really had not thought of bunking office on Monday. Well, anyways, as the bus started, (at 7), within half an hour, the AC and the lights were turned off. We were happily playing cards, and then had to switch to 20 questions. The crew of the bus was horrible and they were not accepting any requests to turn on the AC. What crap! And, they stopped for dinner at 10 at a dirty hotel in Karwar. My goodness, the return journey was horrible. We continued our game till 1 and then slept off.

Next day morning, I woke up only at Sira for breakfast. Sure, I had to bunk office. Thought of taking a snap of the bus and publishing it-

Well, reached home at 12ish, had lunch and slept off again. Overall, it was an amazing trip and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The next time I go to Goa, I'll ensure that I take along a female with me ;) Goa surely rox !

And people, anyone thinking of Paulo travels..? Give it a second thought!