Hippies’ Haven - Trip to Goa

Goa!!! Here I come. After 14 hours long stuffy bus ride and fives bags filled with my puke:), we finally reached Goa on 20^th May 2010. Oh I forgot to introduce. We matlab me and my other tanhayees - Suyash, Manish, Wendy and Ravi.

After checking-in to our hotel, we splashed straight to the in-house pool for some full-body hydration. We bonded over a game of water volleyball and some under water breath controlling race (surprisingly I won even against the boys). After some unsuccessful attempts in teaching swimming to the girls, the boys succumbed to the pressures of necessity-for-stomach syndrome. Bhukkhads. Damn! I could have competed in the CWG in Delhi :(. Anyways without wasting any further time, we freshened up and headed towards Brittos for a lavish brunch. The view was straight out of my dreams – eating delicious food with beaches and water as a backdrop. Bachpan have had panipuri and bhelpuri in Juhu beach with human feaces and dog shit as extra design to the already clean beach (sarcasm to be noted!).

Once done we stepped out to Baga beach, collected shells, took pictures, and all of us got the same tattoo done one our arms. Team Spirit!!! After loitering around for some more time, we headed towards our rooms, again did some keedas and got ready for a late night party to Tito’s (famous club in North Goa). We danced the entire night to our glory. Day 1 ended.

Next day we got up on time for breakfast, filled our stomachs and headed for Infantaria café for a brunch. Post which we headed for the Basilica of Bom Jesus church. The church was enormously huge. We also had a peek at the mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier. We dawdled around the town on our hired bikes, shopped for clothes and sea shells and headed for a nice dinner at Britto’s. Days 2 ended.

Our last day in Goa arrived. We had an early start for Calangute beach. And here we had our fun of our lives. We did jet skiing, banana ride, Water scooters and Parasailing. Now came the best part of the fun. The gang decided to just dive into the mid-sea with just our life jackets on and no one around for help. We dived into the water, floated for sometime waiting for a boat to arrive to take us to the shore. While heading back towards the shore; we again jumped into the water and swam to the shore, Boy that was fun! With our tummies ticking for food we went to Infantaria for a brunch and beer session. Took some rest and set out for Morjim beach. Played games on the silver sand, did some dryfruits shopping and headed for a sumptuous dinner of togetherness. Last day in Goa comes to an end.

Nest day we catch an early morning flight and head back to our office :(