My Journey: A Trip to GOA ..!!

At last we have decided to visit GOA, the city with beautiful beaches and scenaries. We have decided April 4th as the correct time to visit that place.. but afterwards we came to know that it was a wrong decision.. :( Feb is the correct time to visit Goa..

Finally a batch of 17 enthued guys left for Goa on april 4th that includes 8 guys from mumbai, 2 from hyd and the rest from banglore. first day .. we got down at Margao Rly station and headed to Colvo beach area. We spent the whole day there. Colvo beach is a calm place with decent number of visitors. We played cricket in the beach, swimming, sun bath etc etc. and took dinner in the beach .. in the moon light :D.

Next day we went to panaji. There we have spent a day in Miramar beach.. It extends to a very long distance.. of course with less number of visitors... we could not enjoy much on that day in the beach.. we went for some shopping and bought some beach wares (poola chokkalu). In the night we went for a cruise party. Its paradise cruise.. we had a great time in that cruise. There were songs, dances by the crew and .... there was disco theque in the first floor of the cruise.we hav really enjoyed that trip.

We have dedicated the next day for visiting all places near panaji. We hav visited an ancient church with 300 yrs history, a museum, a fort where Dil Chahta Hai shooting took place and at last a beautiful boat ride in the Arabian Sea. This boat ride is little expensive .. but it was more than our expectations. We had seen dolphins in the Arabian sea, Central jail of Goa, a beautiful mansion of a diamond merchant which is just beside the sea, Kingfisher cruise etc etc... after that ride.. we had a heavy lunch in a GOAn Restaurant. The course includes all types of sea foods like fishes, Prawns etc. From there we headed to calangute Beach. I think its the most beautiful beach and flooded with tourists. There are different kinds of boat rides there. like speed boat, banana ride, motor boat, water bike, parachute boating( its really amazing and expensive too :P). Some of us played there cricket and mumbaikars defeated the Bangalore team by a huge total.

Parachute in calangute beach....

Then some enthued guys had tattoos painted on their arms and chest. Then we went for banana ride. its nothing but a rubber balloon (banana) tied to a speed boat. We are made to sit on that banana and hold it firmly. We appeared like perfect sailors with life jackets on .. like army men going to a war with bullet proofs and weapons in hand.. that driver took us to the middle of the sea and our banana tumbled. My heart skipped a beat. We all are dropped in the middle of the sea.But no need to panic. It was their trick actually. we are somewhere 500 metres away from shore but still floating(.. life jackets). that was an amazing experience. then we tried very hard to get back on to the banana. then he took us to the shore. After a small photo session in the beach we returned to the hotel.

BITS-Goa Auditorium.

Last day.. we have planned to visit BITS-Goa. we met our juniors there. We had a great time with them . The auditorium at BITS-Goa is worth seeing. Every IMAX, INOX and multiplex theatre in India wud be nothing before it... it has a capacity of 3000 odd with good lighting and acoustics. Even it was on holiday, president of the students union for Goa campus had the auditorium opened just for us... coool naa..!!! in the evening.. the journey came to an end and we headed to Margao station to catch the Matsyagandha express...

Wooooow..!!! Dolphins.. :D