BarfFace Chicky, Bajji, Wounded Khannler, Krish, BasuDude, Maggu, ShituMan, Rao, EmmVee and I set off in our bus to Goa from Bangalore on the 16th of July. The journey was splendid - fantastic food, brilliant landscapes and ofcourse comfortablle, to say the least. Perhaps, Barfface Chicky, true to his name, might not agree with me.
We reached Goa the next morning and were greeted by the rain Gods. We made our way to one of the properties of Royal Goan Beach Resorts at Benoulim called Beach Club (near Taj Exotica). The 10 of us shared accomadation in two spacious, well-furnished, clean and convenient duplex cottages. The resort was small, but quite well maintained. But the food there was terrible. And, being in South Goa, there isn't much to do near the resort.
Day 1(17th): The cyclonic rain did not look like it would stop, so we chilled out at the resort all day. Played TT. Ate a terrible lunch thanks to Bruno(stop laughing Basa)! I got the chance to meet some of the rotaractors at the installation of Rotaract Club of Margao in the evening, and dine with them. That was fun as well. DRR(RID 3170) Rtr. Anirudha Borkar, Rtr. Priyanka, Rtr. Harish and Rtr. Yash made this a memorable day for me. Came back and joined the rest for a little celebration!
Day 2(18th): The rain didn't stop. But nonetheless, we hired two cars and drove to North Goa. Found most beaches void of any activity as it was "off-season" in Goa. We looked around Baga, ate at Lime Light near Tito's, and had a good time around there. In the evening, we ate at "Punjab Dhaba" and went to the well-known shack Curlies later in the night, but found it absolutely lifeless. We came back to the resort and partied at our cottages. The drives all around were crazy! We developed "Intensity"! What say Int Pint Birdler? hahaha! xD
Day 3(19th): Needless to say, the rain didn't stop. Bajji had scheduled to leave on this day. We dropped him off at the airport at around 1 p.m. and then returned to the resort. That evening, we made our way to the beach(Benoulim) in the rain. Played football till almost 9 p.m. on the white sands of the beach with the sea marking one end and the rocks marking the other end of our "field", while the rain stung as we played. It was fantastic.
Day 4(20th): The rain hadn't stopped yet. We ignored that. We checked out of our hotels and went on a hunt to find some shops, then had a fabulous lunch at Martin's Corner, visited the Margao market and then boarded our bus to Bangalore soon after. Ofocurse, the journey back was great too!
Who knew that my best holiday ever would include breaking a phone, having a terrible lunch on day 1, being drenched 24/7, driving without information of routes, being brutally bitten by insects, dropping off a friend a day before the holiday got over.. but I guess when I'm travelling with the nine of them, most of whom met while learning the English alphabet together in the same classroom, I know I will have a blast.
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