GOA.

Q- What do you get when you combine sun, sand and beaches with 4 absolutely excited and peppy 24 something girls?

Ans- A more than awesome time!

It all began on the night of Jan 25th, 2012. 4 girls rushed to the bus stand, panicky and almost sure that this was too good a dream to be true. But destiny had other plans and hence even after being 15 mins late of the scheduled departure time, they had convinced the bus driver (on phone) not to take off without them. The night passed talking and taking short naps in between and before they could even know, it was morning in Goa!

Their first encounters with the taxi drivers had assured them that it was going to be an unfair treatment to their wallets, but who the hell even cared?  They reached their hotel near Calangute Beach, which btw was one of the hotspots here (information courtesy, one of the 4 girls who was visiting the place for the 3rd time now)! It was time to unpack and put on the fashionable attire they had carried with them (some shopped, some borrowed). Pink, blue, green, black and white and wow, they looked like blossoms! The girls were ready to take on the territory.

They reached Baga beach and their faces shone, they strolled, ran, played, laughed (more than usual), sun-bathed, had bhel-poori, got themselves tattooed and finally convinced a restaurant owner to put a special table for them near the sea, although it meant blocking the view for some guests and  driving them away, but again who even cared?  They were here to unwind, they were uninhibited, they were loud, they cracked nasty jokes and they forgot the rest of the world!

The rest of the days, they did some planned sight seeing. One day was spent going to places in North Goa. It started on Coco beach (the name was appealing too!)  with the boat ride to a place where they did manage to see 4 dolphins  swimming their way to glory;  then moving to the Bagator Beach, where they  let themselves loose in the waves and also conquered the Chapora Fort (of the Dil Chahta Hai fame) and needless to say they clicked some really cool pictures. The night was action packed at Titos and Mambo, the 2 best discs around and to flatter the lovely ladies, there were guys desperately wanting to accompany them (no-stag-entry-for-boys victims).

Since 4 days were more than enough, the girls did take a tour of South Goa (known for churches), and went to a suicide point (doesn’t every tourist place essentially have ONE such point?). What  surprised them was a River Cruise in Panaji – simple but very very pleasant. They also had their share of adventure with water sports at the beach. Although, each sport lasted for 2 minutes or so, they were happy and screamed their hearts out! After all, girls will be girls!

The last supper, as decided long back, was at Brittos and was totally worth all the time and money spent. And it was Sunday evening already. The girls packed and made their way to the airport where they waited till next morning to fly back to Bangalore (another lovely place).

The Goa times were over, the girls only wondered where the 4 days had gone!?! Even today, two weeks after their holiday, they smile fondly at the mere mention of the place! Such, is the beauty and the magic of Goa!

For now, the girls are Goa-smitten and plan to stay so for a long time!

True story.