“Go Goa” was the Mantra “Eat, Drink and Make Merry” was our Motto. This year we went to Goa to celebrate New Year as wildly as possible as a Bachelor.!!!!! Well nine of us took this trip to paradise in India. The gang was totally weird and crazy it had Ponni, Kishore, Naveen(Chandu),Harsha (Tsunami/Mindu), Ganesh(Gen),Rajendra, Dinesh(DVD),Prasad (Kempi) and myself Modhu(BK). One hell of people in a helluva of a place. Goa is a tiny state situated on the Western Coast sharing its borders with Maharashtra on the North, Karnataka on The East . The place is very vibrant with tourists and this time of the year it is fantastic, fabulous, sexy, colorful, hot and wild.
Well Gen and I started off from Bangalore on the 26 Dec night to Belgaum. We went to Belgaum to attend Abhi’s sister’s marriage. The marriage was on 28 Dec but we were there in advice just to kill less the corporate world would have done dat. It fun to be there in Belgaum for two days. Got to know abt the Marathi Culture. Their marriage was full of fun all the family members were so involved and every moment of it hey were having fun. There was good food, a dance completion between the bride and groom party and I should say bride side raped the groom party. The next day i.e. on 28th the rest of the gang arrived to Belgaum. We picked them up from the railway station in a Cruiser and went to Kempi’s house. We all got freshened up and attended the marriage. After the marriage and food and things like that we left for GOA at around 4:00 PM. The Cruiser was big enough for us to sleep royally and travel. On the way we came across a place called as Thillary. It is a like a hill station and power is generated. This place is in Maharashtra. The place is very steep and scenic. You can see a lot of hills and mountain from this point and the greenery adds to the beauty. We had a photo session here and mindu was forced not be in the photos. He went to attend natures call and I went behind him to shoot him on a CALL. He was so conscious that he kept running away from me in the call. Well finally he was trapped in the bushes and had to surrender to Mother Nature. From there we proceeded to complete the remaining journey. We reached Goa at around 7:30 PM and checked into our rooms which were booked earlier in Circuit House in Altino Hills. This place is right behind the Residence of Chief Minister of Goa. The rooms were big enough to accommodate all of us. We did not go any where that night as all of us were tired of consecutive traveling and decide to be there in the room itself. We ordered some beer and food and watched TV and slept.
The next day we got ready as early as possible except for the delay blocks Harsha and DVD and left for sight seeing. We had breakfast in Kamath Hotel in Panaji. Adjacent to the hotel there was a shop selling shirts to suite the Goan spirit we purchased a lot of them and decided to wear the next day. We went to Old Goa where there were churches to be visited. St Catherine was the first one. This church had tomb stones of some personality in the floor. It was built in Portuguese Style and was beautiful. There were a few painting on the wall which was good but the maintenance was really bad and the color on them was fading away. Opposite to this church is Bom Jesus Bascillica. This church houses the body of St Francis Xavier. This guy had come to India to spread Christianity. His body has been preserved here for a long time. It seems that the coffin is opened once in 10 years for the public to view, after visiting these two churches we headed towards Ponda for Lunch. On the way we visited two temples Ganesh and Mahangtesh temple. Mahangtesh temple was good and there were few chicks also to be seen;-). Here in the local market Gen got a tattoo done on his arm. The tattoo was not permanent, it was a dye that would stay there for about 2 weeks. Then we reached Ponda and had lunch and lots of beer. The scorching heat was a good reason for us to drink more beer although we had not yet been to any beach, After filling ourselves to the brim we left Colva beach. This beach had lots of people and there was Water Sports also like Parasailing, waterbikes and banana ride and things like that. We bought some Frisbees to play with. It was great fun to play with on the beach sand and fall tooo. After that one by one we took chances to Parasail, I was the first one to sail in the air and it was awesome. It is a great feeling to be high up in the air and the vast air below you. Fully maja madi. Later we all hit the sea. In the water also we played with the Frisbees and ahaha it was better than playing it on the sand, we played in the sea till the sunset and dried ourselves, I am not a sea maniac I hate the salt water. We had a cup of Tea on the beach and left for Vasco da Gama. Vasco is a port and there is not much to see. We went to a beach called Bogmalo Beach. This beach was small and kinda private, there were hardly any people and it was great to walk on the sand (my personal favorite). We took a long stroll on the beach and went to a restaurant called Joet’s. This place had a lots of foreigners and started drinking. Many of us Gen, Kishore, Naveen and I tasted Fenny. I did not like it that much. Then I ordered for a Pomfret fish masala. Hmmmmmmmmmm when I was served with the dish yuppy it was a big fish cooked so well that my mouth was watering. It had been a long time since I had fish in a coastal region. The fish was great I ate till the last bone. To end up my dinner I had a Tequila shot. DVD had a glass of beer and affected him drastically, he started feeling light and a little heavy and pressurized at one point. Gen who had already gulped down fenny and beer had joined Kishore and Chandu with Port Wine, Chandu was drinking like a maniac who had just returned from the desert thirsty. Phew I was shouting at him to stop drinking and eat something. Which he did not do. There was a good looking babe in the restaurant. After this we left to Panji to sleep we reached our rooms at midnight. All the places that we covered on the first day are in South Goa.
On the second day we got ready asap and thing like that. We were destined to visit the northern half of the state. First we went to a fort called as Aguada. Aguada in Portuguese means Water Storage. The for was built to store water and ammunition. It was at a height and gave a scenic view of the sea and the adjoining shore. The sun always gets ur spirit down here. After this we went to Calangute beach. On the way I struck a deal with mindu. The deal was that when I write this blog he will have to pay me that percentage which will be correct in this blog. So the stakes are high as I write this blog. As we approached the beach the traffic was getting thicker and we were seeing small jams. The beach was happening with helluva of people from all over the world. It was a sight to be watched, it looked like of those California beaches or something like that lots and lots of people having fun, here also there were water sport options. We took up a shack and settled down on the inclined benches with beer. Most of them went into the water to have fun. Four of us decided to have beer, get burnt and look at the crowd. In the mean time there was TV crew who had come to cove the enthu of the ppl on new years eve. After the water kids back we ordered for food. I should say that Gen is a HUGE DRINKER,,,,,,,he will some day evolve into a barrel drinker. Oh yeah for the food I had King Fish, the dish was served to us on a platter and there was so much that I did not feel like eating it. Here in one of the photos while I was looking now I saw that Ponni had a tummy similar to and Earthen Pot J. I am a goner now for this he e he he he. There was one event that occurred between Ponni, Harsha and myself. The action was by Ponni, the event took place on Harsha and the reaction was on me and Harsha. I guess Newton’s Laws of Motion are applicable here also……….. Close to sunset we left Calangute beach and headed to Baga Beach the traffic was too much and there was huge jam. We were not allowed to go to the beach and we were at a junction where going back to the beach was illogical, so we headed to back to Panji to take a cruise along the river Mandovi. This is a major attraction amongst the tourists. We got the tickets in advance and had an hour or so spare. S went shopping for Booze and Cashew. I got some Bacardi Breezer, port Wine and a Schnapps and lots of Cashews. We dumped our belongings in the Cruiser. The driver had locked down the doors and we some how got into the vehicle to dump these stuffs. We were standing in the q for the cruise and slowly we realized that the crowd was pathetic there were lot of Panjabis who were sick to the core and creating nuisance,,,,,,,,,,,it was pathetic. As the minutes passed by we realized that we have made a bad investment. On board the Princess De Goa the Deck was brightly lighted and there was an attached bar. There were shows by Ukranians. They dance Tango and Rumba and things like that. It was great to see them dancing and especially one of them. We were pissed of the entire cruise and were like when can I jump off the ferry and get back to the shore. Finally after one and a half hour we were able to do it, by then we were hungry and went to restaurant by name Ruchis. Here we ate fully and went back to our rooms. This was one night where we did not have booze.
The next day the scenario was almost the same but we were supposed to vacate the room by noon because there were other bookings already done and a little miscommunication between us and the circuit house. Well dat was not an issue as we had to have a new year bash and weather we had a room or not was immaterial. We packed off from the rooms and went to Chapora Fort in North Goa after breakfast. Chapora Fort is the place where the movie Dil Chahta Hai was shot. It is a very scenic fort facing the sea. On either sides of the fort there are beaches. On one side of the fort is Arambol beach where there is sea water on one side and fresh water on the other side. On the other side there id Vagator beach. We did all those dil chahta hai stuff in the fort and then left for Vagator beach. The beach is cool and calm with lots of foreigners tanning their skins. The beach is a little rocky and the water is not violent, it was a lazy beach. We did the same things that we did in Calangute beach. Took up a shack had beer and food and things like dat, I took a long stroll on the beach and did some shopping in the stalls that were there. We were there till sunset and after sunset we went to Anjuna beach…….this is another famous beach in Goa. On Friday nights there will be a flea market where u get anything and everything. But coz of new year the market was not there but still there were enough shops selling some good stuff. We spent almost and hour in the market, I got a pipe which holds CHELUM a drug…….it is kinda good to have it. When we went to the beach the first sight that we got to see was that there was no one and no shacks or restaurants for us to have a bashL. But as we walked along the shore vola there were so many places that had a good crowd and it was happening. We settled I n a place called Liliput’s were we had our tables on the beach adjacent to a camp fire. Surprisingly there were a lot of foreigners partying there. We started off with beer and beer and beer and some vodka and wine there was no tequilaL. As the time passed by more ppl came by the place. There was good music being played and some of them dancing to the tune. At the stroke of mid night a wide variety of fire crackers were burst and boy wat a view was it especially after drinking….phew. then ppl really went out of control they started dancing like hell. All of them just dance madi the crowd was too much for me to dance so I just sat down enjoyed the momemt to with beer and fish. After some time played two frames of pool……it is a different feeling o play pool after u r drunk. Gen was almost sloshed and he also danced……I feel he has an inclination towards foreigners……..he goes and talks to them in all the places……..now dat he has danced for the new year he wished that he could dance the MARAMMA DANCE with some one that we know (ID cannot be disclosed). DVD was a goner after a bottle of beer ……he was feeling lighter and felt happy abt it. He also danced properly for the new year. Kishore, Ponni ,Kepi and Mindu all danced on the new years eve. It was nice to see these ppl to dance they rarely danced even in college functions they wud sit idle where as I wud freak out. But now they have made history.
The crowd was so energetic that they kept dancing…..wat pissed me off was the local crowd that just came by and screwed up the showL. The foreigners were excited to see such a crowd….they kept on taking snaps of the show. Revelers had fun and so be it, after a while we were out of fuel and we had to sleep but the shacks cud no way be placed on the beach coz of the crowd and we had no place to go so we decided to go bak to Belgaum to Kempi’s place. Before we cud leave I took a stroll on the beach and met a foreigner from Argentenia. He was very happy with the place and said this is happening. He was planning to spend one more week there in Goa,,,,,,,,,Goa is on the world Map……cool na. we left goa at 03:00AM and had to pass thru Tillarry Ghats. the ghats are not safe in the nights and it was hard foe me to keep my eyes open in the night I was constantly falling to sleep. When we passed by Thillary the wind was blowing very strongly and above that it as very chilly.
We reached Belgaum at 6:00AM and wat a relief it was to sleep. We all tugged ourselves to bed. Kempi did not sleep as his parents were off to Rajasthan and he had to drop them off. His mom had prepared some chapattis and dosas for us.I got up at 9:30AM in the morning and wat a relief it was I was feeling good. One by ppl got up and got ready for the new day of the new year. At around 1:30PM we left for Abhi’s house. He had invited all of us for Lunch. There was mutton gravy, mutton chops and fish fry for the two non-veggies. The veggies had a simple food. Boy wat meal it was…..I like the Mutton from the bottom of my heart, usually don’t eat it….my preferences are with fish and chicken. We had a nice time at his place. We played cards and badminton and Frisbees. At 6:15 PM after T we went to a joint in Belgaum famous for Vada Pav…we had vada pav and went to the bus station to catch the bus. The bus left Belgaum at 8:30Pm as soon as I sat on my seat I fell asleep and was woken up when we reached Bangalore. My tummy was all growling and making some strange noises. But I thought it wud be okay to wait till I reach home. We took a taxi to home and after we crossed Ulsoor Lake it was totally not under control. I asked the driver to stop at any empty site on the highway, as soon as I stopped I just ran and attended the call. There was a small shop in that plot and the owner was fuking shouting at me at the top of his voice where as I was just pleading to him just leave me ………thank fully he did not come near me to shoo me off. In the mean time kempi also got some receiving from the owner and a second later he asked for water so that I can clean up but he was shooed off. Phew wat an embarrassing moment for me. But then it was coolJ. We reached home and den went to ofc. It was very akward to be in ofc and work. I hope the others did not face anything like wat I did. Well I wud like to Abhijit’s family for their hospitality and doing the arrangements in goa and Kempi’s family too for their hospitality. And not forget the asses who took up this trip for wat ever reasons.
