Our Mega Trip to Goa....

A trip to remember and cherish all our life, it was very memorable and I enjoyed each and every moment of it.. So I decided to draft all the memories here and save them forever.

The trip was due for a very long time, actually lets say, it was a decade before we finalized the dates for the trip. It actually started with a hugh chaos – some falling out, some busy with work… it was so funny that even at the last moment, we were not sure who all were coming and who is pulling out of the trip .

At last… on 29th SEP 2006, the Train to “Vasco” was scheduled for departure at 2.10 P.M and 8 of us were eager to get in, while two of our friends, Balaji and Jai were all in sogam mood for sending us off for the dream trip… Guess wat, the train came to central Railway station only at 4.00 P.M and it started to move at 4.30 P.M. Since Jai was in deep sorrow, he left us early, but balaji was so happy that he ate 2 packs of Vegetable rice we had brought for the trip and 2 full liter bottles of water , this is not just to pull balaji’s leg… this is for our memories.....

We had a nice time in the train,. the reason being, there was a Big Marvadi family next to our compartment with beautiful girls roaming around in Jeans and T-shirt passing by, giving us looks… making us feel all as if we are in a swimming pool all drenched and wet. We ate all the vegetable rice and mutton prepared by Kishore’s Mom, which was nothing less than delicious, at precisely 12.00, three guys from Bangalore, Naga, Ashok and the Unbelievable Ethiraj , joined us, I was in deep sleep at that time since I was in night shift and haven’t slept in the early part of the day…., From wat I heard Ethiraj said he had heavy dinner but while these words were coming out of his mouth… he had more chappatheis than anyone in our gang… goes to show how unbelievable Ethiraj is in our gang...the real entertainer…

One whole day of trip… we played cards… joined other gang members and partied a lot.. now the Marvadi girls were more interested including aunties and started to give us looks, especially Harish as he and Jakka had a permanent interest in them…. At 3.15 P.M we landed in “MarGao”… we took a Taxi to the Bus stand where we got a Bus to Panaji, main city of Goa… we had a discussion about where to stay and after some time we decided that we will stay in the city of beaches “Calangute”…. We reached Calangute Via Bus at 7.00 P.M, everyone went everywhere in search of a decent place to stay, as a result one group of people booked one flat and the other group were fond of one resort specially made for honeymoon couples, with TV, Swimming pool and gud facilities …. It was decision time, we finally agreed for resort… and it was a Gud decision.

We reached the resort by 8.00 P.M and jumped into the swimming pool and after that we were not able to do anything… so went for drinks – the big ones were one quarter 8 PM Whiskey and one full Black & White scotch with other minor drinks – I have to mention here that this was Anand’s Treat…… I had a great time…. I was a bit dizzy and slept around 1.00 A.M….. Others slept little late…..Next day 1st Oct 2006 early morning, every one went for early morning beach volleyball in Calangute Beach… was really funny the way that everyone played diving and flying in the beach.

We had lunch in the resort itself as it was raining heavily outside.. we blamed the weather and at 3.30 P.M we decided to go to Calangute Beach to see all the babes in the water and believe it or not, we had a wonderful experience which I can’t discuss here as there is a possibility that I might face a violation of code of conduct here in my Blog. Now how can I describe the babes, sorry girls….. Just imagine if all the figures in Satyam cine complex and all the figures in spencers are put together in one single place with very little usage of clothes and multiply the number of people by 20… that’s Goa for you guys… Simply rocking to the core… after Calangute beach we went to Baga beach where we were not able to go to the disco as we needed pairs ( we guys were so handsome that we dint trust Goa girls) … hence spend some time in the beach and on the way back to the resort in th night… four of us. Myself,Partha, Basker and Ethiraj saw actress Namitha… she looked gud.. to say the least…… again had dinner in the resort… slept with usual drinks – This time 8 PM full with teachers Whisky Full… was gud…..

Next day 2nd October 2006, in the morning we again had a great time in the swimming pool with volley ball… finished our breakfast and we had hired bikes…. Totally 6 bikes for 11 of us… I had the luxury of driving alone with my Pulsar 150cc for most part of the day…..First, we again went to Baga beach to see it in the day light… we took snaps…. Then we went for Anjuna beach… this was one of the most amazing beaches I have seen in my entire life… We had to climb down the rocks to go near the beaches….Wat more, it was raining heavily….. and it was a beautiful view… we took many snaps….. then our next destination was the Chapora Fort in Rain….. Again was totally stunned by the view… it was amazing to be in such a place in the rain with clouds passing near you.. I am close to 75 kgs and I was physically pulled back numerous times by the wind and passing clouds…. Totally amazing……. After that, from a distance we saw Vagator Beach and headed for the resort, where we had lunch and one peg of 8 PM whisky . Nine of us (except for Jakka and Ashok – as they preferred Body massage) decided to go to panaji for the Cruz ride….. we boarded Cruz at 7.30… the ride was pretty cool and a whole new experience.. Ethiraj was the highlight of the day so far , he made everyone laugh…One cannot forget the Baba still he had posed for camera..basker almost fell in the sea after seeing that pose... it was so funny..... after the Cruz we returned our bikes myself and Jakka went for the Tattoo… I Had an Arc shaped tattoo on my right hand, First time in my life I was a Game for Tattoo and it came out well…. and headed for Dominos Pizza…..had dinner and in heavy rain reached our resort… No drinks 2nite…...

3rd Oct 2006 … we hired a Quails and headed for Aguada fort in the morning……. This fort was also Gud…. Took snaps… By this time I had a feeling the tour is going on so well…. No fights…. This will not be the case in any given day,…..something was missing and I was wondering when the bubble is going to burst...…..Suddenly Partha was sick … we took care of it and headed for the South Goa… Visited Big Church – “Basilica of Bom Jesus” – It was a privilege to visit the place and get know about its history and the saint…. After a small tour of the museum we left for Vasco…as our Bangalore friends were due for departure from Vasco…. Ethiraj was all in emotions not bcoz of leaving us.. but bcoz of missing the flight ride and the Airhostess…..On the way back to Calangute…. Wat I was wondering Happened…. Anand raised the topic of being dissatisfied with the food offered in the trip and blamed me as one of the reasons …… I had tears in my eyes but soon Anand understood it was not a particular persons fault and I dint want to spoil such a wonderful trip so we were on our track again…….We checked out and had to catch a Bus for Mumbai At 5.30 P.M… It was a Sleeper bus and the ride was Okie…

4Th Oct 2006… According to the original plan we had to reach Mumbai at 6.30 A.M… but our bad luck we reached only at 10.00 A.M bcoz of tire puncture and that too at a place which is like a close relative of Tambaram…. Its called Jui Nagar… we completely enjoyed the train ride from Jui nagar to CST for 45 mins… in all the rush… everyone were stepping on top of everyone. I have never seen so many people in one single compartment….. No words to describe….. From CST we took a cab to Gateway of India….. We had sandwich and Milkshake… Saw BSE stock exchange ( I practically live there everyday, one of my unforgettable moments) Reserve bank of India… Taj Hotels….. Mumbai city was full of Taxis’ After Gateway of India , we went to Fashion street for some shopping….. after some one hour of shopping we found out that the time was 1.20 P.M and our flight was at 3.10 P.M and one of my closest friend Archana was waiting in the Airport from 1.30 P.m……we had to take a train from Church gate, full of rush……reached santa Cruz at 2.35 P.m…. took an auto and reached the airport at 2.50 P.M….. Ran around the whole of the airport….. Gud Na…… If anything was missing in this trip it was adventure… and it had to come last …. Reached the required place at 3.00 P.M, saw archana for 2 mins….. and had to board the flight…… 5.45 P.M reached Chennai… Jai and Balaji came to receive us……like a royal Gang we took a Tavera and dropped everyone at their door step

The whole trip was organized by Anand… Hats off dude… Accounts by Kishore….He is really gud……. Amazing job… But next time give me a chance in this dept guys….Jakka managed the tickets booking… Basker chose the places and the Fort was really wonderful… Harish was full of energy, Naga, Ashok, Partha all kept quite and spoke at the right time with great sense of humour…..Raghu was an important part of this group, he was the caretaker of the entire lot….. Ethiraj was simply superb and chanceless…. Everyone played their part and most important , it was all fun…

On the whole.. it was a dream trip…. Which will live in our hearts forever….11 Of us having such a wonderful time in a unknown city is a great achievement and we owe it to each and everyone of us who came for the trip…….Great job guys.. Hope we all will do the same thing some other time……