It was too late for us to catch anything on land and we dint wanna waste time as well so we hopped on to a plane. I heard this is one of the most awesome times in Goa coz its off season to begin with and the place is less crowded so u can enjoy the sea all to urself... also the rains convert Goa into a tropical paradise. So i was glad am going at a time where i can explore the 'It' town!
Our trip was totally random, we planned everything on our way including accomodation. So on our way to finding this sea side resort we decided to stay in Ronil which is in Calangute near Baga. The one hour drive from the airport to the hotel had worn us out ocmpletely and we checked in and straight went for some grub. The obvious choice was Tito's 
So we boozed with the dim and cozy ambience just adding to the spirit and rain playing the usual seducer. Food was a bit expensive but all for the name, we did not mind. A Honey Suckle Cocktail to begin with and then a breezer with some awesome Prawns goan style left us slurping over the food. For main course we had another Prawns Dish with Thai rice.... so full that we could barely walk back to our hotel which was just 10 mins away from Tito's. The town was seemingly lazy and we saw humankind zipping past us looking at us as if we are species from other planet. Understandably so coz we were the only two girls roaming around at that time in Goa. Anwyay room was fantastic and i was eager to get up early like never before have i waited for the sunrise.
Day 1 i was the first to wake up as usual. We had no toothpaste how dumb! and we chose to walk out just like that! ... and so we did... straight into the sea! Baga beach was just 10mins away from out hotel and that excited me a lot. No shower no nothing we were merrily enjoying the drizzle over the sea and dissolving in the tides until lifegaurds came and threw us out. 'High tide hai madam, andar nahi jaaneka'...thanks we said... for being a spoil sport. After being soaked from head to toe we headed to this shack and had breakfast at noon. What a life i say! Mint tea, french fries, mushroom on toast and bhajiya... and we were set for the day. After a quick shower we hired a scooter and headed straight to Fort Aguada. My sister had recommended this place highly. She had been to Goa on her school trip years ago. The weather was just fine for a two wheeler drive around the tranquil roads where people stared at us like we came straight from Neptune! But we were enjoying that as well. Most bikers zipping past us and making cheeky comments like "hi GIRLS" i mean we are grown ups and older than most men who passed comments, "hi pretty, want taxi" no thank u as of now i wanna puke....ewwww i mean Goa is where most foreigners come through the year and how can people be so cheeky with tourists? Anyway we were reverse aging in Goa, atleast we felt younger after all those comments. Fort Aguaga was just amazing. One of the most spectacular views i saw in a long time and what amazed me was the play of coulds on the sea bed. There was dark shadow on some parts and in this silver light from one tunnel in the cloud. 
I hadn't seen this before in my life. From this point up there you could see the endless sea that seemed to be spilling over the horizon and drippping over on to the other part of the globe. Stunning.
I hadn't seen this before in my life. From this point up there you could see the endless sea that seemed to be spilling over the horizon and drippping over on to the other part of the globe. Stunning. Suddenly there was a cloud burst and it started pouring again. There was a waterfall of rainwater on the stairs and we were stuck. Just when it slowed down and we thought it wouldn't rain now, we walked out and made a move to go to Panjim. On our way it began to pour so heavily that we could barely see anything. I got drenched completely since i was driving we thought we will return to the hotel and we had to yet drive almost 10 kms to Calangute. My back went for a toss struggling to sit straight and battling the strong rain just about sitting upright on the edge of the seat with my friend trying hard to save our bags and cameras from getting wet. When we reached Calngute it had stopped raining and we got down at a few shops that we saw open for the first time! Shopping is something every woman would do and thats wot we did too. Night falls and we get ready for the dinner party. We were in so much pain and so tired we din't want to walk too much so we went to a near by hang out and had booze and like most places in Goa this one too served awesome prawns fry and surmai fry!
Day 2 began with aching bones and throbbing muscles. The sky was clear and we decided to go out shopping. We had lunch at the shack on the beach and strolled around to see Baga river merging into the arabian sea and then headed straight to Calangute to shop. With wotever little was open we could manage to gather some goodies for people and were dog tired. We walked upto the famous Calangte beach and it was so dirty and crowded that we decided to walk back. It was a good 6pm then i couldnt walk anymore. In that day alone we walked around 10km from our hotel to the beach back to the hotel then to the ATM to the the market and to Calangute beach and back to the Hotel, Phew! The hotel we were in on arrival had a party over the weekend and we were deprived coz we had to vacate our room and moved to the adjoining hotel. The party was on till we reached and we were jealous! Not that the party was good but becoz there was a celebration going on, and that too Goan style... so we went to this place opposite to Tito's and decided to make our last night in Goa a bit low key. The fact is we were too tired to do anything but sit in one place. So we had booze again and called for the most most raise to power infinity amazing prawns (again! but goa has other food also) so far. Some prawns 65 that they call it for namesake was divine. We ate and ate till we lost count of how much we ate.
Day 3 we were gonna leave by noon and wanted to hit the beach before we left. So 9am as soon as we got out of our beds we were in the sea. I sat away on the shore for an hour just listening to the sounds of the sea trying to decode what it meant. It was hypnotising and i got lost for that time. Then the current grew stronger and the sun came out full on and there i was in the sea. The waves madly splashed over our faces and we enjoyed the 2 hours only to take back fun memories of Goa to share with frens.
Goa has been my first absolutely unplanned trip just the way i wanted it to be. Awesome is a small word to consolidate all the fun i had in Goa in just a word. Have already planned our next trip and cant wait to go... Goa we shall return!
Goa thru my eyes : http://picasaweb.google.com/preeti.phalke/Goa?authkey=afqY3nOnlu8
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