Unveiling Goa-Day 1

I am just back from Goa and want to admit i was completely thrilled with beauty,tranquillity and hospitality.Though this story did not start from the day we headed from Hyd-Goa but couple of days back from the decision date.Goa-the place where most of my friends had been and narrated their story and shared pictures.Though i was excited to hear and see them,one part of my heart was always sceptical,what treasure Goa has for me instead of crowded beaches.So to combat my fear i started doing my research in Internet about some lonely serene beaches,unmanned may be unnamed ;). Doing so few names popped 1.Agonda Beach
2.Galjibaga Beach
3.Rajbagh
4.Talpona
5.Unknown find explored by me :) probably i will name it then ;)
(i am sure regular Goa traveller had never been to these beaches.)
so these were my findings and i had to choose one among them.



PALOLEM CAPTURED FROM BOULDERS

 So next mission was no find other basic amenities,so i asked my partner what kind of place he will prefer to stay in Goa and he answered "any decent hotel with Big Swimming pool" which really made me laugh because all places in my list are least explored and do not have any luxury so i convinced him "why we need pool we both are ferocious swimmer so we will practise our swimming drills in Arabian sea" so that was the deal and we set to go for journey.




SUNSET AT PALOLEM BEACH

 @23rd Oct i rushed from my office little early,did my quick packing and with our backpack we headed to catch our bus.My heart was buzzing with excitement,journey was pleasant and as always i loved food when  bus stopped in road side highway restaurant.It was around 11pm but that restaurant was pretty lively,so we filled our stomach light and had sip of tea(i am tea addicted ) and bus moved on wheel for destination.It was 5 am in the morning when bus stopped at an isolated small hotel off highway and i read the board "Goa".Surrounded with beautiful mountains and green vegetation,no pollution,no noice at all and very few people visible around.Our destination was another 2 hours drive from this place.Boarded on bus again and Got down at Ponda then serial bus ride to Margaon and then to Cancone(Kankon).Ride was comfortable with mix of local Goan and bollywood songs.Route was scenic to make the mood.Our target was Agonda Beach but when we got down from bus we got to now Agonda is far so we had to settle at Palolem Beach which was 5 min walk from the place we got down.



WONDER OF COLOURS AT SUNSET

So my first glance on the beach and my word"this is beautiful..........".I want to give a brief description-it was a lively beach but few people there,all tourists from different corner of world,people with smile,beautiful restaurant chain and well designed beach cottages.We headed to find accommodation and we liked it in one go so now all set to enjoy Goa...We settled there and with our swim wear on,we jumped into ocean.It was beautiful deep sea with emerald blue clean water,waves were giant and spontaneous.We both are good swimmers in pool but geography and chemistry of ocean is totally different :) so we took sometime to get acquainted then it was all ours,venturing deeper and deeper into it and learnt to make our self afloat in giant waves and trust me that's most enjoyable thing in water.We did not realise of passing time until our stomach started growling with hunger and we realised how much calorie we have burnt fighting with waves :)



NATURAL SWEET WATER LAKE AT COLA BEACH

Right on the beach there was a beautiful restaurant named Havana and that remained our paradise for eating until our journey,We filled our self with delicious food and then again went to find more treasure in beach stretch.Now we were at beach extension towards the unmanned island and terrain was getting rocky i had my strong wish to venture into that unmanned island but it was close to sunset,anytime water level may go up and we will be trapped there so i quenched my thirst with climbing on beautiful gigantic boulders there.Kept challenging myself more and more and captured breathtaking view of the ocean from that elevation.

SCENERY AT GALJIBAGA BEACH

ME SHARPENING MY KAYAKING DRILL FOR VENTURING INTO OCEAN



ONE END AT GALJIBAGA BEACH

I was wondering we had arrived here travelling for over 14 hours but not at all feeling any bit of tiredness probably that's magical healing property of this place.So by now sun has set and moon was on head so we had our dinner and took a walk on beach.Sand cold,wind gentle,ambiance lively and in sync with sound of waves.

SUN GLIDING DOWN 

We sat on the beach with moon on head playing hide and seek with palm tree there.Sea line illuminated as perfect white in moonlight,you can see the chain reaction the wave triggers and can watch them clashing on the shore,Believe me you sit on the shore with your loved ones and watch the magnitude of beauty,feel the quantum of the peace and look the magnificence of the ocean where our ego are like very tiny bubbles which comes and goes then probably we will learn to respect our relationship even better.We spend pretty good time there,that particular environment was so conductive to bring out feelings those lives deep within various layers.So that was the beautiful end of day 1 in Goa..........story of the next day will be in next blog.........