goa, trip 2

hmmm.....what can i say?
the most exotic location in india....
christmas time...which is carnival season without the mad rush for new years
it was a dream time....with some of my most favourite people in the world (and against the wishes of some lesser preferred!!)

we went from 22-25 dec, leaving mumbai on 21st night by a/c sleeper volvo. 5 of us went, ie ruchi suhail shek shefali and i. it was a nice journey, commenced with games of cards on the upper beds. froze through the night, managing some excuse of sleep by tuckin my arms inside my shirt.
we woke around 9 and disembarked at mapusa, from where we took a van to candolim, shanu holiday home. it was a damn nice place, and after settling in, we immediately went to a supermart on the main road and bought ice creams and namkeens.
shobhit and shilpa joined us later, as their bus was delayed by some 5-6 hrs from blore

ok.....this blog is going to be too long if i write in narrative like this. so rest of it is in bullet points:
- rented a couple jeeps to drive around in for a day
- went at night to baga, where the brakes of 1 jeep failed causing a slight accident
- visited tito's, followed by a shack on the beach where we had dog and watched a firangi do a fire dance

- dipu joined us the following morning (sunday). we picked him up from the food court in calangute
- after settling the accident bill, getting the marooned jeep back and having some ice cream, we headed to anjuna to spend the day
- oh...most importantly, we had a dream location. candolim is quite empty, and more importantly, its empty of indians. though most foriegners were old, some were quite good, and a fair number were topless!!
- in a related aspect, i loved pete's shack, where we lounged in our beachwear, ate every 2 hours (thanks to dipu) and drank budweiser with every meal!!
- saw dolphins in the water, jumping around....a beautiful sight
- 24th morning was lazy, though we went in the evening for watersports at calangute and spent new year's eve at a club called paradiso in anjuna.....had free booze after paying entry!!!! also had a nice crowd, fireworks and dance floor with trance music
- 23rd night was spent at tito's, where the guys (suhail, shek, dipu and i) knockd ourselves out on shots. most were tequila, but one was an exotic one called head fcuk. i loved the name, if not the inadequate effect. also shek and i had beer, and tried our gym routines as dance steps
- 25th was spent entirely and solely on our candolim beach. sat on beach chairs, ate, played frisbee, went in the water, played frisbee there, read, etc. lovely chilled day. went to panjim in the evening to catch bus back. quilts werent available this time, so froze again

CONCLUSION:
i had an awesome time. as feedback for my friends, i would have appreciated more enthu for certain activities. i really wanted to go to a god party, which i was not able to. next time, will prolly rent scooters/bikes so each is free to do their own thing. would have also liked to visit vagator fort.
but i had an awesome time. spent 4 days with my best friends. met shobhit after soooo long. got along well with shilpa; she's a very nice girl. got a massive suntan on my face, and sunburn on my chest, shoulders and back (skin from which is still peeling!!!). all part of the experience :)