Goan Gypsy

Sun and sand,
summer hats n cooling glasses
tanned skin and bright colored clothing
funky trinkets that go with the mood
the blue sky which makes you hum "ya ya maya-ya, ya ya..."

Just back from goa, i havent yet washed my clothes or cleared my luggage. i thought i will quickly write a post before i start off with my jobs. But then, i got to know of a post written about our trip by a classmate. Must say, i seriously dint know out trip would feature in any of the guys' blogs..i was quite taken by surprise to see that someone has about 10% of his blog (as of now) about our trip. And that too from someone i thought was an MCP (this of course proved me wrong) .. Quite flattering. Ofcourse, there are some funny remarks intended to insult, but really, those are commonplace in final year..

Well, now that i have done justice to the funny post of his( i really liked the black friday joke and the grocer one, but writer could have done better than the one on suicide) , let me proceed to goa.

In a nutshell, we visited Mapusa friday market, calangute beach for watersports, chapore fort, heritage homes, 3 churches and adjoining museums, a wildlife sanctuary, Santa Monica boat ride, Dona Paula and tried out goan cuisine - vindaloo, cashewnut bhaji, xacuti, bebinka. Did loads of shopping and soaking up of sunrays (tried to get a good tan, though i dont think it is visible right now).

I loved the Portugese style houses - they are of a completely different genre and i also realised that goa is a good place to shop for interior decoration pieces - Cheap prices and superb articles. I also loved water sports, particularly the banana boat ride, where 5 people are taken to the sea and the boat is overturned, so you are thrown into water and can float around in the sea. It feels fantastic to be in the centre of the sea, with the sun above your head and blue waters around you - i cannot describe the feeling as no words would do justice to it.

But most of all i liked the people in goa, or rather, the attitude of the people there. Everyone is so bindaas. You see locals wearing skirts and there is noone ogling at their legs. The firangs are so relaxed and a little extra bindaas, but then you tend to be more relaxed because of that. We were roaming around in shorts and capris, something impossible in broad daylight in our antic college with its old fashioned students and faculty. Well, after roaming around like dirty tourists in goa, i better get used to full jeans and salwars now that i am in college..


Some advice: Never take more than 2 sets of clothes as you can always buy there for dirt cheap prices, and there is stuff that can be bought and worn only in goa-use that during the stay, especially the brightly colored beads and saarongs and skirts - too cute.