Goa Day 1 - Water sports and party at the beach
Place: Goa.
Distance: 600 km from Bangalore
Type: Beach
Ideal for: Friends
Ideal for: Friends
Best time to Visit: August to January
Budget: Rs: 13,500 per head
Budget: Rs: 13,500 per head
Everyone has a group which keeps planning trip to Goa and which keeps canceling. Well, our group wasn't an exception too until we finally made it to Goa on year's hottest time - December.
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Best of the beast: Parasailing in Calangute Beach |
Planning Phase: Booking flights was a difficult task as prices were fluctuating but we managed to book the flight to Goa leaving on Friday morning at 6 and the returning flight on Sunday at 10 pm. The stays are usually expensive in Goa, especially at this time. So we did quite a bit of research and booked a decent stay through Oyo Rooms. There were few luxury stays by the beach side which were tempting but they were expensive as hell. We had plans to cover both North Goa and South Goa hence we booked the one day stay in North Goa and other in South Goa.
We booked OYO 2440 Palm Grove near the Vagator beach at a good deal and other at OYO 5583 Alagoa Resort near Betalbatim South Goa at slightly higher the price.
Taxis are very expensive in Goa and public transport is very poor so the most popular way to travel inside Goa is to rent bikes. There are plenty of options for bike rentals. We booked with rentabike who had the pickup and drop facility from Doblin Airport itself.
Planning places to visit in Goa was the toughest task but this blog on Quora made our task easy. We learned what places to see, where to eat, what to buy and what to wear as well.
Bangalore - Goa: The cab arrived at 4 in the morning. On the way, I picked up everyone and reached the airport in an hour. After security checkup, we started boarding at 5.30 am. It was our first flight so we were very much excited.
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Bangalore airport |
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The coolest gang ever |
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Waiting for the boarding is the most boring thing |
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First-time flight experience |
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Moped is the best bikes to roam in Goa |
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Roads in Goa. This location is taken in a lot of movies |
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Sita restaurant where we finally got the breakfast after searching entire Goa |
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Our stay for the day |
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Near Calangute Beach |
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Colors of Goa |
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Calangute Beach |
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Watersports are very famous at Calangute and Baga beach |
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Parasailing at its best |
Watersports: If you are found of Jetski then they offer a 4 km ride for 1500 Rs, where you can ride for the entire stretch on your own. We opted for a short 200-meter ride for 300 Rs but the guide himself will ride the Jetski and we have to be pillion rider.
Jetski: I had underestimated the Jetski until I sat on one. I never knew these motors could be that powerful. After going 200 meters into the sea the guide offered to let me ride the Jetski and go some extra distance at an additional 200 bucks. I realized his marketing strategy and denied the offer.
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Santosh posing on the Jetski |
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Parasailing was amazing |
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The view from top was breathtaking |
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Can you see the Dolphins there? |
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Banana Ride was fun |
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After searching an hour we finally found this hospital |
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While everyone was taking a nap, I came to Vagator beach to watch the sunset |
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Panoramic view of Vagator beach |
Curlies Beach Shack, Anjuna Beach: We got freshen up and headed to Anjuna beach for the dinner at 730. Curlies Shack is one of the hotspots for night party. The dance floor was free for couples and charged Rs 500 for the stag. The food was really good and the ambience was great. After dinner, we came to the beach and walked for a while. The beach is very good at this place than it was at Calangute. We sat on the beach and spent next couple of hours discussing our old days. We didn't realize when it was 1 in the night already. It was bone freezing cold and none of us had a jacket. Off course who wears a jacket to the beach right? 15 minutes of ride to the hotel felt like a light year long in the cold like this. It was a little spooky to ride at midnight especially as we had girls in our group. We reached our rooms and crashed on the bed.
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Curlies at night |
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Amazing cocktails |
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We played with these glowing sticks while sitting on the Anjuna beach |
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Read the day 2 post where we explored the secrete beach of Goa and Chapora fort
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Goa is on everyone's list. Nice write-up and eager to read the next part :)
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. Yes the next post is coming soon
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