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It was 29th Dec. and I was in Goa for my new year celebration. I had reached there when it was already dark..by 7.45pm. The last time I had been to my brother's place was exactly a year before and at that time the house was under construction or i should say under renovation.. It was complete now. But as i reached late, after sun set Couldnt check it out from outside. But from inside it was beautiful. Just checked out few new things before i crashed on the bed.
From another angle..with my bike...
That's the parking shade..I was more than happy when my bike got such a beautiful place to rest..Because it's these trips when bikes get damaged..specially when they r parked in hotel parkings and stuff...
And what should i call these fellas? Home security or something different... I dont know...
Once I was done with checking out the new house..it was time to check my bike, for any possible damage while the day before's journey. Though there wasn't as I felt the bike as smooth as it was while leaving Mumbai, when I reached Goa. There was provision for washing bike in the passage. So washed the bike clean and went in.
The only plan for the day was to visit another of my aunt's place near by..a place called Vera..On the way to calangute beach. I didnt want to go there before evening so the day was to be spent at home. Check my brother's DVD collection and found most of the hollywood pics I had seen before. So just took out any random CD and put in on. Watched the hindi movie 1920. So the afternoon was spent at home some how after the lunch.
It was 4.30pm and i started getting ready to leave for Vera. Left home by 5.00pm.
Vera quite close from Betim-the place where i stayed. So on the way nothing much was to be shot. Headed straight to aunt's place. spent sometime over there and before leaving checked out in the backyard which leads straight to Mandovi river. Got only one shot there.
Left my aunt's place after some time and got back home. My bro was home by then. He had an unexpected plan. He and I left for a cruise ride then. There are plenty of cruises waiting for tourists at Panjim. We chose to go to Princess da Goa ship. Bought the boarding passes, Rs. 150/- per person.
Ship arriving at the jetty..
These cruises take you in the sea to quite a distance. It's usually an hour's cruise. And these guys have DJs on board with interactive events for entertainment. Hard drinks are also served on board, but one has to pay extra for that. I am not much of a drinker, infact dont even remember when I had liquor last time. But my bro, being Goan, drinks when ever opportunity comes. So he insisted me to have some Rum. It was quite an experience holding the drink on the upper deck of a ship and watching the calm Mandovi river and other ships..decorated with lights and the shore line of Goa.
By now, the anchor on the ship had made up the party mood and everyone including us were enjoying our time. There were some performances of dancers performing traditional Goan and portugese dances.
After all the performances were over, the anchor invited all the dance lovers on the stage and it was just music and us.. We danced non stop for some half an hour.
It was real fun.. We enjoyed every minute on the cruise. We got back to shore after some time and me n my bro headed to have some food. He being a localite knows all the places there. So for me there wasn't much to worry about. We had some hot n spicey food as it was quite cold out side and returned home. All the family members sat in the hall chating and watching TV and we didnt even realise when it was 1.00am on the clock. That was the time to head towards bed.
Day 2 was well spent and I fell asleep thinking bout the Day and planning for Day 3.
Day 2
Both my brothers work there in Goa and didnt have off on 30th and 31st. So in short I was on my own to plan something for the 2 days. As i was dead tired riding for the entire Day 1, I was in no mood to wake up early, nor did i have any major plans for Day 2.
So woke up quite late, I think by 10.00-10.30am. By then everyone was off to their works except my uncle. So woke up, got fresh and had my breakfast. Now it was time to check out the new house.
One of my brothers is a civil engineer and he himself had designed this house. Man o man.. what house.. simply beautiful. It's a huge house with 2 floors excluding ground floor. Lots of rooms. All the floors are complete by construction but the floors above are without any furniture. I'll post a few pics down of the house. I was thinking at that time, who'll get such a luxurious house to stay at Goa, that too at that time of the year, in peek season, without paying a single penny? May b that's my luck that Goa's my native place.
From another angle..with my bike...
That's the parking shade..I was more than happy when my bike got such a beautiful place to rest..Because it's these trips when bikes get damaged..specially when they r parked in hotel parkings and stuff...
And what should i call these fellas? Home security or something different... I dont know...
Once I was done with checking out the new house..it was time to check my bike, for any possible damage while the day before's journey. Though there wasn't as I felt the bike as smooth as it was while leaving Mumbai, when I reached Goa. There was provision for washing bike in the passage. So washed the bike clean and went in.
The only plan for the day was to visit another of my aunt's place near by..a place called Vera..On the way to calangute beach. I didnt want to go there before evening so the day was to be spent at home. Check my brother's DVD collection and found most of the hollywood pics I had seen before. So just took out any random CD and put in on. Watched the hindi movie 1920. So the afternoon was spent at home some how after the lunch.
It was 4.30pm and i started getting ready to leave for Vera. Left home by 5.00pm.
Vera quite close from Betim-the place where i stayed. So on the way nothing much was to be shot. Headed straight to aunt's place. spent sometime over there and before leaving checked out in the backyard which leads straight to Mandovi river. Got only one shot there.
Left my aunt's place after some time and got back home. My bro was home by then. He had an unexpected plan. He and I left for a cruise ride then. There are plenty of cruises waiting for tourists at Panjim. We chose to go to Princess da Goa ship. Bought the boarding passes, Rs. 150/- per person.
Ship arriving at the jetty..
These cruises take you in the sea to quite a distance. It's usually an hour's cruise. And these guys have DJs on board with interactive events for entertainment. Hard drinks are also served on board, but one has to pay extra for that. I am not much of a drinker, infact dont even remember when I had liquor last time. But my bro, being Goan, drinks when ever opportunity comes.
So he insisted me to have some Rum. It was quite an experience holding the drink on the upper deck of a ship and watching the calm Mandovi river and other ships..decorated with lights and the shore line of Goa. By now, the anchor on the ship had made up the party mood and everyone including us were enjoying our time. There were some performances of dancers performing traditional Goan and portugese dances.
After all the performances were over, the anchor invited all the dance lovers on the stage and it was just music and us.. We danced non stop for some half an hour.
It was real fun.. We enjoyed every minute on the cruise. We got back to shore after some time and me n my bro headed to have some food. He being a localite knows all the places there. So for me there wasn't much to worry about. We had some hot n spicey food as it was quite cold out side and returned home. All the family members sat in the hall chating and watching TV and we didnt even realise when it was 1.00am on the clock. That was the time to head towards bed.
Day 2 was well spent and I fell asleep thinking bout the Day and planning for Day 3.
Day 3
It was 31st Dec today. Last day of the year 2008 and the occasion..reason I was there in Goa. Though till the dusk it was going to be like every other day coz all the parties were gonna start after sun set. My bros were off to there work and I was at home with my uncle and aunt.
With no reason to hurry, I was being lazy and woke up late. Got ready and headed out to Panjim market. Mom had ordered a few things from Goa. So it was shopping time. Spent the whole afternoon shopping and roaming. Got back home late in the afternoon and spent the time till my brothers came home, taking rest.
There wasn't any plan as such for 31st night celebrations as most of the beach parties were canceled due to terrorist attack threat and almost all the roads were flooded with commandos and police officers. I left home with my bro on his bike by 7.30pm. Went to his usual hang out spot. He then made some calls to his friends asking for any plans for the night. All of them decided to meet at the spot and one by one bro's friends arrived at the spot. We were 4 in total and first thing on their list was to booze.. Rest of the friends were gonna come to the Bar. We all went to a bar on National Highway called Celebrations Bar. Everyone ordered their fav drinks. I wanted to avoide drinking that night as I was supposed to leave for Mumbai the next day. But could spoil the mood and ordered a beer. A few more friends were added to the party. And you'll never know how fast the time passes when you sit with your old friends and drinks.
My brother has another of his friends who works for H2O club in Goa. While having drinks, bro called him to see if he could giv us some discount on entry. The entry for the night was 1500 bucks per person but his friend agreed upon 500 per person. We as I said didnt realise when time passed by and got late at the bar itself. Finally we left at around 10.00pm for H2O. I know 10.00 pm is not late by any mean but considering the distance, and 31st night traffic it was very late coz all the foreigners hire cabs and head towards these beaches on 31st night like a fly towards fire.
One of his friends had brought his Tata Safari along and so all somehow fitted ourselves into the car. One thing I really disliked was the fellow who owned the car and was driving was completely drunk. I only had half the bottle of beer and was very much in my senses. I asked him whether I should drive the car or not but they were just in the mood of masty and fun.. Couldnt Do much for that. And to b frank, in Goa this a routin for them.
The club H2O was at Baga beach. When we reached there, the road leading to the club was closed or was one way I dont remember and the other road was completly jam packed by traffic. So we decided to move to Anjuna beach and checked a few other clubs and discos. A few had closed entry and the remaining had very high entry ticket.
Only option left was Hill Top Disco. We rushed there. This disco ususaly has entry for Rs 200/-, had Rs 1500/- for that night. After a long negotiation with one of the club members he agreed on Rs 500/-. Most of the crowd there was foreign people.
I tell you guys, this was my one of a kind experience. Once we were in, we realised it was more of a rev party than a new year celebration. all sorts of things were going on in there. People dancing to the music, boozing.. a huge pert of the foreign visitors having drugs at dedicated corners.. Not a single soul in there was in his/her sense. Managed to take only one photograph of the Dj and the music set up.
Ignoring all the bad stuff, we all started dancing and enjoying our time. Bro and his friends ordered a few more drinks and were on seventh heaven.. We danced the whole night. Meanwhile there was a fire work show at midnight and we all wished each other happy new year and welcome 2009.
We were dancing..enjoying..drinking and eating till late night in the club and finaly decided to leave by 3.00am.
We then went to a chinese stall near by and had some more food. Then went to the beach. We wanted to sit on the beach under the sky and chat for time but security stopped us from going to the beach and therefore we parked our car on the road under a coconut tree and sat on the cars bonnet. We had real good time chating..laughing and having fun. Obviously my plans for leaving for Mumbai the next day were postponed as it was impossible to ride the next day after such a heavy party a night before.
We left for home early in the morning by 4.45-5.00am. Reached home at around 6.00am and crashed on the bed.
With no reason to hurry, I was being lazy and woke up late. Got ready and headed out to Panjim market. Mom had ordered a few things from Goa. So it was shopping time. Spent the whole afternoon shopping and roaming. Got back home late in the afternoon and spent the time till my brothers came home, taking rest.
There wasn't any plan as such for 31st night celebrations as most of the beach parties were canceled due to terrorist attack threat and almost all the roads were flooded with commandos and police officers. I left home with my bro on his bike by 7.30pm. Went to his usual hang out spot. He then made some calls to his friends asking for any plans for the night. All of them decided to meet at the spot and one by one bro's friends arrived at the spot. We were 4 in total and first thing on their list was to booze..
Rest of the friends were gonna come to the Bar. We all went to a bar on National Highway called Celebrations Bar. Everyone ordered their fav drinks. I wanted to avoide drinking that night as I was supposed to leave for Mumbai the next day. But could spoil the mood and ordered a beer. A few more friends were added to the party. And you'll never know how fast the time passes when you sit with your old friends and drinks. My brother has another of his friends who works for H2O club in Goa. While having drinks, bro called him to see if he could giv us some discount on entry. The entry for the night was 1500 bucks per person but his friend agreed upon 500 per person. We as I said didnt realise when time passed by and got late at the bar itself. Finally we left at around 10.00pm for H2O. I know 10.00 pm is not late by any mean but considering the distance, and 31st night traffic it was very late coz all the foreigners hire cabs and head towards these beaches on 31st night like a fly towards fire.
One of his friends had brought his Tata Safari along and so all somehow fitted ourselves into the car. One thing I really disliked was the fellow who owned the car and was driving was completely drunk. I only had half the bottle of beer and was very much in my senses. I asked him whether I should drive the car or not but they were just in the mood of masty and fun.. Couldnt Do much for that. And to b frank, in Goa this a routin for them.
The club H2O was at Baga beach. When we reached there, the road leading to the club was closed or was one way I dont remember and the other road was completly jam packed by traffic. So we decided to move to Anjuna beach and checked a few other clubs and discos. A few had closed entry and the remaining had very high entry ticket.
Only option left was Hill Top Disco. We rushed there. This disco ususaly has entry for Rs 200/-, had Rs 1500/- for that night. After a long negotiation with one of the club members he agreed on Rs 500/-. Most of the crowd there was foreign people.
I tell you guys, this was my one of a kind experience. Once we were in, we realised it was more of a rev party than a new year celebration. all sorts of things were going on in there. People dancing to the music, boozing.. a huge pert of the foreign visitors having drugs at dedicated corners.. Not a single soul in there was in his/her sense. Managed to take only one photograph of the Dj and the music set up.
Ignoring all the bad stuff, we all started dancing and enjoying our time. Bro and his friends ordered a few more drinks and were on seventh heaven.. We danced the whole night. Meanwhile there was a fire work show at midnight and we all wished each other happy new year and welcome 2009.
We were dancing..enjoying..drinking and eating till late night in the club and finaly decided to leave by 3.00am.
We then went to a chinese stall near by and had some more food. Then went to the beach. We wanted to sit on the beach under the sky and chat for time but security stopped us from going to the beach and therefore we parked our car on the road under a coconut tree and sat on the cars bonnet. We had real good time chating..laughing and having fun. Obviously my plans for leaving for Mumbai the next day were postponed as it was impossible to ride the next day after such a heavy party a night before.
We left for home early in the morning by 4.45-5.00am. Reached home at around 6.00am and crashed on the bed.
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