FLASHBACK<<

Usually i don't write about myself on this blog but there is this one experience i would like to share.It was march 2008 and we just got over with the sessionals..Holi was two days away.A plan for a goa trip came up from nowhere.initially a gang of 5 was about to leave but mukut got this fracture and the other guy refused to go for uncitable reasons:).so the day arrived,and me,umang and nirnay left for goa.We had been mulling about this trip as this was supposed to be our first trip to goa.
We reached thivim in wee hours of morning ,moved to panji and got a bus to CALANGUTE...This was the time of desparation and uneasiness for us.We,being inexperienced customers had a tough time looking for the rooms and then the vehicles. We kept mooching around on the streets for hours.
To cut the long story short,we somehow got settled and had two activas with us.Frustration was on its peak and not getting an entry in mambos added fuel to the fire.But that could not bring down the spirits of hypers like us.We decided to go to panji next day.That was our first holi in goa,we put the teeka and left for panji.As the group was blessed with my presence ,so luck preferred to shy away from us.All sorts of things started to happen..it started raining,umang got lost,my phone stopped working and nirnay started cursing..BY the afternoon things started to fall in place and we had some good time visiting cathedrals in panji and one or two forts here and there.We were completely focused on visiting the locales of goa instead of going to any pubs or lounges as we already had a tough night before....But for us something was surely missing ...something extraordinary should happen in goa...we knew we were being unrealistic..may be because we did not even know why did we come to goa..we did not have anything special in mind..

So we decided to visit Chapora fort(the famous scene from DIL CHAHTA HAI was shot here)..After making a ride of around 12 kms we reached there only to find out that it was too dark to visit the fort...nothing was visible ..Dejected by the circumstances we moved back to hotel and went to sleep...we decided to get up early next morning as we were supposed to leave for panji next afternoon..I was particularly adamant about visiting chapora fort before leaving goa....so at 0430 next morning,we left for Chapora,..it was bit cold but we went on without feeling anything as we had already suffered a lot..somehow we reached there..no one was too be seen around...
AND wat we were supposed to witness was something out of this world...i am not a poet so i would better let the pictures describe the view....but these moments really made our trip ...i can't express how i felt to be present in that wonderful sight of nature..i had not seen anything so beautiful in my life..THE seamless sky painted in blue blessed with the company of the sun and moon at the same time.What a spectacle it was...we were left mesmerised.....left us speechless..

We had our breakfast at a shack on CALANGUTE beach and left for manipal with smiles on our faces...the trip finally had something to cheer about...