Goa's "MARK" In Our Hearts

We left mumbai wid loads of unforgettable memories specially the rides of mumbai local train and water kingdom.but this ride with volvo to goa was quiet comfortable though.Ishaan wid his non-stop all india radio and a movie was shown as well.we all slept comfortably in the hope that we will reach goa early morning.but our comforts were short lived as somehow bus got late and when we got up it was still 8 hrs away frm destination.At the other end karan after finishing his gd-pi in pune was waiting for us at goa bus stand and reached thr early morning at 8.Since then he was constantly calling us but he had to wait for 6 hrs till we reach thr.but again it took us 1 hr more to find him at the bus stop.after reaching thr 1st thing we found that thr was some carnival or beach fest going on and so thr was a dearth of available bikes for hiring.After so much of searching and haggling(nikhil's special word) we somehow got 3 bikes and 1 scooty.

so finally at 4 we all left on our bikes for Bagha beach 1 of the famous and most happening beaches of goa.As we got more closer to the beach 1 thing we noticed was increasing no. of foreigners thr.We were lucky to have got 2 cheap and comfortable rooms just near the beach at frank's cottage.we decided to get fresh and then start our exploring business.But nirmal(till now considered as the smartest person in our grp) who was short of cash till then took his scooty to go to ATM.rest of us took rest and got fresh unaware of the fact of wat laid ahead in our fate.at 5 we all including nirmal came out to have a 1st look at goa one of our special dream since 1st year.but all our dreams and hopes came crashing down wen we went for our respective vehicles and found that scooty was missing.At the very moment we forget all our tiredness and hunger and only thing which was hovering in our mind as to how will we pay for the scooty.sandy even started counting how much will each have to pay.i made an imp point in informing them that we have to pay here only and that depends on the amout of cash each 1 of us have our accounts.but 1 funny and imp point to note was the presence of xactly a same scooty(just a difference in colour as it was blue and ours was black) right at the same place whr nirmal parked ours.Nirmal(till now no more the smartest person among us) was quick in pointing out that he has parked his scooty at the same place after coming frm atm.till then me and pritam had left on a blind search of a black scooty wid its no.we chked almost every scooty in that particular area wid no clue of wat happened to ours.while this drama was on 1 imp and quiet possible thing struck in nikhil's mind .he somehow guessed that nirmal has achieved the impossible.according to him our smartest buddy mr nirmal left his scooty at atm and brought some else's here.we wasted no time and nirmal and nikhil left for the atm.sandy meanwhile was continuously banging loads of galiyaan on nirmal for this dying work of intelligence shown by him and giving us our 1st zor ka jhatka at goa.Nikhil assumption hit the bullseye as they found our scooty parked at the ATM.now the search was on for that unfortunate person who was the victim of Nirmal's colour blindness.The person was sitting right thr near the scooty and we got to know that this unfortunate person was named Mark and he was frm uk.his face was lit up wen he saw nikhil and nirmal coming to him and finally letting him some incite abt nirmal's legendary work.He then had some nice and sarcastic words abt indians and came to our place to have his scooty.He was amazed at this coincidence that his own scooty culd be started wid our keys too.Nirmal who culdnt differentiate between his black scooty and his blue one was himself clueless abt how he culd have possibly done so.We were thankful to Mark that he didnt filed a police complaint till then or we culd have spent our final sem at goa itself.The final words of mark after he got his scooty summed it all " i thought only Europians r crazy".

These turnaround of events finally brought our smile back and we spent no time to rush for having some much deserved food. But our ordeal was not over yet as we fund out that food near the beach was extremely costly and then we had to find good enough restaurant which culd fit our budget.we finally found 1 andate like anything .Then we went for some shopping and thr also nirmal left the bike's keys making this day truly forgetable for him.frm thr we went to have some troll at the beach and get the first feel of wat it is like to be on the most happening beach of india.wat separates these goa beaches frm the rest in india was the kind of environment and presence of crowed here.so many ppl from all over the world just flock to this part of india to have that special feeling of 1 candle-lit dinner wid the view of sands moving on waves' command ,music being played everywhere and live English Premiere League matches shown on big screens.we let ourself get loose in this place of fun and njoy the ambience to the core.it became a fateful day of my life too as i tried my first ever hard drink thr.i looked down at the menu and found Goa special "pheny" to be the cheapest 1.and the very 1st drink of my life was so bitter that no1 culd finish it.then i took 1 sip frm every1 else's glass and proudly lost my drinks virginity.We quietly left for sleep after the end of an eventfulevents.

day 2 at goa and we were all up by 8 in the morning( too difficult for us wen we have classes at 8) .me and sandy went to the beach to have that fresh aroma of air around the beach and see the sun shedding its 1st light on the sea-water.the feeling itself was damn exciting and we culdnt wait to experience those nerve-wrecking water sports.we settled for the package of 500 bucks each and one by one went for water scooter.riding this scooter was a bit too less for satisfaction as the ride ended bfore we can truly njoy the speed of scooter and thrust of water coming out of it.Then it was time for para-sailing.and nirmal again started showing all his bravery and nakhras.we had to convince him a lot that its totally safe then only he went wid us.we were supplied wid the life-jacket and all the safety materials bfore we were sent up in air.and i tell u the feeling up thr was an eperience in itself.the view of the sea frm such a distance was something 1 would wish to capture in his eyes forever.But the most breathtaking water sports called Banana ride was just waiting for us.nirmal as expected clearly cleared himself away and decided to better rest at the shore.we all went for it and at the mid of the sea they wid a sudden rush dropped us all frm the banana boat.This sudden fall at that place in sea where nothign was visible except water and no land thr to stand firm is an experience to be felt only and its difficult to describe in words.but it did create so much panic in ishaan and in this situation he caught hold of karan inside water and neither he was trying to come up nor letting him get up.His funny panicky face was thr to be seen and loads of gaalis hurled on to him by karan wen they did come out.we paid 100 bucks xtra and went for 1 more banana ride.these water sports were 1ce in a lifetime experience and it wuld have been foolish to miss them.

Done wid it , we felt its time to eat.the funny thing of being in goa and a will to experience everything as well as the cost of food thr made us eat just 1ce in a day.so after all day of non-sop fun we used to get so hungry that we just culdnt wait to get on wid watever we used to get thr.......and i dont rem myself eating anything else than chicken(putting every concern of put flu on bay).after recharging our gears we were again on our bikes and it was time to see Fort aguada of dil chahta hai fame.this fort was kind of myserious as we culdnt figure out as for wat purpose it was made,but the view of sea frm the walls of the historical fort was like some hollywood movie stuff.then it was time for our own version of dil chata hai as we shooted our own spoof on that famous special scene still etched in our memories.Frm thr we went to squirm beach and the view of the sea got better this time and the blow of kool wind wid the sight of sun set ,every1 seemed to be lost in this beauty of nature. Now we decided to see other beaches of goa and increase
our count of no. of beaches visited.we went for anjuna beach famous for its nightlife and parties.we moved and kept on moving as it was too far away frm our expectations and after reaching thr we didnt find even a bit of any of the happening parties or anything of that sort.Instead we culdnt find our way back frm the beach as the only way we came frm was blocked by so many dogs who were waiting to tear us apart if we moved closer to them.we finally had to beg 1 restaurantwala to let us pass frm its kitchen.This dissapointment was short lived as on our way back we found a Go-Karting track and went thr.1st sandy and karan tried and they were really driving too well on the track.then we all decided to go for it and it was indeed quite a fun except the thing that sandy got his elbows burnt as he put his hands on the heated engine.we spent the eve at our very own and till now familiour bagha beach wid every1 again getting a
feel of those high branded low cost drinks which r exclusively available in goa only.

Day 3 and it was time to see the velha goa (old goa) which is full of some eye-catching churches standing firm thr from so many years.it was a different feeling alltogether visiting these age old churches and it was no-doubt boring for some of us specially sandy who instead called for a go at another round of banana ride rather than getting bored thr.We decided to go to another Fort known as Fort Chaupada.This was at a certaing height frm the sea and was enough for two super charged bravos of our grp--- sandy and ishaan(pritam) to go to the topmost point of that place and frm thr they took all the risks of going down to the sea beach ignoring all those slip of feet they went thru.wen they came up they were all drenched and pritam regretted getting blown in emotion seeing sandy.We decided to make this last night at goa a truly memorable 1 and bought a 750 ml vodka called fuel as karan adviced.jadu took a tiny bottle of wine costing 80 bucks to gift it to his rumys.And that was 1 hell of a night wid every1 except sandy and jaadu getting high and showed their sentiments towards our frndship and coll life.it was nikhil specially who culdnt control himself and went on saying abt our end of stay at coll.Time to pack our backs and get back to coll but it was not over yet for ishaan as he was so drunk that he refused to go and we had to somehow take him to station. thr were more funny things to be mentioned such as goa bun,police checking of liquors on the train wid a bottle of vodka right on the top inside nirmal's bag and that round goa hat that hung all the time frm the nirmal's seat and me and pritam singing typical bollywood songs at 2 in the night in the train.All this made it a journey of a lifetime and a dream come true in every sense.Nirmal landed in BBSR wid his ROUND GOA HAT on and 1 special line " BACK TO SHIT (kiit)".