I started to line up the happening places in India for my summer vacation, undoubtedly Goa has topped the list. Many people see Goa as a place with beaches, pubs, casinos and some other stuff, but Goa has something which is left unrecognized is the vast spread of forests like Mhadej, Bhagwan Mahavir wildlife sanctuaries and many others that surround Goa in all the directions. We started our travel on a train from Pune to Goa, as we were approaching Goa we realized that our train was surrounded in both directions with trees and behind the trees happens to be a beach. I think this is one of the best train journeys as from the starting of our journey we were passing through different terrains like western ghats, forests etc. We reached the station by 8 am in the morning, soon after we took a cab and arrived at our villa near Baga beach which we have booked through Airbnb. Then we have rented scooters in order to capture Goa not only in our camera’s eye but also in our mind’s eye.
The first day, we covered 5 beaches in North Goa which included Candolim, Calangute, Baga, Anjuna, Vagator. The same day night we went to Delta Jack happens to be a Casino, which is basically a cruise on the river passing under the Panjim bridge. The next day, as we were done with exploring beaches in North Goa we started to explore churches in North Goa. As the number of places are less I would like to brief each place in detail.
So the first place was the Basilica of Bom Jesus Church located in the old Goa road, this happens to be the ancient church in Goa. Then we visited Church Of St.Francis Of Assisi which was adjacent to the Church that I have mentioned before. The same day night we went on a boat ride which was quite depressing. The saddest part of the entire trip is we didn’t get to do any kind of water sports since in summer season water sports will remain close in the view weather and some other problems related to tides height. My entire trip went well with some disturbances. From the staring of the trip, we enjoyed every bite of the trip. Food, culture, clothing, architecture in Goa and Portugal are somewhat identical, I think this is the influence of Portuguese living in Goa who have settled when Portuguese ruled Goa. So I will conclude by stating the negatives and positives of my trip. The positives are train journey, Casino, Goan food which includes the shrimp which we had in Calangute beach, Beef burger which we had in a Shack in Vagator beach actually beef isn’t a Goan dish but it was nice and the places which we have visited. .The negatives are the boat ride on the first day and no water sports.
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