Memorable trip to "GOA"

After a lot of planning, me and my eleven friends started our journey to the place where all the bachelors wish to visit once in a year ( Go Goa ).. We all left office at 4 to go home, pack our bags and catch the bus( the so called Airavatha ) at 7.30pm.. I reached home by 4.30 and started to pack my bag as it was getting late.. I finished my packing in 15 mins and was waiting for Kumar who had told he would come to my house and we both would leave to the bus-stand together..

Finally Kumar came and we both reached the bus-stand at 7 to be greeted by Sunil, Srinidhi, Sundeep etc.. We all sat together and waited for the rest of our friends to turn up.. They started coming one after the other.. Finally, it was Akash's turn and all of us errupted to sing the theme of Goa -

"Aakashang iste yaakide yo... nan nai nan na nai...
Hakode kasta aagide yo... nan nai nan na nai..."

This song which was started there was repeated seamlessly atleast every half hour till we finished our Goa trip..

It was then time for us to board the so called AC bus.. Then came the song again.. By this time, my dear friend Akash was trying to accept the fact that this is going to continue throughout the journey.. After an hour of chatting, it was time for most of us to take a nap.. Then suddenly i started "Aakashang iste yaakide yo..." which woke up everyone and they all started laughing.. I completed the song by singing "nan nai nan na nai..." after 10 mins as my reaction time had gone low.. Sorry Akash..

After having stopped for dinner, we all took a nice nap and when we all woke up, we were shocked to see our friend Srivatsa puking. Wonder what Kumar( who was sitting beside him all night ) did to him.. That was when the "Nusi Kumar" story started rolling..

Finally, we reached our destination - GOA at 10am, and it was time for us to go to our hotel rooms.. So, all of us started to think how we should all go there.. By bus or cab.. After having a lot of arguments, we decided to take a Qualis.. So, there were 13 people all together including the driver.. To make matters worse, we had to carry our luggages too.. Imagine 13 people in a Qualis with their huge luggages..

We reached our hotel "Anup Holiday Homes" after a tiring journey.. It was there that one more incident happened.. Madhu had lost his bag and he started to scream at us.. Then all of us went out in search of it.. Thank God, we found it.. Otherwise we all were in for a blast from him.. It was time for us to get ready and go to the Calangute Beach.. After all of us got ready, it was time for us to have lunch and head towards the beach.. We all shopped, had our lunch and walked to the beach in traditional Goa style with our hats and shades on..

We reached the beach and most of us decided to go on the Banana ride where in you will be taken in a boat around 2kms into the deep sea and then you will be in to experience the shock of your lifetime.. You will be dropped in the middle of the sea.. Then comes the fun part of it.. All of us would then run for cover and their would be a sudden rush to get onto the boat again.. The faces of my friends said it all.. To make matters worse, my friend Chethan was left behind and he had to come back all by himself..

It was time and we all left to our hotel to get fresh.. Since our hotel had a swimming pool, we all decided to plunge into the water so that we could save time.. We all then set out to have dinner and came back to the hotel and started to play cards for the rest of the night..

As the next day began, a few of us started to make plans as to what we should do today.. We decided to take a few bikes and go to the Arambol Beach.. After a long search for the bikes, we headed towards the beach on our bikes.. We had a very good time there after playing a game of Volleyball.. We decided to leave the place and it was now time for a Drag Race and as usual Akash was upto it..

We then decided it was party time and started to get ready to go to the very famous disco named "Tito's".. This was when all my friends started doing their weird hair-styles.. All set for the party, was Bharath in his very famous attire.. wearing shorts with a collared black T-shirt tucked in.. Bharath Sir, I think we were going to a disco right??

We finally reached Tito's after getting drenched in the rain and were shocked to see the board "Only couples allowed.."

So we decided to have dinner in a nearby hotel and take a stroll on the beach.. At this moment, Srinidhi and Madhu were having a private talk.. Later we came to know that they were planning to get into the disco ditching all of us.. As we had'nt had a Enne session yet, me, Chethan and Ravi decided that today was the day.. So, we all rushed to get the bottles and reached our hotel to start the much awaited Enne session.. All of us had fun boozing the whole of that night..

The next day, we had decided to shop but to our astonishment, we found that most of the shops were closed due to the occasion of Holi.. So, we then headed towards the Aquada Fort in a Swaraj Mazda.. It was a nice spot for us to take snaps.. After having spent about an hour there, it was time for us to have lunch and go out hunting for those few shops that were open as we had promised a lot of gifts to our friends.. We could'nt find anything interesting to buy except for goggles.. I pity my friend Khaleel who had to finally settle for a Ladies Hand-Bag to gift his girl friend after having found nothing interesting.. We did'nt give up even though it was raining and we were on the look out for more open shops.. After shopping, we then decided that it was time for dinner and rush to catch the train..

After settling inside the train, we started playing cards.. We played for not long than an hour and decided to take a nap.. In the morning, after we woke up, there was one more incident waiting for us.. Some Hijra's entered the train to ask for money.. When they were about to come near us, most of us including me ran for cover.. I climbed up to the top most seat and pretended to be sleeping.. Thank God I escaped.. As we all started to comment about the incident, we had almost reached the Bangalore Railway Station.. It was time for all of us to head back to our respective homes after having spent almost 3 fun-filled days together..

I thought it was now time for the final round of singing...

"Aakashang iste yaakide yo... nan nai nan na nai...
Hakode kasta aagide yo... nan nai nan na nai..."

This trip had made all of us to understand each other better.. We were a lot closer than we were before inspite of many spats and mis-understandings that we had.. I rate this trip as one of my favourites.. Looking forward to many such trips with you guys.. And gals, hope you join us next time around...

Regards,

Kishan Chandranna