So ya, the next morning I was literally up at the crack of the dawn because some stupid ass roster was doing its thing. I look outside and its dark, look over the other side and James boy is fast asleep so I try to snuggle back to dream land but the birds and bees had ganged up against me and make that a very difficult task. I finally gave up and figured I might as well catch up on some reading or take a walk, and let me tell you this, I think it’s a good experience to wake up at unearthly hours atleast once a year and watch the sun come up. I spent most of the morning reading and walking around Anjuna and then settled down at Munchies for a nice breakfast. Finally James stirred around noon and after a lot of this and that we managed to head out to Baga beach around 2pm. Once again I was in a state of awe when we reached baga beach..WOW ! I quickly asked a local kiddo where we can para sail and after showing James the intricacies of haggling we were all set to fly the skies. After almost drowning into the sea while trying to jump from the small boat to the big boat I was having doubts abt letting myself go up. But go I did, and man was it fun! Its one of those truly free feelings even though you are safely held by that industrial grade harness. I was a tad disappointed when my feet touched the wood of the boat although I was slightly queasy coz of all the movement. After safely making it back to the shore without any ‘accidents’, we went along to find those super fast jet skis we’d seen zooming around. Didn’t really haggle with the guy who had the 1200cc jet ski’s coz he was really cute and we really wanted to get on those mean machines. Oh the thrill of zooming across the rough seas and being thrown up and down by the lethal waves was something that I can express with words, but now I know why people are all for adventure sports. The guy who was with me was very sweet and even let me ride the bike for a minute or so once we were in deep waters, and I felt like I owned the sea at that moment !
So after all that blood soaring zooming around, we met up with Brr (who was pissed coz he was waiting for us for an hour) and ate and chit chatted at Britto’s. We made plans for the night to go to Hill Top, which was just ok. I expected more from my first “Rave party”, but I bought glow sticks nevertheless. We were there with some other travelers that James picked up somewhere along the way ( he picks up people like people pick up stray puppies) and had a decent time at hill top. But I eventually got tired of finding everyone who kept getting lost and was ready to hit the sack. Brr and me headed back and were lazing around and talking when James came back as well. So we spent a couple hours pulling each others leg and me listening to these two engaging in some pretty disgusting guy talk.
Started off the new year by heading out to Old Goa to catch some more sights and take in the lovely ride from Panjim to Old Goa. The highlight of the day was this small little place on the way looking over the river where we stopped for lunch on our way back. It was the perfect way to end an amazing vacation, lovely view and great conversation and a chilled beer ! We headed back to Anjuna but not before stopping at the Tibetian market at Baga to look at some junk, didn’t buy anything but I was pretty ticked off at the way they inflate the price of every little thing. A keychain for 200Rs was what killed my enthusiasm to bargain !!
There were many instances on this trip when I was so overcome by the beauty or the serenity of the place that I didn’t know if I should be happy or sad. It was totally overwhelming to be surrounded by so much beauty, and after a long long time I felt at peace with myself. If not completely, atleast I was getting there. The whole experience of not expecting anything from anyone ( like expecting ex to come and meet me ) and just doing what YOU wanted was a liberating experience. It helped the healing process of not being hung up on Ex and I think I am more comfortable about talking to him now than I was before the trip.
The ride back to Bombay was too great, but I made up for it but not going to work the day I reached and catching up on lost sleep and hearing my mom grumble about my tan.
Oh right, you’ll are waiting for my New Year Resolution …ok here it is….umm…actually I have given up making resolutions since I don’t follow them for even an hour. But yea, I do hope I have a year full of happiness, love and everything else I would want at any point in the year .
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