Goa — Beaches, Food, Fun!
Goa is a tiny coastal state towards the southwestern coast of India. It is pretty, charming, quaint, timeless, and loads of fun. You can travel back in time on its lanes and by-lanes and go back to the Portuguese era, or you can hit the party zones by the beach and be anywhere on earth having the time of your life.
Which Goa will you choose?
On a two-day visit, I got to indulge in a bit of both and everything else in between. It is incredible how much we accomplished in two days, and yet managed to have a relaxed and laid back time.
I am usually not a fan of the ‘headless chicken syndrome’, where travelers seek to see and do as much as possible in as little time. Nope! I prefer a slow pace, soaking in the atmosphere, and letting the place seep into my pores. Since the rest of the group was like-minded, this 2 day trip worked out pretty well.
We arrived bright and early at the Dabolim Airport in Goa. A 1-hour drive past beautiful bridges and vast tracts of water brought us to the quaint town called Saligao. This is where we had booked ourselves into an old yellow painted beautiful home.
Saligao felt like we had walked into a world about 50 years ago. Tiny roads, bucket loads of greenery, an air of stillness, unhurried vehicles, all of this set the pace for us.
