Goa! The party capital of India.
Everyone would agree to this!I am not a party person, yet have been to goa 4 times and have loved every bit of it!
The only difference this time was, i did fly solo! ok. wait. well. yeah!
So let me take you to the other side of Goa, the side most peace lovers would love to explore!
I always had this wishlist, to go on a solo vacation. The bench period did help me out for this.
So basically, like most of them out there, I am a 9-5 slave working in an XYZ "MNC" to fund my dreams. This happened in the month of May when i had no work to do(#ITlife), the only thing that stopped me from taking a vacation was the scorching heat! I was browsing through my insta feed and #goa photos popped up. It was all so cloudy over there and the weather forecast predicted light showers for the coming days. What next! The next day I put the office internet to good use and booked a tatkal ticket(#achievement). DONE! Thats all I had. No hotel bookings, no itinerary, nothing. Just me and my cam <3.
The rest of the journey i will depict through photos! I dont like writing much!(My exam answer sheets are a proof!)
So i had no guts to step out of the station at that time, I did find an auto-rickshaw just outside the station, but the amount he quoted was equal to my entire vacation budget(not really!).
So instead I decided to stay back at the station till 5am. Then took a 45 mins walk to Palolem beach(it was scenic)
And the view at 6 a.m.
I quickly booked a bed in dorm(mixed dorm.you know ;) ) at Roadhouse hostels, Palolem. 399 for 2 days! wtf. Cheap and such an awesome place!
And then it was just me, my camera and goa!
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Actually, i was never alone. Always had a good company. Them! <3
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Came across this Netravali wildlife sanctuary while going through the 'must visit' places in south goa. Trust me, its not worth it. Few photos though!
Now the next place is a must must visit if you are in south goa.
You have to climb down a bit to reach this beach. Its less crowded and too beautiful. Backwaters are a big plus point to this place.
Few sunset shots to end.
Time to leave!
On the final day, I got a local bus from palolem to margao(kmt bus stand). Booked a bus from there till Mumbai at the very last moment. Had a couple of hours to spare, last few photos from margao!
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That summed up my first ever solo trip!
Solo trips are so very diiferent(in a positive way). But the sad part is when you talk about going solo, there would be a bunch of people who'll be appreciating you by heart and the rest(majority), you know FU*$%#!!!!
I would say just trust yourself, go on! (watch #dilchahtahai, #dildhadaknedo for additional confidence)
You get to learn a lot about yourself on a solo trip. You plan/manage everything on your own. Its a great learning experience.
The biggest advantage which i had was, being a hobbyist photographer, i never got time to click pictures the way i wanted to,instead, I ended up being personal photographer of the entire group :P (not complaining bhai log). This time though,I got to explore a lot and click a lot of photos the way i wanted to! :D
Trust me, all the hobbyist photographers out there! Solo trip would be the best thing to bring out the photographer in you! You will get a lot of time to think,frame and shoot as and when you want to!
So that's it. My first ever solo trip. GOA. A suugestion would be explore places during the start of off-season. This way you will end up getting cheap deals on accomodations plus it would be les crowded(more peaceful) :)
Oh wait, let me showoff myself a bit. So here's a bit of me!
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Regards,
Siddharth. Oh wait, not an office email. Sorry!
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