NAME:

SHREYASS.
SALGAONKAR

CLASS:
FYBA

DI
V:B

ROLL.
NO:
1357

SUBJECT:
FOUNDATI
ONCOURSE

TOPI
C:TRAVELBLOG

SEMESTER1

ACADEMI
CYEAR-2019-
20

(
Wor
ds2532)

TRAVELBLOG

MYGOATRI
P:

Recenetl
yihav evi
si
ted Goa wi
th myschoolf
ri
ends,and wi
th mycol
l
ege
fr
iends.
Itwoul
dbegr
eattoshar
emyexper
iencewi
thyou.

Goai
ssomethi
ngwhi
chIal wayswantedtovi
sitandexpl
oret
henat
urei
nGoa.
It
wasapr
epl
annedt
ri
p.IspentoneweekinGoa.

Itwast hattimeofy earwhenmyFacebooknewsf eedwasl oadedwi t

ht r
avel
stori
esfrom LadakhandNor ther
nr egions.Whent hewholepopul ati
onofDel hi
,
Punjab,andadjoini
ngar easseem tocr owdt heNort
hernhil
ls,andt r
ustmeany
beauti
fullandscapebecomesugl ywhenf lockedwithhumanbei ngs,Ithought
aboutgoingsomewher eoffbeat.Apl acewher enotmanypeopl etendtopaya
visi
tinthi
sseason.Somepl acet hatispeacef ulandawayfrom thehust l
ebustle
ofthecity.Thenmybr ai
nst r
uckwi t
hl i
ghtening,andIgott
hei deaoft heul
ti
mat e
toGoat ri
p.
BecausetheManalit
oLadakhroadtr
iphadgottoomainstr
eam,I
,al
ongwit
ha
bunchofmyf r
iendsdecidedtogoforsomet
hingext
raordi
nar
y.Goi
ngfort
his
advent
urewasonmybucketl i
stsi
nceIhadseenDi lChahtaHai
.Andthis
advent
urewasseri
ouslywort
hit
.

Mumbai
toGoa:

Ourpl anwastohir
eaself
-dr
ivecarfrom Mumbaianddr i
veittoGoa.So, af
tera
thoroughGooglesear
chofself-
dri
verent
als,wedecidedtoavailtheserv
icesof
My Chiozecar
s,theywer
eof fer
ingthebestpriceandunl i
mitedkilomet
ersfor
dri
ving. WebookedanInnova,whichwaseffi
cientandeconomical.

Ther
ear
etwor
out
est
oreachGoaf
rom Mumbai
:

1.TheBombayGoaHi
ghwayv
iaNH66(
Panv
el-
Khed-
Chi
plun-
Sawant
wadi
-Goa)

Di
stance:
577ki
l
omet
ers

Ti
me:
12-
15hour
snonst
op

Pros:Amazingsceni cbeaut
yalongtheway,fr
om thebeginningt i
l
ltheend.The
roadi sful
lofthel ushgreener
yofcoconuttrees,paddyfields,andarecanut
plantat
ion,
alongwithbeautif
ulhi
ll
sthatsav
oryoursoul.Thi
sr outehasveryfew
toll
sandaney eful
ofsights.

Cons:Ext
remel
ywi
ndi
ngthr
oughtheWesternGhat
s.Andtheroadsbecomev er
y
danger
ousduri
ngt
hemonsoonseason;
thi
soneismypersonalexper
ience.

MyTip:Thisrout
eisperfectfort
hosewhowanttohaveanadrenal
inerushon
theway.Thedri
vermustbeexcell
enti
ndr
ivi
ngthr
oughhi
ll
sbecausethi
srouteis
notapieceofcake.Somet i
mest her
oadbecamesonarrow t
hattwov ehi
cles
wereunabletopasssi mul
taneousl
y.Andont
opoft
hat
,wewer
emetwi
th
cont
inuousdownpoural
ongtheway .

2. Mumbai
toGoav
iaNH4(
Mumbai
-Pune-
Sat
ara-
Kohl
apur
-Bel
gaum-
Goa)

Di
stance:
590ki
l
omet
ers

Ti
me:
11hour
snonst
op

Pros:The j
ourneystart
s on Mumbai-
Pune ex
presswaywhich isin a great
condi
ti
onandal l
owsy outodr
ivesmoothl
yforafew hundr
edkilometer
s.Inall
thi
srout
eissuperbandnotsodanger
ous,wi
thtr
aff
icply
ingatal
ltimes.

Cons:
Ther
ear
eal
otoft
oll
sont
hisr
oad.I
tisl
ongert
hant
hef
ir
str
out
e.

MyTip:Optfort
hisrout
eifyouhav emoti
onsickness.Thesmoothandst r
aight
hi
ghwayisbestf
orthosewhol ovetodr
ivewit
houtanydiffi
cul
ti
es.Thebestpart
oft
hiscour
secomesatt heendifyoust
artf
rom Mumbai .

MyGl
ori
ousJour
ney
:

I
nMumbai earl
yinthemor ningandwerewelcomedbyunavai
labi
li
tyofroomsfor
afew hourst ochangeandf reshenup.Butsinceweareabunchofcr eat
ive
mindedpeople,wehoppedi ntoMcDonaldswherewechanged,fr
eshenedupand
hadat ummyf ullofbreakfast.Byaft
ernoon,weweredonewi t
hallformal
it
ies
andreadyt
ohi ttheroads.

Webi dgoodbyet otheMumbaisky li

nebehindusandl ookedf orwardtothe
emerginghi
ll
sthatl
ookedquietandcal
mfrom adist
ance.Becausewewant edto
experi
enceboththeroadsandthetri
p,westart
edourjourneybyfir
strout
e.Our
fi
rstpi
tst
opwasnearI magi
catohavetheeverpopul
ar"VadaPao".Thespicyand
t
angytaste,al
ongwit
hsof
ttext
ureoft
hebr
eadmadeourt
ast
ebudshav
ea
r
oll
ercoasterr
ide.

Afterthisdeli
cioussnacks,weheadedf orwardagain.Ourt ar
getwast oreach
Goaby9or10atni ght.Howev er
,thefr
equencyatwhi chwest oppedatev er
y
possible pl
ace in ordert o cli
ckphotographs,i
tseemed har dtoreach our
desti
nationevenbymi dnight.Butthest
opswer eworthit.Thesurr
oundingsand
roadsaresobeaut ifulthatyouwoul dwanttocaptur
eitfrom ever
yanglebutthe
effor
twoul dgoi nvainbecausesuchi mmaculatebeautycannotbecapturedina
camer a.

Throutei sbreat
htaki
ng,andther
ei snodoubtont hat.Thehil
lswereador ned
wit
hv ari
ousshadesofgr eenandtheroadsideswerelinedwithpaddyfiel
dsand
coconuttrees.Aswemov edfur
thertheWest ernGhat swer ewaiti
ngf orus.
Therewasamomentwhenwewer edr i
vi
ngundert hesunnyskyandaswe
mov edhighertheskysoonbecamebl anketedwithdar kgreycl
oudsandi ttook
notimet oshoweruswi thheavyrai
n.Thatr ai
nfal
lwassomucht hati
tgott oo
di
ffi
cultt
odr i
ve.

Well,
thi
ssit
uati
onconti
nuedwithusforther
estofourjour
ney.Someti
me, i
twas
cl
earandnor ai
nandthenwithi
nafewmoment sthedownpourwoulddrenchus
al
l.Butinev
erycir
cumstancewelovedtheweather;
youdonotseesomuchr ai
n
i
nDel hi
anymore.

Theoncoming WesternGhat sweremarked byasignboar

dt hatsaid"Ghat
Prar
ambh"andthenweent eredt
hemagicalpat
hwhichwasgoingtotakeuson
arol
ler
coast
err
idethroughthemagni
fi
centvi
ewsandwindi
ngroads.

Theraindroppeddownt odr i
zzl
eandIr oll
eddownmywi ndow.Thecoolwi nd
sweptmyhai rawayandfil
ledthecar.Therewasnoneedf orAC.Ipeekedoutof
thewindow andl ett
helit
tlerai
ndropst ouchmyf ace.Thehappinessofthat
momenti sindef
inabl
e.It
houghtthatnothi
ngcouldbebetterthant
hisplaceand
thi
sverymoment .Thi
siswhatIneedi nmyl i
fe:
pur
it
y,simpli
cit
yandinnerj
oy.
Theroadtwist
edandt ur
nedthroughtheGhat
sandoneofmyf ri
endsgotmotion
si
ckness.Howev er
,ever
ysucht urnlef
tmeawest r
uckwi thhebeautythatthe
nat
urebeheld.Ididnotwanttogoawayf rom t
hatplace.Smallpuf
fsofclouds
weredri
ft
ingaroundusandallIwantedwasmylif
etost opthenandther
e.

Thedif
fi
cul
tyleveloft
hisr
outei
shi gh,
anditf
ail
sthoseofHi
machal
Pradeshbut
i
tsbeautywil
lcompensatefori
t.Youwouldnotevenwanttobl
i
nkaneyesonot
tomissanysi
ght .

Wehadl unchatl ateafternoonaf t

erweexi t
edt heGhats.Thedhabasint hestate
actuall
ycl osedownaf terluncht i
me.Al lyouwoul dgetduring4or5i nt he
eveningispakodasandsomesnackswi thtea.Luckil
ywef oundarestaurantthat
hadact ualfoodt oof f
er.Int herewehadt hetruetasteofSouthIndi
anf ood.The
di
sheswer eli
psmacki nganddel i
cious.Theownerof f
eredmet ot r
yat y
pical
dri
nkoft heirstatecalled" Sulghi
ri
"whi chisabl endofcoconutmi l
k,tamar ind
andaf ewmor eingredients.Thedr i
nkist angyt otasteandIlovedthesourand
sweetf l
av or.

Theeveni
ngagaincal l
edupl otsofr ai
nandwehadt odri
vecautiousl
y.By
midni
ghtwereachedthetollt
oentergoaandsi
ghedabr
eathofrel
i
ef.Theroad
seemednever
endingbuttheadvent
urewaswort
hourt
imeandeff
orts.

Iwouldadv i
seev er
ytrav
ell
overt
otakethi
stri
patleastoncei
nthei
rli
fe.You
mustt r
aveltheseroadsify
ouwanttohaveat ast
eofnatureati
tsbest.Thi
s
experi
enceisetchedinmymemoryfor
ever
,anditi
snotsomethi
ngyoucanhave
againandagain.

Aft
erreachi
ngGoa,wedi rect
lygettoourHotelr
ooms.andever
yonegett
ing
fr
eshenupforourTr
ip.Andgett
ingr
eadyt
ovisi
tsomeFamouspl
acesinGoa.

Pl
acesweVi
si
ted:

1.
Cansual
i
m Beach
Asour1stspotwasCansual
i
m Beach.

TheCansual i
m beachisashar ingboundar i
eswi t
ht hesecondl ongestbeach
stretch.Adornedwithfr
ingedpalmt r
eesandgoldensands,thisi dy
lli
cbeachi s
knownf oritsabundancei nwaterspor tact
ivi
ti
es.Adjoi
nedwi tht heArossim
beach,t hisbeach isusuallyconsidered a haven f
orthe adv ent
urejunkies.
Visitorscomeandr el
axalongthecoastwhi l
esomecanbeseent aki
ngsunbathe
orenj oyi
ngpicni
cundert hesun.Apartfrom t
hatthereist
heSt .ThomasChur ch
whi chthevisi
tor
scanv i
siti
nthev i
cini
ty.

Ti
mings:
6AM-
9PM

Near
byAt
tract
ions:
Chur
chofSt
.Anne,
Shant
aDur
gaTempl
e,Bi
gFootmuseum

2.
Hal
l
otbeach
Locatedatt hewestcoastofI ndia,
Hollantbeachi ssmal lyetasur r
ealatt
racti
on
whichonecannotmi ss.Surr
oundedbyl ush- greener
yandt ropicalplants,this
beachi sknownf orit
sexot i
clocat
ionwhi chmakesagr eatcoast allocat
ionf or
thev i
sitor
s.Thebeach of f
ersa spotf orv ari
ouswat erspor tact ivi
ti
esl ike
Kayakingfori tsv i
sit
ors.Alongwithitspanor amicbeaut y,t
hisbeachat tracts
visi
tor
st oex per
iencear ideonakay akovert hecalm wat er
s.Locat edjust7kms
from t
heVascoci ty
,thisbeachcanbeaser eneescapef orthet r
av el
ers.

Thi
ngst
odoont
hebeach:
Swi
mmi
ng,
Kay
aki
ng

3.Vel
saoBeach
Spreadacrossanareaof20km oft hecoast
li
neofGoa,t hi
sbeachi scover
ed
wit
hgl i
tt
eri
ngsandwhi chmakesi toneofthebestplacestov i
sitinVascoDa
Gama.Thi spartofthest ateattr
actsmanyt ouri
ststhr
oughoutt heyearwho
comet oenjoythecoastalbeautyofthepanoramicbeach.Withlesscrowdand
surr
ealbeautyt
oadmi r
e, t
hisbeachmakesani deall
ocati
onforpeoplewhowant
tospendsomer el
axi
ngt i
meacr ossthebeach.

Thi
ngst
odoont
hebeach:
Jetski
i
ng,
bananaboatr
ide

Suggest
edRead:16My
sti
calTempl
esI
nGoaThatAr
eA Per
fectPi
l
gri
mage
Getaway
4.Kesar
val
Wat
erf
all
s
Anothernaturespar adiset
oexplorewhil
einVascoDaGamai sthisKesarv
al
waterf
all
s.Locat edatQuelossi
mr egi
onofGoa,thiswat
erf
alli
sconsider
edas
oneofthemesmer izi
ngoneinthestat
e.Peopl
ewhowanttogof orswimmingor
anyotherwat eractivi
ti
escanvi
sitthi
satt
ract
ionandenj
oyagreattimeamidst
nat
uresfinestviews.

Locat
ion:
Quel
ossi
m,Goa403710

5.Sahakar
iSpi
ceFar
m
Takeawalkt hroughthespicelanesbyv i
sit
ingtheSahakar iSpi
cefarm whichis
oneoftheuni queyetfascinat
ingplacestov i
si
tinVascoDaGama.Si tuat
edat
thePondaregionofGoa, t
hisspicegardenisspreadacr ossaregi
onof135acr e.
Richwit
hplantati
onsoforganicall
ygrownspices,fr
uitsandherbs,onecantakea
complet
eguidedt ouroft hisplace.Apar
tfrom this,thespicefarmist heonly
placewher
eonecangetanex peri
enceofbathi
nganel ephant.

Locat
ion:
Pondabel
gaum Hi
ghway
,Cur
ti
,Ponda,
Goa403001

Ti
mings:
9:30AM — 4:
30PM

6.Nav
alAv
iat
ionMuseum
ThisisI ndi
as one and onl y Nav almuseum whi ch isl ocated at the
Vasco-Bogmalor oad hardly6kmsawayf rom t he portofVasco Da Gama.
Establ
i
shedi n1998,thi
smuseum i soneofi
tsownki ndsinAsiaandholdsitown
i
mpor t
ance.Thismuseum showcasest hefi
ghteraircr
aftsandot herweaponry
l
ikethetorpedoes,anti
-shi
pmissi
lesandwarheads.

7.Thr
eeKi
ngsChur
ch

Justasy
ouwi
l
lst
epatt
hischur
ch,i
tssur
roundi
ngswi
l
lgi
vey
ouaspookyv
ibe.
Offi
ciall
ycalledOurLadyofRemedi osChapel ,t
hisisoneofthehauntedplaces
tovisiti
nVascoDaGama.Rest i
ngatt hehil
lt
opoft heCuel
im hul
l
,thischurch
wasbui ltbyFrGonzaloCarvalhoSJin1599.Locat edneart
heCansauli
m beach,
thi
schur chi sarefr
eshingbreakafterstrol
l
ingalongthecoast
s.Everyyearon
January6t h,agrandfeastofThreekingschapelishostedt
ocommemor at
et he
epi
phanyoft het
hreekings.

8.St
.Andr
ewsChur
ch

St.Andrewschurchwasbui l
tin1570wi t
hagr andcel ebrat
ion,butlateritwas
destr
oyedbyAdi lShahssoldiersin1578.I nt hepr esentweseeanar chitect
ural
bl
endwhi chwasdoneov erthey ear s,si
nce1594.Thechur chrepresentsthe
Neo-Gothi
c st
yle ofar chi
tecture and int he recenty earst her
e wer e many
i
nclusi
onsandexcl usi
onsl i
ket hel ongext endedpr ay
erhallsi n2012.On30t h
Novemberofev eryyearthelocalsofVasco- Da-Gamacel ebr
atesthefeastofSt .
Andrewwheretheyr ej
oiceandcomet oget
hert oenj oy.

9.Shr
iRamnat
hTempl
e
AlsoknownasRamnat hi,t
hisanci
enttempleisdedicatedtot hefi
v edeit
ies-Lord
Rama, LakshmiNar
ay an,LordGanesh,Kamakshi,ShanteriandBet al&Kal bhai
rav.
Thisisa450- y
earoldt emplewhi chholdsagr eatreli
giousi mportancef orthe
GowdaSar aswatBrahmi ns.I
nit
ial
l
ylocatedatSalcete,thi
stempl ewasr elocated
atthepresentl
ocat
ionint he16thcentur
ytosavet heidolsfrom Por t
uguese.

Locat
ion:
Ramnat
him,
Ponda,
Goa403401.
10.
BagaBeach
Bagabeachi soneofGoasmostpopul arbeaches.I
tisbetweent heBagaRi veri
n
the nort
h and Calangute beach i
nt he south.The Baga-Calangute-Candolim
stret
chisoneoft helongestsandyshor esinGoa,andat tractst housandsof
touri
stsi
npeakseason.Bagai s17.
3ki l
ometersfr
om Panaji
,thest atecapitalvi
a
theNH66andChogm Road.Ther eareplent
yofbeachshacks, coff
eebar s,
clubs,
shops,streetfoodv endors,andwat ersport
sact i
vit
iestochoosef rom.The
beachispopularfori
tsnightl
if
etoo.
Ther
earemanywaterspor
tsacti
vit
iesher
e.Youcanchoosefr
om bananaboat
s,
bumperboat
s,wat
erscoot
er,
jetski
ing,
dolphi
ncr
uises,
andparasai
l
ing.
Ther
ear
ealsomanytatt
oo,t
arotandpal
mistr
yshops.Youwi
l
lfi
ndshopsl
i
ke
t
heAromaThaiDaySpaandCaféCoff
eeDay.
Thebeachi sli
nedwi t
hsundecks,rest
aur
ants,shops,shacksli
keZanzi
bar
,
Mari
n,Si
lverSand,Caf
éBlueMoon,Bi
stro,
Bri
tt
os,St.Ant
hony'
s,andmore.
11.
Vel
saoBeach

Vel
saobeac
hi nsout
hGoai sabout25kmsfrom Panj
i
ma ndisloc
ate
dbetween
Bog
ma l
oandCol
vabeache
s.T
hishi
ddeng
emhasbeaut
if
ulnat
ura
lsc
ener
yandt
hesa
nd
onthebeac
hi ss
oftandwhi
te.Vi
si
tthequai
ntne
ighbor
ingv i
l
lag
esa
ndt a
kealookat
theli
vesofloca
ls.The
rear
eaf ewaccommodat
ionoptionsatnear
bybeac
he sof
Major
daandColva.

Velsaobe achisals
oc onsi
deredas torehouseofna t
uraltr
e a
sures.Thepur eai
ront he
beach,t hecoolbreezesandthewa rm waterscre
ateape rfectbackdropforapict
ur e
.
Eventhes a
ndsseemt obeck
ont hetourist
sforawa l
k.Thea mbiencede vel
opedhereis
i
dea lfora nunparall
elhol
iday.Youc anunwi nd,rel
axa ndrejuve
na teyourse
lfher
ei n
thelapofna t
urea ttheVelsaobeachwhi chiswa yfrom thema ddingcrowd.Youwi ll
rel
isht heswe et
nessofs i
mplic
it
yi ne a
c haspectofli
fewi t
ht hefir
stha ndexper
ience
withther ural
li
fehe r
e.

AndVe l
saoBe
achwa
sourla
stdes
ti
nati
onoft
hisGoaT
rip,
thiswa st
heoneofbes
tTri
p
Ieverdonewi
thmyf
ri
ends.Anda
fte
r,Werea
chedMumba iS
a f
elyandhadawonder
ful
Jour
ney.