Television Trip - Day3

haa!! The day end was quite exciting....

Morning:

Got up, did things, and set out to soak the morning of the port area. My first morning by the sea. A wonderful sunny day it was! The cows idling on the road made a nice scene of the Konkan morning!

At the Port met a cute Swiss couple - David n Nicole. These guys had come from Mumbai - cycling! Exciting!.Panvel read 512 KMs from the Vengurla port :). Quite a ride it must have been. We gossiped for a while at the port and then headed to Vengurla market in search of a Petrol Pump. David wanted to clean his chain off the sand and dust. Was fun cycling around with no load...just a casual ride thru the market area. And to mention Nicole won by a huge margin in the number of "Hellos" she got from the local guys on the streets. "Hello", "Hello, where going" , "Hello"....o man...but she was enjoying every bit of the attention. David also did great in bagging as many Hellos but poor me......not a single "Hello" :D. Anyways...On the way had "Misal Paav" and "Vada Paav" for breakfast and finally got to a petrol pump. These guys there do not seem to sell any petrol less than 1L. But he understood the need and gave some loose - 100ML.

Been there, ate that, got that, rode back. Bid goodbye and best wishes to each other and I was back at the guesthouse. Packed up It was already 11AM so it was going to be a hot day ahead. "Television" back in place.

Captured some more of the beach in front and back on the seat thru the same market area. Today was a day to touch Goa. Asking directions going was good but that upslope right after Vengurla was a sucker! I could fill a bucket with the sweating! :) However, the road was beautiful with a short glimpse of the sea waters thru the trees on the right so enjoyed it. Amit, guesthouse guy, had told me about a Ganapati at Reddi on the way - before Terekhol. It sounded interesting so added it in my route tho it was a little off the track, which means riding inside and then coming back to continue for Goa. After some more sweating reached Reddi. The road thru the Reddi village was soo very typical of Konkan - very small, tar road with "kaularu" houses on both sides, silence, a very small shop at some corner, the ubiquitous coconut trees, humid - peaceful. A couple of KMs thru that village took me to a red-soil area near the shores. So there it was. The architecture wasn't that great as I had expected - BIG and Unique said Amit, nevertheless later got to know this is an "EFFECTIVE" Ganapati so no wonder why it was so crowded there :). So, asked Shri Ganesh to put some brain cells in my upper compartment("Deva mala buddhi de" hee hee hee hee) and retraced the route back to the main road towards Terekhol where my first Ferry Transfer was to take me to GO GO GO GOA!!!!!!! Well, it was just a short ferry trip over a river/lagoon whatever. But shud mention that I was looking forward to ride into to a boat and then ride out at the other end. I did and it was fun. And FREE! That surprised me, or I was too quick to get out of the boat for the guys to ask money from me.. hee hee...nope.....it IS free, I confirmed that at another instance of such a ferry transfer in Goa later.

Landing in Goa was one different feeling......yeah...Goa! It is different. Suddenly the traffic scene changes - lots of bikes with rowdy westerner nuts (some are good tho) with more number of motor repairing and cold drink centers. Passed Arambol village , dropped Arambol beach as it was sunset time already and after a short talk at a shop had decided to see the sunset at Morgim beach which was a couple of KMs from there. The route was nice, gentle slopes with sun setting, and a beautiful beach on the right side. The coconut trees added the much familiar Goa scene to the moment.

And there I was..... reached Morgim beach just in time to capture this simple but beautiful sunset. This was while I being busy talking to people to find out a good place to camp. Heck! Same mixed responses but hey remember that Let-Positive-Win solution I had devised? and I camped on the beach amidst the protection of the fishermen boats and huts!! :) Had to take caution on where to camp as I had heard of some lunatics trying to snatch things if found alone and given a chance. But no one bothered me throughout my stay. Sweaty day with no bath does help. hee hee.

Hooked up the tent on the sand, refreshed at the near by really nice hut restaurant and was ready to relax now. It was already dinner time so secured the tent with cycle inside and headed to the hotel for a wonderful Candle Light dinner. Eating had Onion Pakoda, Gobu Manchurian, Tomato Soup and finally ended with veg Pulao. All tasted delicious for a hungry lad. Though a little strange combination of choice but thoroughly enjoyed it on the tunes of The Beatles that hotel guy was playing. All this really took me high! :) .

We all live in a Yellow Submarine,
Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine

We all live in a Yellow Submarine,
Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine

What a peaceful night!!! Aaaha!

Camping on beaches is indeed an awesome experience. I loved it!
A sweaty day ended on a cool night with a crescent setting in the distant over the sea line with the sounds of the waves hitting the rocks. It was "A Moment", dude! Had started loving GOA, yeah! :)

At night the nearing high tide water sound did wake me up and tried to scare me of a possible floating camp site but the tiredness took me back to sound sleep.