Ocean makes u think depth... it makes u think vastness... power .. and might... it gets u to introspect.... and sparks thots that may have never existed before...
...waves as high as you.. a few meters ahead of u... on a early goa morning... u wake up... and walk on the beach... even before u are concious.. the ocean and the sand has already hugged your feet and grabbed your shapeless thots... u see an old big ship anchored in the middle of the waves... holding grounds as if it was built into the sea....
a beach cafe... that serves old monk and ur favorite smoke.... no one in sight.. except the vast, slightly violent ocean... the stretch of the beach ending into greens, trees and a fort on one end, and ocean till the horizon at the other...
u talk of life, physics, beauty and danger... and wonder how beauty and danger both have a strange pull... beauty is dangerous! or is danger beautiful!? .... the ocean is a surprising mix of both...
[ this was a 7 am walk from Candolim beach, ending near Aguada fort. We almost gatecrashed into the Taj from the ocean facing end. The waves were hitting the walls and we walked though them :). the cafe is in palm beach resort ]
is it a house? ... someone sure lives here?! ... hey look there... lovely collection of books this guy got here.. all those deliciously strange old books that u only get to read from a similar delicious strange old library.. but never get to buy!!! and look here... an entire room full of the latest best seller stuff....
u realise this nice homely place is a bookshop.. of course.. a residence converted into a bookshop.... sit here for as long as u want ... order some nice homemade cheese sandwiches and kokum juice and bury urself for hours into those lovely pages and smell of old books... one of the best places I have visited...
[ this was Literatti... the book shop.... on the way from Candolim towards Baga beach ]
the afternoon starts with purchase of some goan clothes.. printed bright shirt and shorts.. a hat and an OM kurta... well equipped , u cross the regular tito’s and end up at britto’s :)... at the beach...
a lil food and a few drinks later u realise the sun setting .... they got candle like stuff they place on ur tables...
u r on the first table facin the sea.... and u sip ur drink with the most extreme relaxation u cud ever feel... u talk in breaks and pauses... relishing every second for almost 5 minutes.... life is peaceful... slow and right!
[ this was Britto’s at Baga Beach ]
another morning... another sleepy eyed mind... another short walk towards the sands... and here u have a cup of tea after the ocean winds have woken u up... of course a few dog foot marks on the sand dont hurt the eyes much... but try not lookin at a the dogs bein overtly playful at this early an hour...
a dip in the sea to tick mark that ’u had a dip in the sea’ ....and u move back to relaxing, living moments and living slowly...
oh! was that a dolphin u saw jumpin out of the ocean 30 meters ahead!!!?!? :)
[ this was Palolem Beach, and on it an otherwise neat and lovely beach resort called San Fransisco..they have an amazing speed of getting food... seems like they outsource each meal straight from San Francisco :) ]
a secluded beach.... there are very few things of more value that a long evening spent here... enering into the night... and entering deeper into ur own thoughts....
a setting sun and a rising realisation of something that u always knew existed... answeres to long forgotten questions!!
[ this was the Palolem Beach end in intercontinental the grand resort territory. No Dogs ]
A few things to conclude... the airport is small but kinda cute... and clean... beaches sure are lovely... clean and lovely... the pace of the place is a pleasure in itself... I personaly don like crowds.. so off season is preferred... and of course everything is much cheaper ;) ....
am sure in love with goa!