Goaaaaa… a dream came true in the 2nd week of Feb 2014 as 3rd trip of this year. It is almost every Indian’s dream and mine too… which I was watching with my eyes open since last many years. But when this day was about to come I got confused with which part of Goa should I start, which one I should leave for my next visit( never know when it would be) and what should be the order so that I can explore max part of it in one single trip etc. Then I started asking Google about my queries and it replied to all my answers and helped me a lot to design my own personalized itinerary which I am going to share here with the entire world.
This itinerary is not like the usual one, does not consist
of only beaches(Goa is famous for) but everything like beaches, forts,
adventure, water sports, temples, churches, driving at the hilly terrain of Goa
to Dandeli etc. I tried to catch a glimpse of all in those 8 days of my life.
Here is a brief description about those wonderful 8 days.
Day 0 | Bangalore-Goa
Day 1 | Spent doing almost nothing
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Went to Dona Paula and had brunch.
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Boat Cruise at Mandovi River
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Plan was there to visit Mapusa Market famous as
Saturday Night Market but dropped at last minute.
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Went to Dona Paula View Point around midnight.
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Overnight at room.
Day 2 | To the top of North Goa
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Fort
Tiracol
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Querim Beach – by ferry from Tiracol Fort to Querim Beach
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Late lunch at Arambol Beach
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Arambol
Beach
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Sunset at Arambol Beach
Day 3 | Dona Paula – Dandeli (200kms ride in this day)
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Dudhsagar Waterfalls – took jeep from the Gate,
enroute visited Devil’s Canyon.
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Tambdi
Surla Temple
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Reached Dandeli after 5 hours drive.
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Overnight at Dandeli.
Day 4 | Day spent at Dandeli
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Rafting at Dandeli – adventure filled our nerves with thrill
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Syntheri Rock – midst of jungle of Dandeli
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Night Trek – nearby our camps.
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Camp
Fire
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Slept in tents.
Day 5 | Dandeli – Goa via Palolem Beach
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Route from Dandeli to Palolem was filled with
picturesque beauty.
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Mallikarjun
Temple – one of the oldest temple of Goa
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Palolem
Beach
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After having lunh went on a boat ride for
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dolphin spotting
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Monkey
Island
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Butterfly
Island
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Honeymoon
Island
Day 6 | Devoted to Churches and Temples
in Goa
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Basilica of Bom Jesus
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Chapel of St Catherine
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Archeological Museum
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Church
of St Francis of Assisi
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Se Cathedral
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Wax Museum
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Shri
Mangueshi Temple
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Shri
Mahalsa Temple
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Miramar
Beach – chowpatty of Goa
Day 7 | Theme was Water Sports today
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Reis Magos Fort – a restored fort
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Sinquerim
Beach
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Baga
Beach
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Chapora Fort – Sunset
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Movie at Inox, Panjim
Day 8 | Sightseeing for half of the day
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Aravalem
Cave
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Rudreshwara temple – on the way to Waterfalls
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Mayem
Lake
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Fort
Aguada
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Aguada Jail – now closed
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Overnight in bus – back to Bangalore .
This itinerary is not the ideal one that everyone should
follow but this is an offbeat one through this I have tried to explain my 8
days in Goa which I relished in offbeat
manner... in very brief. Being in Goa ,
spending 8 marvelous days there can not be easily described in words. Starting
early in the morning, riding bikes till late in evening or upto midnight,
stopping in between at beaches, clicking pictures at every possible point with
different angles, jumping in the water are some of the memories which are going
to be retained in our mind for rest of the life.
I will try to write about all the places I visited in Goa in very detail very soon. J J
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