Exploring the Unexplored: GOA! 🏖
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GOA!!!! The very first name which comes to everyone's mind when thinking of a place to travel within the boundaries of India, that too a road trip? The icing on the cake, I suppose.
This is how I saw Goa through my lens. Travelling from Pune, I took an astonishing road trip via Kolhapur and Belagavi, into the hills and down to the ocean!
Back in 2015, my friends planned a trip and I was not included as I was busy with my college schedule. But after getting the information, I could not resist but to go to Goa. Trust me, my decision wasn't wrong.
23rd June 2015
The day when I departed from Pune with a Ford Figo, hired from ZoomCars Ltd. Pune, along with four of my school friends. It was drizzling and the pictures show how perfect it was for a road trip, isn't it?
Taking the roads, Pune to Goa! © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
© Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
24th June
From the balcony of our room, La Grace Resort, Benaulim © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
A little adventure is always good when you are on a trip with your friends, so we decided to go on a trek.
The route towards the Butterfly Beach © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
After a trek of around an hour, we reached the butterfly beach and it was worth it. The most serene and tranquil beach you will see around India. Few people visit it so it can also be considered as the cleanest beach too. It is away from the overcrowded beaches, shouts of drunken men checking women out and unlimited empty bottles of beer thrown around.
Butterfly Beach © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
© Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
We sat around for an hour or two enjoying the waves surrounded by nature and then moved back to reach our car. It was already around 16:30 so we decided to visit Cavelossim Beach which was on our way to back to the resort, witnessing the sunset, that was the best time I spent at Goa with its serenity and peace.
Sunset at Cavelossim Beach. © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
25th June
Our second day at Goa was planned for the most famous locations of Goa: Chapora Fort, Aguada Fort and The Dona Paula Point. It's a real treat for Bollywood Cinematographers which also makes it a tourist attraction. Apart from being just famous, the places are actually peaceful, calm and have a composed environment. View of the ocean is just what you need when you are on a vacation.
We headed towards the Chapora fort, which was around 50 kms from our resort. This was a short road trip within the boundaries of Goa, as our resort was in South Goa and we had to move towards North Goa.
It is the same place where Dil Chahta Hai was shot! The fort provides an amazing view of the Arabian Sea kissing the shores of Goa.
It is the same place where Dil Chahta Hai was shot! The fort provides an amazing view of the Arabian Sea kissing the shores of Goa.
A breathtaking view from Chapora Fort. © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
© Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
© Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
Later, we moved to Aguada Fort, around 16 kms from Chapora Fort. The fort and the lighthouse were constructed in the 16th century to guard against The Dutch and The Marathas by The Portuguese.
Aguada Fort, Entrance. © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
Aguada Fort Campus. © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
The moment we reached there, we were welcomed by no less than a rogue wave, like the ocean, was in a playful mood.🌊
My Friends at Dona Paula point! © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
© Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
View from Dona Paula Point © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
Pier at Dona Paula Point (Point where Singham was shot!) © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
© Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
© Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
© Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
© Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
Immaculate Conception Church. © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
26th June
Our last day at Goa and a special one too, it was my friend's birthday, we decided to visit the church at Old Goa, Basilica of Bom Jesus and Se Cathedral, both of them located at Velha, Goa, opposite to each other.
Jesus showering his blessings! © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
Basilica of Bom Jesus © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
Remains of St. Francis Xavier © Monish Shrivastava | All rights reserved. |
Candolim Beach |
Life Guards on duty! |
My friends enjoying the view! |
Sunset at Candolim Beach! |
After witnessing another beautiful sunset we moved back and celebrated my friend's birthday.
We spent half of our night at Colva Beach, it was just a walk away from our resort, romancing with the waves and the cold breeze. The sky was pretty clear and the stars were visible, we sat back gazing up at the stars, listening to "A sky full of stars" by Coldplay on repeat, the feeling we had is unexplainable and cannot be put into words. At around 03:00 hours we headed back to the resort and the next day we moved back to Pune, the route was even more enthralling this time, as if the clouds were following us back to our location.
That was all from my trip to Goa, a scenic yet peaceful destination, a place you can never be bored of, you can never be fully satisfied with travelling Goa, there are a lot many places which we were not able to cover and many such places which are still hidden and I'm sure we will explore them the next time.
Till the next time, signing off now!
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Feels good to be a part of the crew, great work brother. Hope we will make more memories together just like goa and you will make the blog for the same, so that we can share to the world what we experience. Keep blogging!
ReplyDeleteYeah bro we surely will! 😇
DeleteThis is pure monsoon Goa!
ReplyDeleteA bit different from the mainstream one, which is the best thing.
Will surely try to go Butterfly beach in my next Goa visit!����
Also, pictures are amazing.
But, next time try to frame the overall picture of this place, this is just one aspect of it (you know what I mean, Club Cubana ofcourse :P)
Aur baaki, Goa zindagi hai.������
Hehe yeah, for sure! Thank you! 😁
Deleteand agreed Goa zindagi h! 😛😁
Aesthetic appeal to photography!! And even much helpful. ❤💛
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! ❤️
DeleteFrom Good to better. Love your work!
ReplyDeleteTeach me how to use DSLR and you are the best.
Keep posting ��
Hehe sure xD Thank you Sonu! ❤️
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ReplyDeleteThank you! ❤️
DeleteThanks! :)
ReplyDeleteMesmerizing 😍
ReplyDeleteThank you! ❤️
DeleteSplendid.
ReplyDeleteThanks! 😁
DeleteMarvelous work :)
ReplyDeleteLoved the pictures :) )*
Thank you so much Anamika! :)
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ReplyDeleteThank you! ❤️
DeleteYour photography speaks more than your words.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Take it as a compliment.
Okay! :P thank you! :)
DeleteAbsolutely Amazing Monish. You have taken lot of efforts to build your blog. Your content , and images are complimentary. To write a travel blog is challenging wokr but you are doing it very well. I would like to give you two three suggestions to make your blog more beautiful.
ReplyDelete1. Images you captured by your own put a watermark of your name in image itself so that no one can copy it.
2. If you can experiment with the skin of your blog from dark to white one it will be good as for some people reading on dark background is irritating or uninteresting.
3. As your content is good try to take your own domain. e.g. travelcapturewrite.com ...
I wish all the very best journey of you as a successful blog writer. Keep writing.
Thank you so much Anjali, really means a lot and yeah the pictures in the blog are captured by me only,
DeleteI'll mark your suggestions in the upcoming posts! :)
Wow! Everything here is so beautiful!!! Gorgeous photos!!! Shell
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteWow! Gorgeous photos! Such a beautiful place to explore.
ReplyDeleteYes it is! Thank you! :)
DeleteI like the fact that this is like a journal :) also love the pictures. I can't wait to travel!
ReplyDeleteHehe yeah! Thank you so much Sarah! :)
DeleteYour photography is amazing. I will surely come back to your blog before visiting Goa
ReplyDeletethank you so much! :)
DeleteI have enjoyed reading and learning about your experience in Goa. Goa is the place I am hoping to visit in the near future!!! Thank you for writing so profoundly, you can feel the passion of your travelling. Enjoy all the journeys this life takes you. God bless✨
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