My name is Ravi Santhalia and I began travelling almost ten years ago. I started writing blogs simply to share my travel experiences with the hope to inspire people to start travelling too. I write about solo travelling, destinations, hotels/hostels/homestays I stayed in, restaurants or cafes I like, local food that I recommend trying, photographs that captured a memorable moment worth sharing, new places I found out about, places that I wish to visit...anything and everything that I know and love about travel. There are many different ways to travel around the world and for some, your basic all-inclusive resort experience just won't cut it. If your kind of travel is more about self-discovery than selfies, find inspiration for your next journey from some of my travel stories.
Some trips we go to see the places, some trips we go to feel the adventure, some trips we go to relax etc etc....So every trip have some expectations, some plan, some goals in mind...But this was really a great experience for us where we went trip with out any plan...Yes, seriously no plan as such...We have seen GOA just 8 months back, and we have seen almost all places and even same hotel we are staying...So nothing planned as such...And that too with the special person we are going with, planning never works.
Mode of travel: Train between Bangalore to Vasco
We purposeful choose train for 2 reasons...First to enjoy the journey with lots of talks and plays. Second to see Doodh Sagar water falls.
Stay: Godwin Hotel at calangute beachWhat to wear: Yes for Goa your dress code is very much important... Choose knee level or at least three fourth so that you can walk in beaches comfortably. I think shopping for dresses in Goa itself is best than in Surat, cost wise and also you get more varieties. Carry a good sun screen lotion (If not you skin tone will change badly). Again mainly buy a nice hat as soon as you reach there to avoid tanning on your face.
we crossed the CASTLE ROCK station. From this station onwards we get lot of tunnels, nice greenery all the way. And also we are just ~30 min away from Doodh Sagar falls. Few Sicked to windows and few at stairs enjoying the scenic view and also eagerly waiting for Falls. Next station was dhoodh sagar and just in 5 min, Finally Dhoodh sagar water falls came... Little disappointed as water was less and it was very magnificent considering the height of falls...Train goes pretty fast and we already ready with our cams and able to capture it.After falls, had small nap and we finally came to GOA Vasco station.
The plan was to take the bikes from this point and use for rest of the journey. But our bad luck, all bikes got over. Then we wanted to try the bus from Vasco to panji and from there bikes... Found the bus stop...But again it was too long queue and very less buses at that time...Again bad luck...It was very hot and we finally decided to take a TT directly to our hotel. Finally got TT for Rs.1600 where all can sit. The hotel is around 45KM distance. Anyway, We finally reached the hotel.
Quick Local Tips: I do not suggest bike from Vasco itself as its 45KM from North Goa and you may be already tired of journey. Better pick a Cab on station. You can get bikes from our hotel only. Cab prices are like...Vasco to Panji - 600..Vasco to Calangute beech - 800...For Innova kind of vehicles, price will be double.
All were very hungry.. Skipped the bath (Anyway we were planning to jump in to sea)..Had a quick dress change and settled at shack just in front of our hotel. By the way shacks are nothing but small Hut restaurant just in front of beech. Little heavily priced and food taste is purely your luck on which shack you selected. Had a long, lazy, relaxed lunch from 3-5pm...All the stress of journey came down and jumped into water and had enjoyed the sea till 7pm. Took few pics of beautiful dusk.