As wind blows accross my face...
a chill runs through my spine...
coldness sets into my palms...and then...
bright rays enter
through the dark room i sleep in...
the heat of the sun piercing on my eyes..
trying to awake me,,,
why not u come a little late...
i feel...
so that..
i can live in my dream world , a little while more...
why not i sleep a little longer in my cozy bed..
the morning sun waits for none..
and brings us back to the dreary mundane practicality.......
Friday, January 28, 2005
Friday, January 21, 2005
goa, part 2
v went to a park called "dona paula", dona means " miss" in portugal, paula is the name of the portugal viceroys daughter.. it was interesting to know that based on the story of paula , " ek duje ke liye", the famous movie was made.. the park was very beautiful.. it seems paula used to come to the park to see the sunrise everyday n she fell in love with a fisherman.. but due to opposition from her father, they decided to elope n get married...but suddenly the nature bought a turn in paulas life, there comes a storm n most of the fishermen die.. paula thinks tat even esperado, her lover is dead.. n she commits suicide,, but esperado is alive.. he comes to know tat paula is dead n he dies as well.. there is a statue for them as well...i would say it is a saga that any couple who go swimming there never return alive... but who knows, nobody is ready to take risks...... this was one of the interesting places we visited....
there was a church in goa. where the body of "st .Xavier " was preserved.. he was a saint who had come to india to spread christianity.. when it was time to get back to portugal, his ship met with an accident.. he was buried, his body was found fresh after many years,.. then they buried his body with decomposers like lime,,, but now even after 450 years , his body is fresh.. the church had many interestin paintings as well...
We visited two temples in goa.. the temples of goa have muslim influence on indian architecture , n have mosque like structure in the top.. they r so different from the other temples...there is a tower in the entrance,,,
Sri Mangesh temple is a shiva temple.. shiva is generally a very angry god n hence the idol is kept inside two prahahras n immidiately closed after pooja.. v had a chance 2 c a very old chariot as well.. it was a very interesting chariot with the stories of gods inscribed on them......
Shantha durga temple is considered to be the richest temple in goa, the face of goddess lakshmi is made of gold in the temple...
still i have a few more places left, which i will post in part 3
there was a church in goa. where the body of "st .Xavier " was preserved.. he was a saint who had come to india to spread christianity.. when it was time to get back to portugal, his ship met with an accident.. he was buried, his body was found fresh after many years,.. then they buried his body with decomposers like lime,,, but now even after 450 years , his body is fresh.. the church had many interestin paintings as well...
We visited two temples in goa.. the temples of goa have muslim influence on indian architecture , n have mosque like structure in the top.. they r so different from the other temples...there is a tower in the entrance,,,
Sri Mangesh temple is a shiva temple.. shiva is generally a very angry god n hence the idol is kept inside two prahahras n immidiately closed after pooja.. v had a chance 2 c a very old chariot as well.. it was a very interesting chariot with the stories of gods inscribed on them......
Shantha durga temple is considered to be the richest temple in goa, the face of goddess lakshmi is made of gold in the temple...
still i have a few more places left, which i will post in part 3
Thursday, January 20, 2005
goa -
lemme start with the no 1 topic, places i enjoyed visiting in goa... i would not say goa is extremely beautiful , i have seen more beautiful places... but the atmosphere there is superb, which makes u enjoy so much.. the air in goa is filled with " masthi", as i would rightl call it... the places i went in the order i liked....
first n foremost "the calangute beach", it is such a beautiful beach n one of the very important beaches in goa.. it is the place where i enjoyed the maximum,,,, i visited the same beach some 5 times, i would call it " the heaven of fun"... first time v had normal fun, jus gettin drenched n stuff, second time i enjoyed the scenary of the beautiful moon lit sea( this is a rare sight as chennai beaches r in the west , n they dnt generally shine in the moonlight), third time i enjoyed the wonderful water scooter ride, it was fabulous.. first i thought it would be a bit risky when they made us wear all the life jacket n stuff.. but it was such a thrilling ride, n fortunately when v went there were such high tides, v enjoyed our ride thoroughly......fourth time v went running by the sea. it was also wonderful again....the last day of the trip was " d day", v went to the beach( around 20 of us), went until the middle of the sea( where the height of the waves were nearly mine), got drenced completely... n then v were on the sea shore lying... it was such a wonderful experience lying down in water near the shores, u can actually float on the water... the waves gently touch yr body n go back.. v enjoyed like tis in the beach for about two and half hours.. wrnt back to our resort, got into the swimming pool again for an hour, and again took a nice hot bath in the bathroom... v were in water for about 5 hours... after tat v were feeling damn hungry n stuffed ourselves really well... thank god the best beach of goa was near our resort...
the next beach i liked most was the " miramar beach"... this beach is known for its beautiful sunset... unfortunately v could spend only half an hour in the beach... but it was a lovely beach, n i would call it my personal favourite...
vagator beach is the next best beach, it is a rocky beach n it is a pleasure to get urself drenched standing on the rocks... i loved that beach.. actually tis beach is a combination of sand n rocks,,, its not a completely rocky one...
anjum beach is totall rocky.. to get into the beach is damn adventorous.. it has an exciting pathway, not many of them had the guts to try the path...it is totally rocky n the rocks were made of coral...
colva beach is the third largest beach in the world... n guess what the first two r , first one is a brazil beach n the second "our marina", i never found it extraordinary , but it was fine...
thats all about the important beaches
then there was a lake called" mayem lake", nothing very special about it...
then there was boating on the "river cruise" for about two hours on a large ship...there were some cultural goan program on the ship.. but it never fascinated me that much... wat fascinated me more was the vastness of the arabian sea... n the sites i saw from the ship... it was amazing... i was amazed by the vastness of the sea n the extent to which i could see it....
okay people one more part is remainin... lots of stories left , i will post it in the second part....
first n foremost "the calangute beach", it is such a beautiful beach n one of the very important beaches in goa.. it is the place where i enjoyed the maximum,,,, i visited the same beach some 5 times, i would call it " the heaven of fun"... first time v had normal fun, jus gettin drenched n stuff, second time i enjoyed the scenary of the beautiful moon lit sea( this is a rare sight as chennai beaches r in the west , n they dnt generally shine in the moonlight), third time i enjoyed the wonderful water scooter ride, it was fabulous.. first i thought it would be a bit risky when they made us wear all the life jacket n stuff.. but it was such a thrilling ride, n fortunately when v went there were such high tides, v enjoyed our ride thoroughly......fourth time v went running by the sea. it was also wonderful again....the last day of the trip was " d day", v went to the beach( around 20 of us), went until the middle of the sea( where the height of the waves were nearly mine), got drenced completely... n then v were on the sea shore lying... it was such a wonderful experience lying down in water near the shores, u can actually float on the water... the waves gently touch yr body n go back.. v enjoyed like tis in the beach for about two and half hours.. wrnt back to our resort, got into the swimming pool again for an hour, and again took a nice hot bath in the bathroom... v were in water for about 5 hours... after tat v were feeling damn hungry n stuffed ourselves really well... thank god the best beach of goa was near our resort...
the next beach i liked most was the " miramar beach"... this beach is known for its beautiful sunset... unfortunately v could spend only half an hour in the beach... but it was a lovely beach, n i would call it my personal favourite...
vagator beach is the next best beach, it is a rocky beach n it is a pleasure to get urself drenched standing on the rocks... i loved that beach.. actually tis beach is a combination of sand n rocks,,, its not a completely rocky one...
anjum beach is totall rocky.. to get into the beach is damn adventorous.. it has an exciting pathway, not many of them had the guts to try the path...it is totally rocky n the rocks were made of coral...
colva beach is the third largest beach in the world... n guess what the first two r , first one is a brazil beach n the second "our marina", i never found it extraordinary , but it was fine...
thats all about the important beaches
then there was a lake called" mayem lake", nothing very special about it...
then there was boating on the "river cruise" for about two hours on a large ship...there were some cultural goan program on the ship.. but it never fascinated me that much... wat fascinated me more was the vastness of the arabian sea... n the sites i saw from the ship... it was amazing... i was amazed by the vastness of the sea n the extent to which i could see it....
okay people one more part is remainin... lots of stories left , i will post it in the second part....
back from goa!!!
hey people ! i am back from goa.... n guess wat? had a blast there... never thought i would have so much fun there...
now back from goa i have threee topics to blog about one-> place goa as such , its beauty ,,,, two-> the interesting people i met( i would call them lovely too, they were fabulous again).... n three-> the book i read in my journey, the latest sidney shldon" are you afraid of the dark?"
now back from goa i have threee topics to blog about one-> place goa as such , its beauty ,,,, two-> the interesting people i met( i would call them lovely too, they were fabulous again).... n three-> the book i read in my journey, the latest sidney shldon" are you afraid of the dark?"
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