Enlighten calls Goa “the Garden Eden- and imagine how close it must be to hell!” Well, I affirm! We were so busy being happy, high and satiated that we forgot to take pictures. We have a couple of snaps but most of the time the entire jingbang was busy swimming in the sea to turn to the camera. Although i regret not having photo-memories I have many moments that are frozen in my long term memory.I love the sea- i guess its needless to reiterate but I do love it so much! E n I with our vitriolic tongues burst bubbles of everyone who was 'playing in the sea'; which dimwit does that? We saw many frogs that were playing in shallow waters. E n I , also Chameleon (only once though) swam deep waters. Swimming in the sea is probably the best experience to have (after floating in the sea). I really wish the Wise capitalist liked the sea as much as we did - but the control freak that she is, it would be impossible. She loves the pool though- actually she is like a hippo in the pool. But the sea has a beauty of its own, at candolim, arambol and kolva - the sea was wild. Arambol probably subdued but the evening sea is to watch out for!
When E n I swam at Kolva we could feel the force of the sea, the setting sun helped the waves to engulf us and the seabed beneath our feet slipped away, the waves started to rise higher and as Chameleon fought them, he almost drowned. For a second, he thought this was it - the end was here. That is a lesson, when the waves want to fuck u - you should surrender. The second u surrender to nature- be it a jungle trail, water (even a pool when, you are learning to swim), or in the air - when u are not in control - surrender and nature will take care of u. E n I dived in as the waves rose, and when i couldn't swim the current, i simply floated- the waves brought me to the shore. Forget the fact that it was the far end and i had to alternatively walk n swim back to our resort.
That was day 2 of the 2008. A fantastic evening that began with swimming in the sea and ended with tequila shots, poetry, E playing guitar, dark horse singing and chameleon doing a holy drama - he is loving , funny and incorrigibly belligerent .
