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Damn it!!! Why can’t Delhi has a beach ? If you haven’t found your love for nature, you probably haven’t been to Goa ever. Holiday in Goa is the perfect prescription for romantic married life. “A Goa an year, keeps you near” (pls to forgive the shayari) .

Having been to Goa four times in last two years, we can’t seem to get enough of Goa. Incidentally, our visit to Goa had always been timed for monsoon season which is certainly not the best time to visit Goa if you are interested in water sports, but a must visit if you are a nature person.

The plush greens, the rains, the dark sea and the violent waves mesmerizes the most stone hearted soul.

This time around, we chose to stay at south Goa to stay away from the crowd and enjoy the lonely beaches.
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It was in the middle of summer, and neither me nor the spouse had the luxury of being able to take a holiday on the same day. So, combining Friday with a Saturday and Sunday was out, and as it turned out, it was not much of a long holiday since we only left Saturday evening (work intruded and we decided to go rather than cancel).
As a prequel to this decision, we spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out where to go. But given the luxury of 2 days that we had, it was very difficult to think of going to hill stations other than Mussoorie, and going to Mussoorie in the middle of the summer with the jam-packed tourist season was not exactly very pleasurable, and more important, Mussoorie was where we had gone last. So I opened some books like the Outlook Guide to nearby places and also a website called AroundDelhi.com. In the meantime the spouse was getting a trifle impatient at my indecision in recommending places.
I first thought of Neemrana, but no rooms available. After a bit more perusing, I finally settled on a place called Shiva Oasis in Behror. Made a booking for Saturday night, so cost me around Rs. 4000, a trifle expensive I thought. (more…)