I had a great 3 days trip at Goa last weekend. I have been there with
my friends, earlier also. This was the first time I went with my wife.
And I realized that there are two different Goas over there. They look different, they treat you different, and they feel different.
These two Goas are : Goa seen with friends and Goa seen with Spouse. Only common thing between these two above mentioned Goa is that they have same geographical location. Here is the list of things that differentiates between these two Goas.
Before going through the list.. Here is a little bit of legend.
a) GWF : Goa with Friends
b) GWW : Goa with Wife
1) GWF has no jewelry shops. GWW has jewelry shops at every next corner. They sell stupid Tibetan stone jewelry for prices more than pure platinum. And yes.. in GWW , you not only realize their existence but you spend a reasonable amount of time and money there.
2) In GWF, you check out girls. Right? Well when you go to Goa with friends, you see Girls in their dare bare costumes or absence of that. Goa markets, Goa Beaches, Private beaches, Casinos, Cruises..everywhere you see.. Girls Girls and Girls.. There are girls everywhere. You have an awesome time. Boys checking out girls from almost every part of the globe. You start to believe that ‘G’ in Goa stand for Girls in G-string !
But..GWW is different. In GWW you suddenly start to notice Guys.. You see guys guys and guys everywhere, Whom you suspect to be checking out the lady accompanying you. Suddenly your topic of discussion changes to “ Safety in Goa” from earlier interesting topic of “ Beauty in Goa”. Two days in Goa, you start to believe that G in Goa stands for “Guys with Greedy eyes”.
3) In GWW, Suddenly you start to realize how costly Goa really is. For every kilometer you spend Rs 200 in a taxi or those pathetic Goa autos. Compare it to earlier GWF, where 3 of your friends used to sit in one bike and roam around in Goa with average expenditure of Rs 200 per day.
4) In GWF, you drink more than you eat. In GWW, it’s just opposite. No more generous donations to Vijay Mallya in GWW.
5) In GWW , For a change you take your own photo. It is completely opposite to common behavior seen in GWF, where you take your photo just to capture someone else standing/ Lying in the back ground. You don’t have to create two separate folders named “ Sensored” and “Unsensored” for the pictures taken in GWW.
6) GWW, suddenly you start to get that extra attention from hotel agents, garment shop owners. In GWF, not these people never ask you if you want a taxi, a hotel room, sun screen lotion or a swim wear. In GWF, you are approached more by tattoo makers, drug dealers, pirated DVD sellers and massage parlor agents.
7) Last but not the least : People around you in GWF repeatedly tell you “ Please do not disturb”.
In GWW.. you put a sign outside your hotel room which reads “ Please do not Disturb”.
I forgot to mention one similarity: Whether you visit Goa, with friends or with wife. Its name still remains Go-A ( read as Go-- aaa ).. The name of the place captures its charm, which makes you visit Goa again and again. The place asks you.. to go ( as your vacations are over) but to come back again( aa).. Go + aa = Goa.
Sure Goa.. will see you again.. for sure!!!
And I realized that there are two different Goas over there. They look different, they treat you different, and they feel different.
These two Goas are : Goa seen with friends and Goa seen with Spouse. Only common thing between these two above mentioned Goa is that they have same geographical location. Here is the list of things that differentiates between these two Goas.
Before going through the list.. Here is a little bit of legend.
a) GWF : Goa with Friends
b) GWW : Goa with Wife
1) GWF has no jewelry shops. GWW has jewelry shops at every next corner. They sell stupid Tibetan stone jewelry for prices more than pure platinum. And yes.. in GWW , you not only realize their existence but you spend a reasonable amount of time and money there.
2) In GWF, you check out girls. Right? Well when you go to Goa with friends, you see Girls in their dare bare costumes or absence of that. Goa markets, Goa Beaches, Private beaches, Casinos, Cruises..everywhere you see.. Girls Girls and Girls.. There are girls everywhere. You have an awesome time. Boys checking out girls from almost every part of the globe. You start to believe that ‘G’ in Goa stand for Girls in G-string !
But..GWW is different. In GWW you suddenly start to notice Guys.. You see guys guys and guys everywhere, Whom you suspect to be checking out the lady accompanying you. Suddenly your topic of discussion changes to “ Safety in Goa” from earlier interesting topic of “ Beauty in Goa”. Two days in Goa, you start to believe that G in Goa stands for “Guys with Greedy eyes”.
3) In GWW, Suddenly you start to realize how costly Goa really is. For every kilometer you spend Rs 200 in a taxi or those pathetic Goa autos. Compare it to earlier GWF, where 3 of your friends used to sit in one bike and roam around in Goa with average expenditure of Rs 200 per day.
4) In GWF, you drink more than you eat. In GWW, it’s just opposite. No more generous donations to Vijay Mallya in GWW.
5) In GWW , For a change you take your own photo. It is completely opposite to common behavior seen in GWF, where you take your photo just to capture someone else standing/ Lying in the back ground. You don’t have to create two separate folders named “ Sensored” and “Unsensored” for the pictures taken in GWW.
6) GWW, suddenly you start to get that extra attention from hotel agents, garment shop owners. In GWF, not these people never ask you if you want a taxi, a hotel room, sun screen lotion or a swim wear. In GWF, you are approached more by tattoo makers, drug dealers, pirated DVD sellers and massage parlor agents.
7) Last but not the least : People around you in GWF repeatedly tell you “ Please do not disturb”.
In GWW.. you put a sign outside your hotel room which reads “ Please do not Disturb”.
I forgot to mention one similarity: Whether you visit Goa, with friends or with wife. Its name still remains Go-A ( read as Go-- aaa ).. The name of the place captures its charm, which makes you visit Goa again and again. The place asks you.. to go ( as your vacations are over) but to come back again( aa).. Go + aa = Goa.
Sure Goa.. will see you again.. for sure!!!
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