Go Goa Gone

As ever the strategy for a peaceful journey is to set out early, you leave the crowd behind, the weather is merciful, the roads appear to be broader than usual, no nagging honkers trailing behind, in all there is peace. Also, a pace is set and all you have to do is nothing but maintain the pattern.

We set course from Pune at 5 in the morning... by and large there was green cover all around appeasing to the eyes. Having driven for a couple hours, we stopped for a quick sandwich break, it was cool and calm all around and things went on just as we had planned. We crossed Satara right after this break. Setting smaller targets of towns in between brought a great sense of relief and felt one step closer to the destination. It was around 9.30 we crossed Kolhapur manoeuvring a couple of tolls. There wasn’t much traffic.
Almost around 12.30 pm the Amboli ghats seemed to stretch its mighty frontiers and invite us with a cooler breeze. It was picturesque and a thick cloud had enveloped above. After a bumpy downhill drive, we ended up at Sawantwadi. The road ahead had longer bad patches than we had expected, which obviously slowed us down.

It was only after we hit the city that the traffic seem to swell and the ride started taking a toll on us. We were tired after reaching the much awaited destination. The physical fatigue seem to vanish the very moment our eyes set foot on the never ending ocean. This was just the beginning for our 3 day stop over at our holiday destination....'GOA'.
-- Writer Gayathri Iyer shares her experience of the road trip from Pune to Goa