29-03-2020, 02:35 PM
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He then threw an angry look at his son and went to the beach shack and brought water bottles for us.
“Let’s go to Jet ski.” Nidhi said looking at the sea.
“Yeah. Good idea.” Mom said.
“Let’s go then.” Uncle stood up.
We went to the Jet ski operator.Pratap uncle purchased tickets for all of us. They gave us life jackets to wear. My mom and I rode the skii together. I caught the front part of the skii and mom sat behind me. She put one of her hands on my shoulder and caught the front part of the ski with her other hand. Nidhi and Sumit also sat like that on another ski.Nidhi had her son in her lap whom she had firmly caught with one of her arms.
A guy stood behind my mom and he drove us to a wide open sea. We spent a good twenty minutes in the sea. Pratap uncle refused to let someone else drive the ski. He argued that he knew how to drive it so he himself drove the Jet ski.
We all came to shore together after the ride was over,except Pratap uncle. He was still in the sea. Mom and I stood near the sea and looked at the direction of uncle’s ski. Soon Sumit and Nidhi along with their son also joined us.
“Hey..” Mom said looking at them.
“It was fun na.” Nidhi said.
“Yeah, my heart was racing like anything,” Sumit said, still breathing heavily.
“Ohh, why? It was exciting but look at you. Looks like instead of riding on Jet ski, you were running on the water behind it.” Mom asked Sumit.
“Because I have speedofobia.” Sumit replied while trying to catch his breath.
Speedofobia? What the fuck was this? I thought.I looked at my mom puzzled but she was looking at Nidhi. Sumit was still trying to catch his breath with his hands on his knees. I saw mom and Nidhi smiling above his back.
It was too much fun. After all of these activities, I felt a little tired and hungry also.
“Mumma, I’m hungry.” I told my mom in her ear. No one else was talking about food so I felt they would make fun of me.
“Hmmm..Let Pratap come here. Then we would go for lunch,” Mom replied..
Pratap uncle was still in the sea. It seemed he had planned to spend the rest of the day in the sea itself. Finally, Jet ski operator sent one of his employees with another Jet ski.He went in the sea and brought uncle back to the shore. Jet ski guys demanded uncle to pay extra money for extra time spent in the sea and he had to pay extra money to them.
“I went all the way to that point.” Pratap uncle pointed his finger to the sea and said after removing his life jacket.
“How do you know how to drive Jet ski?” Mom asked uncle while removing her life jacket.
We had forgotten to remove our life jackets so looking at her doing so we all started removing it.
“I didn’t know,” Pratap uncle dropped a bombshell.
We all were dumbstruck and stared at him ,expecting clarifications.
“I had seen a program on Discovery channel about the operating system of Jet Skis and I knew the swimming. I had a life Jacket on also. So I put two and two together and decided to do something toofani.” Pratap uncle said while looking at all of us.
“What?” It was Sumit’s response while mom,Nidhi and I were laughing. Mom was standing beside Pratap uncle and she slapped on uncle’s upper arm with her hand while laughing hysterically , keeping her other hand on her mouth.
Speedofobia. A word came to my mind when I looked at Sumit.
“Aren’t you guys hungry?” Mom said after composing herself.
“Yes. Let's eat something. Bittu is hungry too.” Nidhi supported her.
Uncle suggested we go to a famous beach shack which was a little far from there.We went to the beach lounge chairs where our backpacks were placed. We all dried ourselves with towels. Our clothes were still wet but they were not as drenched as earlier.
I dried my hair and wiped my face and hands with a towel.I looked at mom. She had removed the hair pin and she was wiping her loose hair with a towel. Nidhi was wiping her face. Sumit and Pratap uncle removed their vests and wore another T-shirt they had brought.Then they wrapped towels around their waist and started removing their bermuda under it.
Mom turned her face to the other side as soon as Pratap uncle and Sumit started doing that. Nidhi also changed the clothes of her son and then took out another set of her clothes from her backpack.
“Didn’t you bring any other clothes?” Nidhi asked my mom while taking her clothes and towel in her hands.
“No. Where will you change them?” Mom was surprised and asked Nidhi.
“I’m going inside the beach shack. They maintain separate changing booths for ladies.” Nidhi told my mom and started moving inside the beach shack.
“It’s ok. It happens for the first time. We also roamed all day in wet clothes when we came on the first day.” Pratap uncle looked at mom and said.
He had changed his clothes into another coffee colored T shirt and another bermuda.
“hmmm.” Mom replied.
Pratap uncle then paid the rent of the beach lounge chairs.We took our backpacks. Soon Nidhi came out and we walked to that famous beach shack for lunch.
We all settled around a big round table in that beach shack. My mom was on my right side, uncle sat on her right, then Sumit and after him Nidhi with her son on her lap. So it made Nidhi sit on my left side.
That beach shack had a huge menu with names of items I read for the first time in my life. Almost all of the items were non veg. Uncle asked my mom whether she was a non vegetarian. She replied she was crazy behind fish which was true.
Uncle ordered food- Various types of fish and prawn items and soft drinks.They were amazing. I had never tasted so much delicious seafood earlier.
“How’z the food?” uncle asked while taking a piece of food in his fork.
“Ummm...Amazing.”Mom replied while munching.
“What are you doing on the mobile? Start eating.” Uncle annoyingly asked his son Sumit.
“Nothing Dad, They run a long trip in the sea in boats. Dolphin seeing trips.I’m thinking of going there. I’m trying to book the tickets for all of us.” He replied , still his face buried in the screen.
I liked his idea of a Dolphin seeing trip, deep in the sea. I felt excitement.
“No, we are not going. You go with your wife and son. We will better relax on the beach only.” He replied to his son.
It was a huge disappointment. I wanted to go there. And who the hell was he to dictate my mom and me? I thought. I looked at my mom. She also glanced at me. I knew I had conveyed to her that I wanted to go there. I had expected her to speak and try to convince Pratap uncle to let us go if he didn’t want to go but mom didn’t do that. Instead she continued eating her food. My mood was suddenly off. I stopped eating. Mom looked at me and said in a very low voice,
“Don’t start. Finish your Chapati.”
Although I didn’t have an appetite, I had to finish the Chapati because I knew I would have to finish it.
Sumit, his wife Nidhi and their son left for the boat ride as soon as the lunch was over. Pratap uncle, mom and I stood on the beach, deciding what to do next.
“Let’s go to Calangute,” Uncle suggested.
“Calangute? Jeez, no.” Mom said, making her face.
“Why ? What happened?” Uncle asked.
“I’ve heard, It’s the most polluted and overcrowded beach in Goa.” Mom said.
“I don’t know about the pollution but you’re right about the crowd.It’s because most of the travel agencies, that run buses and stay in Goa for one or two days ,book their hotels at calangute. It’s cheaper than other places. So naturally it is overcrowded.” Uncle said.
“Then..” Mom said.
“We still should go there. To see the crowd. It’s an adventure of its kind.” Uncle said.
I was silently listening to their conversation. I didn’t give any damn because I didn’t care where they wanted to go. I wanted to go to see the Dolphins and I was not going there so I was ready to go wherever they decided but I felt uncle was adamant on going to Calangute.
“Ok, Fine, Let's go there.” Mom gave up and said.
“Thanks. Lets walk then.” Uncle said.
“Walk?” Mom asked.
“Yes. Calangute and Baga are joined together. It’s hardly three km from here.Can you look at that place?” Uncle said while pointing his finger to some distant place.
“Yeah.” Mom replied.
“Calangute starts from there. So let’s go. ” uncle said.
“Ok,Fine.” Mom said. She was not very excited about going there but she didn’t have any choice.
“Let’s do a sea walk” Uncle said and started going towards the sea.
We started to walk on the beach very near to the sea. Our feet were under the sea water.
He then threw an angry look at his son and went to the beach shack and brought water bottles for us.
“Let’s go to Jet ski.” Nidhi said looking at the sea.
“Yeah. Good idea.” Mom said.
“Let’s go then.” Uncle stood up.
We went to the Jet ski operator.Pratap uncle purchased tickets for all of us. They gave us life jackets to wear. My mom and I rode the skii together. I caught the front part of the skii and mom sat behind me. She put one of her hands on my shoulder and caught the front part of the ski with her other hand. Nidhi and Sumit also sat like that on another ski.Nidhi had her son in her lap whom she had firmly caught with one of her arms.
A guy stood behind my mom and he drove us to a wide open sea. We spent a good twenty minutes in the sea. Pratap uncle refused to let someone else drive the ski. He argued that he knew how to drive it so he himself drove the Jet ski.
We all came to shore together after the ride was over,except Pratap uncle. He was still in the sea. Mom and I stood near the sea and looked at the direction of uncle’s ski. Soon Sumit and Nidhi along with their son also joined us.
“Hey..” Mom said looking at them.
“It was fun na.” Nidhi said.
“Yeah, my heart was racing like anything,” Sumit said, still breathing heavily.
“Ohh, why? It was exciting but look at you. Looks like instead of riding on Jet ski, you were running on the water behind it.” Mom asked Sumit.
“Because I have speedofobia.” Sumit replied while trying to catch his breath.
Speedofobia? What the fuck was this? I thought.I looked at my mom puzzled but she was looking at Nidhi. Sumit was still trying to catch his breath with his hands on his knees. I saw mom and Nidhi smiling above his back.
It was too much fun. After all of these activities, I felt a little tired and hungry also.
“Mumma, I’m hungry.” I told my mom in her ear. No one else was talking about food so I felt they would make fun of me.
“Hmmm..Let Pratap come here. Then we would go for lunch,” Mom replied..
Pratap uncle was still in the sea. It seemed he had planned to spend the rest of the day in the sea itself. Finally, Jet ski operator sent one of his employees with another Jet ski.He went in the sea and brought uncle back to the shore. Jet ski guys demanded uncle to pay extra money for extra time spent in the sea and he had to pay extra money to them.
“I went all the way to that point.” Pratap uncle pointed his finger to the sea and said after removing his life jacket.
“How do you know how to drive Jet ski?” Mom asked uncle while removing her life jacket.
We had forgotten to remove our life jackets so looking at her doing so we all started removing it.
“I didn’t know,” Pratap uncle dropped a bombshell.
We all were dumbstruck and stared at him ,expecting clarifications.
“I had seen a program on Discovery channel about the operating system of Jet Skis and I knew the swimming. I had a life Jacket on also. So I put two and two together and decided to do something toofani.” Pratap uncle said while looking at all of us.
“What?” It was Sumit’s response while mom,Nidhi and I were laughing. Mom was standing beside Pratap uncle and she slapped on uncle’s upper arm with her hand while laughing hysterically , keeping her other hand on her mouth.
Speedofobia. A word came to my mind when I looked at Sumit.
“Aren’t you guys hungry?” Mom said after composing herself.
“Yes. Let's eat something. Bittu is hungry too.” Nidhi supported her.
Uncle suggested we go to a famous beach shack which was a little far from there.We went to the beach lounge chairs where our backpacks were placed. We all dried ourselves with towels. Our clothes were still wet but they were not as drenched as earlier.
I dried my hair and wiped my face and hands with a towel.I looked at mom. She had removed the hair pin and she was wiping her loose hair with a towel. Nidhi was wiping her face. Sumit and Pratap uncle removed their vests and wore another T-shirt they had brought.Then they wrapped towels around their waist and started removing their bermuda under it.
Mom turned her face to the other side as soon as Pratap uncle and Sumit started doing that. Nidhi also changed the clothes of her son and then took out another set of her clothes from her backpack.
“Didn’t you bring any other clothes?” Nidhi asked my mom while taking her clothes and towel in her hands.
“No. Where will you change them?” Mom was surprised and asked Nidhi.
“I’m going inside the beach shack. They maintain separate changing booths for ladies.” Nidhi told my mom and started moving inside the beach shack.
“It’s ok. It happens for the first time. We also roamed all day in wet clothes when we came on the first day.” Pratap uncle looked at mom and said.
He had changed his clothes into another coffee colored T shirt and another bermuda.
“hmmm.” Mom replied.
Pratap uncle then paid the rent of the beach lounge chairs.We took our backpacks. Soon Nidhi came out and we walked to that famous beach shack for lunch.
We all settled around a big round table in that beach shack. My mom was on my right side, uncle sat on her right, then Sumit and after him Nidhi with her son on her lap. So it made Nidhi sit on my left side.
That beach shack had a huge menu with names of items I read for the first time in my life. Almost all of the items were non veg. Uncle asked my mom whether she was a non vegetarian. She replied she was crazy behind fish which was true.
Uncle ordered food- Various types of fish and prawn items and soft drinks.They were amazing. I had never tasted so much delicious seafood earlier.
“How’z the food?” uncle asked while taking a piece of food in his fork.
“Ummm...Amazing.”Mom replied while munching.
“What are you doing on the mobile? Start eating.” Uncle annoyingly asked his son Sumit.
“Nothing Dad, They run a long trip in the sea in boats. Dolphin seeing trips.I’m thinking of going there. I’m trying to book the tickets for all of us.” He replied , still his face buried in the screen.
I liked his idea of a Dolphin seeing trip, deep in the sea. I felt excitement.
“No, we are not going. You go with your wife and son. We will better relax on the beach only.” He replied to his son.
It was a huge disappointment. I wanted to go there. And who the hell was he to dictate my mom and me? I thought. I looked at my mom. She also glanced at me. I knew I had conveyed to her that I wanted to go there. I had expected her to speak and try to convince Pratap uncle to let us go if he didn’t want to go but mom didn’t do that. Instead she continued eating her food. My mood was suddenly off. I stopped eating. Mom looked at me and said in a very low voice,
“Don’t start. Finish your Chapati.”
Although I didn’t have an appetite, I had to finish the Chapati because I knew I would have to finish it.
Sumit, his wife Nidhi and their son left for the boat ride as soon as the lunch was over. Pratap uncle, mom and I stood on the beach, deciding what to do next.
“Let’s go to Calangute,” Uncle suggested.
“Calangute? Jeez, no.” Mom said, making her face.
“Why ? What happened?” Uncle asked.
“I’ve heard, It’s the most polluted and overcrowded beach in Goa.” Mom said.
“I don’t know about the pollution but you’re right about the crowd.It’s because most of the travel agencies, that run buses and stay in Goa for one or two days ,book their hotels at calangute. It’s cheaper than other places. So naturally it is overcrowded.” Uncle said.
“Then..” Mom said.
“We still should go there. To see the crowd. It’s an adventure of its kind.” Uncle said.
I was silently listening to their conversation. I didn’t give any damn because I didn’t care where they wanted to go. I wanted to go to see the Dolphins and I was not going there so I was ready to go wherever they decided but I felt uncle was adamant on going to Calangute.
“Ok, Fine, Let's go there.” Mom gave up and said.
“Thanks. Lets walk then.” Uncle said.
“Walk?” Mom asked.
“Yes. Calangute and Baga are joined together. It’s hardly three km from here.Can you look at that place?” Uncle said while pointing his finger to some distant place.
“Yeah.” Mom replied.
“Calangute starts from there. So let’s go. ” uncle said.
“Ok,Fine.” Mom said. She was not very excited about going there but she didn’t have any choice.
“Let’s do a sea walk” Uncle said and started going towards the sea.
We started to walk on the beach very near to the sea. Our feet were under the sea water.
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