Off to Goa

While you read this, we are either busy packing for our annual trip to Goa or on the road or have already reached - depending on when you look at this.
It's the kids break from school for the Pooja holidays for the next 10 days.
I must admit, it's one of the pleasant times to visit Goa - not too hot.

We will be back on the 16th evening.
The kids are so looking forward to this trip .. pray that the late monsoons will not play spoilsport.
As we near Goa, we would be driving through the ghats, which is prone to landslide this time of the year.

One of the big stretches enroute to Goa is the NH-4, on which we will be for nearly 5 hrs., has a bad stretch for about 20 kms. which really slows things down ... with the roadwork under construction for a flyover, it's like a boat being tossed on the waves.
But I hear that the work now stands complete - hooray!
That would mean the trip would be cut short by approx. 30-45 mts.

We are hoping to leave by 6 am from Bangalore, so we could reach home in Goa by dusk.