Scenic Imagery At Cabo de Rama
Posted: 21 October 2008
My class went on a picnic to the Cabo de Rama beach in South Goa on April 17, 2008 as part of the post-Manthan 2008 celebrations. And you have to believe me when I say: this is the most lovely part of Goa I have ever been to. There it is, I had to say it. Straight from the mouth of a guy who's spent his whole life here in Goa.Cabo de Rama literally means “cape of foliage”. The beach is located in the Canacona taluka in South Goa and is a 45 minute journey by bus from the Margao bus stand. We were supposed to go to the fort which is more renowned, but once we reached the beach, no one wanted to change location again. We arrived at about 11:00am. The bus could only go as far as the cliff, from where I clicked a few shots with my trusty Nikon Coolpix 2200.
Everyone was spellbound, me included. I remembered coming to this place a long time ago, when I was very young perhaps, but it was all too fuzzy to remember. Anyway, here I was again. The wind was blowing cool, the sun was high in the sky; and the blue-green sea reminded me of pictures of Cote d’Azur, France. The place is completely isolated and cut-off, making it truly a paradise. I felt really proud to be Goan!
We made our way down the steep rocky cliff onto the actual beach. That was quite an adventure by itself… Once there, it was just as lovely. There are plenty of coconut trees and therefore lots of shade. The sand is light brown and quite coarse like most South Goan beaches. It is also quite clean. There is only a lone shack which sells drinks.
It was quite hot at the time, so none of us could walk on the sand without footwear. The water looks very inviting: clear and cool. The western side of the seashore is littered with groups of brown colored rocks of all shapes and sizes. Being off-season, there were a few people, mostly locals. I explored the beach a bit and found this coconut tree with a green coconut fallen at the base. The amateur photographer in me beckoned me to take a shot, and I did so, the result was a sleepy photograph I still like very much.
The eastern side of the beach has access to green hills through which a spring flows (or so we had heard), but it was just coming forth in spurts and drops the day we went. There is a lot of greenery here owing to the moisture, and one can find a variety of plants and flowers (thus the name Cabo de Rama), none of which I could identify. I did not make it to these hills myself, but one my colleagues, Pushkar Prabhumoni, who is just as crazy as me about nature, took a few snaps of his own (he loves plants and flowers), and I have so rudely used them here, even without his permission. Pushkar, I’m sorry man, but it’s all for a good cause. The snaps are shown below.
We returned by about 5:30pm, tired but thoroughly refreshed! It was a long ride back to Panaji…
You can see and download the entire Cabo-de-Rama photo set on Flickr.
