I moved to Goa during COVID-19. A How-To Guide!!

Unbelievable magic or destruction. Some Lost lives and some found hope.

They say this kind of crazy, “Calling”.

Moving to goa was a random plan, before settling in mountains for the rest of my life I wanted to taste every terrain and I started from Goa.

By yours only; From the North 😀

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It was a culture shock to me when I went here and saw the world ruled by a blue god, strange, and chilly, The trees are taller and less dense, and the hearts are warmer than the old stains. I like the way Tropical asks you to stay here forever and then you are stuck by the bay.

I have been living in Delhi for the past 05 years, and lived there, and loved there. Delhi taught me a lot and a nice & shiny breakup held me back for years. I went through major changes, and mental fuck-ups and a hopeless person into the addiction to overthinking and surpassing emotions, trying to be cool and mature while ending up with a cold sore heart.

I went back to my hometown after struggling & loving that struggle, I left my precious Delhi due to the global pandemic. I realised the world had stopped for a few months, no trains, no schools, no education & technically no government house were operational when I was 25, a story to tell, the tension in the world to explain to the generation ahead I witnessed the cleanest sky & the rain of heaven in Delhi during 2020.

Unbelievable magic or destruction. Some Lost lives and some found hope.

I started feeling I would never be able to get out of this routine, that it fit me, This life is what I wanted and I have been living for the past 05 years. Naah, I was wrong, the pandemic made me realize that the ’20s is a shitty time and live shittily with confused hearts & doubtful minds but more important is life, you are the luckiest bastard walking alive on earth from the day you were formed and this pandemic, this uncertain calamity is not going to drag you down. It’s Earth on break.

I packed all my useful stuff donated everything else I had and went back to my hometown DHarchula which is in the lap of the lower Himalayan range, right in the valley surrounded by humongous green mountains.

No wonder I realized it earlier that after 8 years of being away from my parental house, suddenly living at home won’t be an easy task. From living alone to living again with a full-fledged Classic Middle-Class Family was a hell of a task, doing the ordinary chores, managing the work-from-home vibes & balancing it with family. Later on, I started loving doing chores like filling the water bottles, putting whatever I took back to its original place, preparing wheat dough for the chapati and “dhaniya saaf karna” just for garnishing?? Why would you need to make food so beautiful you wanna marry it or what?? LOL, I miss that now strangely.

GOSH!! That drama I miss now, after 8 long years living in the home for 3 months made me realise how much I have missed being and as a family, how alone I was in the city without realizing I have a family and the work is just part of my life while the city has made me feel that work is life and family is just a part in it.

Home was always there when I felt lost without even noticing the fact, I felt orphan for a long time and I accepted it. I found my way back home and I promised myself that in a year I am gonna give at least 3 months or maybe 2 😀 to my home. That’s another story to tell another time but here I am talking about how Pandemic has played an important role in this life-changing decision. Moving to goa was a random plan, before settling in mountains for the rest of my life I wanted to taste every terrain and I started from Goa.

~ How I moved here:-

As per the rules, you don’t want COVID-19 Negative report to travel domestic, within the country but if you are a foreign traveller you will require one.

I had my Covid-19 negative certificate as if it was the vaccine only, my way to enter Goa

If you are planning to move here for long-term or even for few months and at the end of the day you require your place to work from home & chill in goa then in-order to find a place here to stay between locals, it is wise if you provide a COVID-19 certificate to the owner/landlord and also put them out of this Corona Dilemma!!

It gave them peace of mind since now everything is opening in goa slowly-slowly, locals are also scared of any outbreak but at the same time looking out for the stomach they have to fill. And as per the growing numbers of tourists,  parties, and the major hangout places are opening day by day I assume there is never a season down in Goa.

~ Slow life

GOA is my first time, I am not a sea person but I appreciate nature around me more than anything. I am glad I have seen goa during a pandemic. Because the hostel mates I found here, the locals I am being friends with are the one who stays here long-term, who knows this place like an insider and I am glad I met so many interesting, different & amazing people on my first visit.

I came with a one-way ticket, 32kgs luggage excluding myself and a corona negative stamp as life-saviour to Goa. All new and naive to the South.

 I think Goa Called!!

~ Goa Downer

I had my very first uneasy instance when I first arrived here, I got harassed by the owner of the resort where I was supposed to stay & work, from a man who had many travel & adventure stories, been to numerous Summits but unfortunately, he is a man & he is the typical “Indian Trash”. He did the old way I am So Lonely, I have nobody, tales from the past. I got a shockwave that how people smoothly slight into your personal space while being vulnerable themself, touch you & your body in a very not-necessary & inappropriate way and make you feel like you are the close-minded one OR You are not friendly enough, not accepting enough or maybe you are from the north so you might lack these western etiquettes of meeting & greeting.

I was crying on the dead road of Aarambol, the farthest corner of Goa I choose to land. Mistake 01 – Trusting the Sweet Talkers. I called people for help, I confronted that I feel super unsafe and objectified here like a banter who has to slip under sheets in order to sustain alone here. I questioned my decision again, I questioned my mind again and I doubted my failure again as a leap of faith that it will pass, it has to pass. I will be in a better mental state, in a safer place just to hold a deep breath and wait!! Uffff, this patience is an exhibition of timeless thoughts. How to suck at it, I know the best.