Chapora Fort Memories (September 2003)

I believe Goa tour will not be ever complete without visiting Chapora Fort for those who have seen the movie Dil Chahta Hai. We were three gujjus and four biharis. We finally reached the place after visiting the north Goa beaches, in the afternoon.
A narrow road led to the top of a hillock crowned by the fort. After parking the bikes at the slopy road end, we were all set to do trekking for about fifteen minutes. As we climbed, a small lake to our left and the Arabian sea to the right appeared splendidly glittering in the sun. An arch shaped stone gate appeared as a perfect entrance to the abandoned fort. Ahead of us was flat land with scattered grass and beyond it was the wall where the three actors had sat in the movie. After a five minute walk, the wall was before us with lesser stones than shown in the movie. All of us put our bags and belongings on the ground and ran to sit on the wall. I was the most excited and could not wait for clicking snaps. After clicking snaps of the scenic views, it was turn for us to click ourselves in all poses resembling the actors. The place appeared as if nobody had ever been there, with no sound except for the loud sea waves hitting the shore below. A triangular piece of land running below the wall seperated the sea into two parts. We were too tired to go to the bottommost point. It was fun lying on the wall to stare at the plain sky and also to sit and chat. Jogging around the place would have been an option if it was early morning. It was a perfect place for kite flying or playing cricket, with the wind blowing and open space all around. Unfortunately, we could not figure out the way to take a video by the camera and didn't carry food.
It had been almost an hour sitting on that broken wall and was time for us to make a move for lunch.