Colours of Goa

I have been wanting to write this from many days but something or the other came up.So,here it is finally.
I went to Goa for the first time in my post graduation days with the guys(actually one guy!).We had a conference in Mangalore and decided to visit the famous 'Miami' of India.It was a low-budget venture since we didn't have much money.We got what we wanted,alright.It was sunny,the beaches were blue and the water was delicious.We swam at all the beaches...Calangute,Anjuna,Baga,Vagator etc. and also sipped the local special-cashew pheni.We did all this in one day on a bike-taxi and stayed in a small room for one day.I had decided that I was going to go back again and again.
Four years later...
I and my family decided to go to Goa.I forgot to check the season(It was monsoon) and I thought off-season meant less number of tourists.The rains started lashing us from Karwar and I thought since Karwar was 'Malnad' region,the weather was so and that there would be no rain in the coastal areas.The rains didn't stop.When we got down from the bus in Panjim,Goa had turned from blue & sunny to muddy,cloudy and rainy!It rained continuously for three days.In spite of that ,we visited all the beaches,went on a cruise and went to some temples.We saw more of Goa than I had seen the last time.
Moral of the story-Offseason means that it is the wrong season to visit!