Patricia Guest House Pondicherry

... in these circumstances could be disastrous. Plan dismissed.
PLAN B (variation): Find something to pee in then chuck it out of same window. We only have a newspaper parcel with our carryout samosas and a bottle of water. Neither seem easy, and I don’t think Dan would be impressed if I pee in our water.
Dan sleeps on. I hate him.
PLAN C: Stare intently at other sleeping passengers willing them to wake up, and need to pee as well. They might know what ...

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Tomorrow we have the day off for Ramadan. It’s a month long festival in the Islamic calendar where Muslims fast and eat only before sunrise and after sunset. The fasting is to help teach patience and self-disciple along with many other things. Tomorrow marks the end of the month so many people will be feasting and celebrating. I asked one of the guys that I live with who is a Muslim from Afghanistan about it. I think the idea ...

... people showed up and we soon had to leave. We walked on the beach for a while looking for a place where to have dinner. We took our time, it was getting really dark but lots of people were still playing in the ocean. Cute little and big crabs were coming out everywhere. We finally found a little restaurant on the beach and had tomatoes and prawns on a rooftop. I had very little appetite and felt tired so we went back to the hotel. We’ll visit more of Mahaballipuram tomorrow.

... Arunachala for the full moon. I had my last bowl of raggy porridge and gave Aviram a hug. In exchange he gave me the contacts for his Ayurvedic doctor and his Brahma Kumaris spiritual teacher in Kathmandu, a good trade i believe. I found all my gear that seemed to be spread out over the whole site and down-sized my pack in preparation for Nepal. Nice one. Everything packs away like puzzle pieces in my pack and extras have to be culled otherwise my pack is too heavy. I left ...

... crew. People leave everyday and new people arrive everyday. Word of mouth keeps a stream of workers coming and it keeps if fresh on the farm. New people bring new ideas, skills and fresh energy.

Also there's a no- talent show once a week and volunteers hold workshops in whatever they can do like yoga, men's circle, women's circle, creative writing, solar oven making and junk art. When i was there, a group was also doing Vipassana meditation together. One day ...

... There is also a shift for someone to be the fire starter who starts and maintains the fire for the brick stove tops and oven. There is a shift for several people to bring the pots and pans in from the main hut after the meal and wash all pots and pans used to prepare the meal. Someone needs to organize the veggies and fruits twice a week so that the older veggies go on top of the new ones and get used up first (Greg and I split this job and it took several hours ...

... at a very cheap price. The equation has been balanced, wouldn't you say? The city is a large, endless mass of buildings and so we opted for an unconventional way of exploring it's streets. We played the "left/right" game, which is a simple case of taking the first left and then, when the opportunity arises, the first right, and repeated until you are bored or too tired to continue. This is an unbiased guide, detached from human opinions and ...