Executive Inn Pondicherry

... them. They all speak Tamil which is the language of the state. I’m taking a Tamil class so I could say a few words in their language. Maybe they will be able to help me out as well. The school is held behind a church where the bishop and priest live. We had coffee with the bishop and he told us stories about his career. When the tsunami hit, most of the fishermen were aware that something was going to happen so they warned ...

... India because im only traveling in this part as this is a huge country to see it all. For me it makes sense to stay away from the more full-on busy, hassling North where all the tourist sites (yes ill be skipping the taj mahal) are and way more people and annoyance from what i have heard. I would like the more 'laid back' south please with friendlier people, a bit more<br>wealth, a few less people and a few less attention im hoping. <br><br>And so far so ...

... of the eight people&#8217;s bags which took nearly a week to get back. That was when we first realized how differently things work in the sense that you just have to relax and things will eventually get finished.<br><br>I&#8217;m off to meet with a professor this morning to figure out another class for the semester and if I have time I&#8217;m going to try and make it into town. I will try to at least write a blog a week, internet access permitting. I have quite a few ...

... will be the place of an unending education, of constant progress, and a youth that never ages. <br><br> <li>Auroville wants to be the bridge between the past and the future. Taking advantage of all discoveries from without and from within, Auroville will boldly spring towards future realizations. <br><br> <li>Auroville will be a site of material and spiritual researches for a living embodiment of an actual Human Unity. </li></ol>This town is reached after driving for a little ...

... were people everywhere. I kept walking, profusely sweating as the noon temperature was reaching its highest point and found a secluded spot. Or so I thought until I saw there was a road behind me with a bus full of people coming. I&#8217;m sure I was their entertainment of the day. Oh well&#8230; that&#8217;s part of the adventure, right? Getting back into the car felt like I was getting into a freezer (yes, the car has air conditioning, I can&#8217;t imagine how ...

... the road too long. This was my second visit to the former French colony and this time i had opportunity to do a walking tour of the city. I found it to be a little bit surreal with the seafront promenade, wide boulevards and French culture and architecture set against the buzzing backdrop of a typical Indian city. It was a bizarre recipe for a mixed dish that i didn't entirely enjoy cooking. Luckily i was only in the 'Pondy' kitchen for one day. The first time i was here i had ...

... shifts early in the morning before it gets too hot then you are free for the rest of the day. Some fond memories i have are of watching the moon from my bed through a large triangular hole in the roof of our room, giving the naked kids banana pit showers, watching Kalki eat jaggery syrup straight from the pot, dancing in the kitchen with Conan, butterflies in the garden, a frog jumping onto my face, the babies being washed in the buckets, Scottish Shelia and her ...

... never got a chance to sign up for this job but you rotate panels 4 times a day so that the sun is always hitting them. The entire community runs on solar energy which includes: several power outlets for volunteers to use to recharge batteries, laptops, etc; free wireless internet (though there were many days this wasn't working or there was no power so you could use the internet but the laptop wasn't charged); the projector and laptop for movie night ...

... Hopefully, we will meet up again in the north, but for now, as on many previous occasions, we had to say our goodbyes and head off in different directions. If our paths don't cross again on this trip, they will cross again somewhere in Europe in the future. Within the last few days we have had a change in plan and are now heading north sooner than expected, unable to catch a boat we were intending to take to the Andaman island. We have ...