Hotel Annamalai International Pondicherry

... which it wasn’t, but villages a few kilometers away were washed away. Once we got to the school all of the children started waving and yelling "hello." They were jumping around trying to make sure we saw them all. There are about 80 students and three teachers who are supposed to be teaching English. They were all sitting in a courtyard-like area in groups. Each group had their own chalkboard that was leaning up against a tree ...

... I had expected. Sorry! I try to keep things short but once I sit down to write so many things come to mind. I feel my blogs are barely scratching the surface of this whole experience. It&#8217;s just one of those things that you have to experience on your own to fully understand. I try to portray things as best as I can so thanks for baring with me!<br><br> Class was cancelled for the day so I&#8217;m going to head into Pondy. Power is back on!

... I still have to figure out my last three classes yet but it might take some time. Some of the professors I talked to said to come back in a week and that classes should be starting sometime in August. If I don&#8217;t come back an extremely patient person this trip was not a success.<br><br>Indian culture is like no other. Almost everything here is different than what I am used to. There is just something about it that fascinates me though. One thing that we all quickly ...

... After taking a look at a well-known ashram we got on the road again to go to Mahaballipuram with a stop by Auroville. <br><br>Auroville&#8230;interesting place! Let me copy something I found on the internet about Auroville: &#8220;Auroville is an experimental township founded in 1968 by Mirra Richard (since her definitive settling in India called &#8220;the Mother&#8221;) and designed by French architect Roger Anger. Auroville is meant to be a universal town where men and ...

... could see driving down from Lyon to the French Riviera. I felt I was in Southern France at some point. That really made me feel l was on vacation (I know, I have been on vacation for months, but I mean that I felt it was summer vacation). Lots of very colorful trucks, motorcycles and pedestrians were sharing the road. I never got tired of looking at the people. I saw quite a lot of men walking side by side holding hands, just like in Nepal. It is very common in ...

... and Marcelle some love letters and also hid some special notes under some people's pillows, spreading the love and all that. I also kissed the cats and the dogs, Poofy got an extra one because he's my favourite puppy. My beaten up, walked in 22 countries Birkenstocks were missing but turned up at the last minute and i'm glad they did or i would've been traipsing the city with naked feet full power hippy, straight out of the commune style. The adorable family of Sunny, Kyra ...

... the water using a Tibetan Singing Bowl. Spirulina is a super health food supplement similar to Chlorella, is believed to have been a food source for the Aztecs, contains an unusually high amount of protein and all essential amino acids. There is one other community in Auroville that sells Spirulina commercially. One day when one of the pixies left the rest of his crew followed him out the gate serenading him as he went. I met some wonderful people here.<br><br>Each ...

... long branches and cut them to size with an axe and saw to create a trellis for climbing spinach and beans. Another work shift I brought tree seedlings together under a tarp for shade and watered them. One shift I worked with the resident local Indian to mend the one fence in our community (which surrounds our sleeping area to provide protection). We took thorny branches and added them to the "living fence"using minimal materials. For one shift Greg and I ...

... the middle of the pathway, relieving himself. I won't forget his grin on his face as we passed him. We have been lucky enough to meet a couple of fellow travelers who have made our stay here even more exciting and rewarding. We met Vlad, from the Czech republic and Mira, from New Zealand one afternoon when they hailed us down in the street and asked us if we knew of a good place to stay. From then on we have spent our days and evenings together ...

... of pulling the plug and coming home did drift into my mind like a fog, clouding my rationality. Granted, coming home would have been the easiest and most comfortable route, but in the end, I'm so happy that I decided to stick it out. I figure that there are very few times in my life where I'll have an opportunity to live here with such flexibility, thus I needed to capitalize on this. Besides this, I'm really starting to fall ...