Hotel Corbelli Pondicherry

... to run and take cover. He said that many people came to the church. The water was so high that they climbed onto the roof of the 2nd floor and were stranded there for three to four days. It was really interesting hearing stories told by someone that was a victim and had survived. It means a lot more to me now than it did seeing it on the news nearly five years ago.<br><br>I&#8217;m planning to help out at the school a few nights a ...

... i dont stand oot at all really with all the other white peeps. It did take me a few days to get my confidence up and for me to get my camera oot (as it attracts more attention obviously) to snap some shots. It ended up being a great tool actually and attracted lots of positivity as some locals stopped me and insisted i took their photo, not for money, just for fun...a father and daughter were first (oh i have yet to find a net cafe where i can upload ...

... that will explain the south Indian tour better so I&#8217;ll try and post those soon. Hope all is well at home!<br><br>Here are few links to pictures that I've posted if you don't have a facebook.<br><br>http://www.facebook.co m/album.php?aid=2031261&amp;id=12646200 62&amp;l=cc6e1dde80<br><br>http://www.f acebook.com/album.php?aid=2031264&amp;i d=1264620062&amp;l=666cdd09d8<br><br>ht tp://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=203 1354&amp;id=1264620062&amp;l=029050dd0a <br>

... on some bumpy roads. It doesn&#8217;t look like a traditional town. According to the little brochure I picked up there are some 90 settlements of varying size with a total of over 1800 inhabitants from India and 35 other countries. The residents work in health care, in construction, they conduct research, develop organic farming etc . <br><br>I walked around what would be called &#8220;downtown&#8221; I guess. There is a little visitor center giving some explanation about the ...

... would survive and that comment is coming from a girl who is cold when it&#8217;s 75 outside). We drove two more hours and pulled over for a few minutes in a small town to get bottled water and some cookies for lunch. Madhan put some Indian music on, we ate the cookies and drank the water while driving and I was feeling simply happy to be there. It was a peaceful time to be alone in this surprising country with some fun music on and a sweet driver, although a ...

... shopping at some of the little boutiques like Kasha ki Aasha, Kalki, Casablanca and Fabindia and buying samples for the business. The Boutiue de Auroville stocks lots of beautiful things hand made in Auroville and i bought a gorgeous silk poncho. This time i stayed at one of the little ashram guesthouses where they had shrines to the mother and Aurobindo and also a night time curfew, who wants to be out with the gangs of dogs anyway? I tried to secure a backstage, VIP ...

... silent sunrise walks through the garden before everybody was up, the palm trees in the sunset and also of being woken up by lovely Lucy's singing voice. <br><br>Before leaving i stocked up on some beautiful things handmade by Aurovilians. I bought some precicion tuned windchimes from a workshop called Alai where they work with diverse metals and their symbolic planetary correspondences and are based on the five natural elements of earth, air, fire, water and ...

... lights in the main hut, kitchen and a few of the bathroom stalls at night (the huts for sleeping have no power just the main hut and kitchen); the blender in the kitchen and the outlet to power the ipod dock for cooking to music. There was one day when it rained almost all day which meant 4 of us had to pedal the stationary bikes to manually power up the batteries. I volunteered to bike for both shifts and was totally exhausted afterwards though enjoyed biking ...

... a very cheap flight from Chennai to Gujarat for the 16th March, which will save us days of traveling by train and bus. We hope to be able to enjoy the beauty of Rajastan before the summer heat really kicks in and turns the place into an oven. So, for now, we are heading to a nice little beach resort where we will wait out the remainder of our time in Tamil nadu before catching our plane to the north where our journey will take on a whole new look. XXX

... This is not to say that you shouldn't check up occasionally. I'm heading to the cities of Bangalore and Mysore in the state of Karnataka soon, so I shall have some pictures and stories for y'all very soon. I will probably be fairly centrally located between September and mid-November, but after finals are finished my Dad is coming over to visit and joining us on a lightning-fast blitz through north India that shall include ...