Le Dupleix Pondicherry

... das "normale" Indien zu chaotisch ist. Wer sich nach Marseille traut, kann gut und gerne auch Pondicherry besuchen.

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I call Pondy "India light", it's not like the rest I have seen so far. The french influence actually has formed a town with nice streets, clean, trees, promenade, etc.

It is a good place for leisure after or in between travelling other cities. There is not ...

La Francophonie pot estar contenta del resultat del seu experiment colonialista a Pondicherry. Si els engendres que havia visitat al sud-est asiatic no m'havien atret gaire, he de reconeixer que en aquesta petita ciutat, els francesos van saber crear quelcom d'interessant, en linia amb Nova Orleans. El fet que m'agradi tant no es tan sols degut al fet de poder caminar entre boulevards arbrats i cases colonials, assaborir un menjar excel.lent (una barreja de cuina ...

... to the night guard last night and he said that he gets a day off every two months. He retired from the military and is working to help pay for his children’s education. If we have food left after dinner we usually try to take his something. He is always really excited to see us.

This is pretty random but I just wanted to give an idea what hostel life here is like. One more day of class and another weekend is here already!

... a beautiful earthy sounding flute from a percussion instrument making workshop called Svaram.



The simple and rustic living style at Sadhana Forest is designed so that you are always aware of the connection between the environment and yourself, i definitely got the feeling that the natural way of living close to the earth experienced in the unique environment at Sadhana Forest was a return to a feeling of being in my natural state. In the words of ...

... my friends to music. Though I was already up because I was doing yoga, I loved hearing all the various wake up calls by the various volunteers. One of my favories was when two volunteers sung a beautiful swahili song that was taught to us the night before in our Sunday night meeting. Other activities within Auroville/Sadhana Forest: Campfires- After every movie/dinner night there was usually a campfire so that the guests could hang out with the volunteers ...

... appealing aspects. Some of the old streets have charm and heritage. there are flowers and open spaces, the sea front is within easy reach, however..... After minutes lost in this tranquil bliss the usual fervour of blasting horns, litter and millions of bodies appeared. The problem with seeking European charm in India's pockets is that much of it is dilapidated, down trodden and over ...

Auroville... bit of a strange place. But after our previous blog on the Osho Ashram in Pune, which resulted in some complaints from the Osho devotees (see the comments in the Pune entry of our blog), we have to be careful what we say. (By strange coincidence, we happened to have somebody on our tour bus today who spent a week in the Osho Ashram in Pune in January, and he told us that his ...

... for breakfast. Only idli was available so I had them. It was not good. An equally bad coffee was served in a plastic cup. Anyways I decided to get out of the hotel and explore the city. The eastern part of the city is called the French quarters. French influence can still be found in this part of the city. Most of the streets have French names and there are few of heritage buildings. I walked up to the Goubert Avenue also known ...

... was a mixed bag. We traded in our vagabond lifestyle for that of routine and the security that comes with routine. The rooms are actually fairly big, with two beds, a private bathroom, and some other accoutrements. I'll post some pictures to illustrate this for you all. The rooms, while nice, were not clean. I don't mean a bit of dust, I mean there was rat droppings scattered around the room. This lead me to embark on a ...