The Promenade And Le Dupleix Pondicherry

... up pretty early Sunday morning and ran with Lindsay. She’s from Grand Valley and used to run at Aquinas before she transferred. About a mile or so away from campus we ran by the "Central Prison" which we found out basically shares a wall with our campus. It makes a little more sense now why we have so many guards around campus. I’ve been running quite a bit since I’ve been here. I registered for the Disney Marathon in ...

... daurada gegant. El menjar (evidentment vegetaria i biologic) es exquisit. Si algu mai s'hi aventura que ho faci en transport public o amb una moto, el fet d'anar-hi en bicicleta es bastant dur i tan sols per a temeraris perque 1/ no es obvi arribar fins a la comunitat (els 10 km teorics de distancia s'acaben transformant en mes del doble) i 2/ els conductors indis no tenen cap respecte per als conductors de vehicles de dos rodes sense motor (ha anat de poc que no ...

... a few people walking along the beach that kept trying to sell us things but I think we are getting pretty good at being able to get rid of them. The water was ridiculously warm and we bumped into a group of Indian college students that were spending the weekend here in Pondicherry. They came up to us and were asking us questions like it was going out of style. It was pretty cool. They were ...

... Essentially she was saying the west over medicates and we need to use alternative methods for coping with mental illnesses. She also talked about how a lot of companies put out drugs knowing they have adverse affects on the patient but pad the Md's wallet so they prescribe them anyway and the patient becomes addicted. The speaker gave out a lot of interesting information and invited us to a full moon party where she would host the party as a shaw woman. I ...

... live life Kensington style. I eventually got my Tuk Tuk driver to understand my needs and found a modern hotel on the wrong side of town where I beat the manager into submission and gained a 40 percent discount. ( I wonder if my hard line approach will carry any water back in blighty?). At last a refreshed and colourful Emily re awoke to sample the Pondicherry life. I took great ...

... we noticed was that while Mother had asked her followers to eschew religion, perversely it seemed that the followers were basically worshipping her. Classic cult. Having said that it seemed a pretty chilled out place and the devotees seemed like peaceful types rather than psychos. Good for them we say The highlight was the Matrimandir which is a giant gold dome that looks like a golf ...

... to buy an Enfield. After listening to Julius and I recount our numerous and exhausting stories of trudging around Chennai in the midday sun for days on end, they thought 'sod that' and went and bought the first bullet they laid eyes on. Probably not a bad call. A Swedish couple called Lars and Anna had also made the short trip down for a few days break from their 3 month stint of teaching kids in Chennai's slums. Lars too was infected with the Enfield bug and was ...

... Now I was having it after a long time and it tasted like my mothers preparation and I simply loved it. I joined the tour group at around 1:30 PM. After a short halt at the Botanical gardens, we proceeded to Auroville. It is an experimental township founded by Mirra Alfassa also known as The Mother in India. This universal township is an experiment in peaceful living and human unity. During the inauguration ceremony ...

... of us. South Indians are used to white people, but in many cases, Leo is the first black guy any of them have ever seen, and don't understand that a black person can also be French. It's interesting to talk to people who have such a limited scope of understanding. The irony of course is that Leo is just as dark as some of the darker Tamils. Then there are Berenice, Julie, and Morganne, all three of whom are here for a year ...