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By Katerosemary
October 1st 2009
the first step... Asia » India » Pondicherry
hello everyone. im sorry if my spelling gets a bit erratic but laura's mini lap top seems too small for my big hands :S okay, well we're here, there was some trouble with the flights because luckily air india deided to strike on the day we wanted to travel. all was okay though, we got to fly with jet airways, and i experienced my first plane ride with films..and i went crazy. i watched 3..one being he's just not that into you, which made me doubt everything i ever thought about men, the film was designed to make women think that [View Full Entry]

Katerosemary - Kate Palmer | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 1st 2009 | 144 Views | [diary=441215]


I left Trichy to go to Pondicherry by car. This city is now officially known as Puducherry but that only cuts the name down by one letter, so the old diminutive of Pondy is still in use - and sounds much nicer, I think. The French name is also very slightly shorter, as they spell it Pondichery with only one "r". But any advantage this may give them is lost because they use an acute accent over the "e". The journey here took about four hours and was a very interesting one. Soon after leaving the town we crossed some marshlands [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 5th 2009 | 133 Views | [diary=433258]

Gandhi
Lighthouse
Place de la Republique

By Oliplanet
July 22nd 2009
Agra Asia » India » Pondicherry
Agra, Hoy toca ir desde Delhi a Agra por lo que me vienen a buscar a las 6 de la mañana y me montan en moto para salir del bazar, para coger un autocar que había contratado con aire acondicionado, yo me imaginaba algo con aire, turistas, cómodo.... pero no, ¿como iba a ser algo normal?, me encontré a 60 indios esperándome con cara rara... (luego descubriremos que es la cara que ponen siempre) Tras unas 5 horas de viaje con paradas, me dicen que salga del autobús... ME, a mi , solo a mi, a nadie mas..... me explican que [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 26th 2009 | 97 Views | [diary=422312]

India 13
India 10
India 11

Whenever I sit to write these blogs, my normal routine consists of compiling tid bits of information jotted down in a journal and trying to weave something into logical form for the readers enjoyment. Last night I looked at my point form notes and was at a loss as to how to formulate a blog tale.....thus, my solution is to do the opposite, in true Indian fashion, and tell each point-form note as it lays in my journal which should give way to complete and utter randomness (how exciting!). Oh, and please mind the spelling mistakes Spell check is not working [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 13th 2009 | 206 Views | [diary=408027]

The Taj
Camel Treking
Camel Treking

After a night in Mahabalipurum David and I headed down the ECR towards Pondicherry which is a former French colony and is considered an autonomous state where French is actually an official language. We had planned to take the state bus to Pondicherry like we did from Chennai to Mahabalipurum (and it cost a whole of $1 for 2 people!!) but you really need to know how to jump onto buses to do that since the bus will only stop for a whole of 5 seconds. So after a failed attempt at that with out backpacks in tow, we gave into [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 4th 2009 | 148 Views | [diary=396048]

Serenity beach
Gandhi statue

By pesci
March 28th 2009
Peaceful Pondy Asia » India » Pondicherry
Pondicherry one of the locations, i wanted to go from years. One of the attractive tourist locations in India. I was wondering what would be driving so many tourists to that place all these years. You want to holiday with all the peace in the world, Pondy is the perfect place in India. Not too many people crowding behind you to do marketing, not too many strange eyes gazing your movements lets you live your holiday with your peace of mind. This Union Territory is in the east sea shores of Southern India. An heritage city as far as tourism in [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 28th 2009 | 72 Views | [diary=385463]

La Dupleix
Beach Street
Italian Ice Cream parlour

By Ban Trav
February 13th 2009
Ma cherie Pondy..  Asia » India » Pondicherry
There were many things said about 'Pondy' before I arrived in this unknown territory, like much of India to me. I tried not to let these preconceptions effect my own perspective. The one thing that was relayed and stuck in my mind is that it is a former French colony, so I was expecting, to some extent, for this to be reflected in the architecture. As for anything else I wasn't sure of, and my only view of France is from the misguided television or pictorial Wikipedia. It was true. The buildings have obvious influence from the French. They were mostly [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 13th 2009 | 99 Views | [diary=373192]


By KarenandVinny
January 28th 2009
Pondicherry Asia » India » Pondicherry
This old French colonial town gives a nice break to India with its wide streets and grand houses fronted by a promenade along the seashore, it feels as though you have stepped back into Europe. Here we had our first row with a tuk tuk driver. Having assured us that he knew the hotel we were going to, we found he hadn't a clue. He repeatedly stopped to ask for directions but this seemed to make little difference. Eveentually we lost the head and got out and walked. We ended up lodging for the night in an ashram which had a [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 26th 2009 | 127 Views | [diary=376938]

The Supers office
What no cars
Vinny

Sitting a couple hours further south of Mallamaparum is a place which is in complete contrast to both the India we had seen on TV and the small dose of this country we have had since arriving nearly 2 weeks ago. Pondicherry or Punducherry as it is now known has a bus station just like every other bus station, the auto-rickshaw from the bus station was ridiculously overpriced just like every auto-rickshaw leaving from a bus station, the first few guest houses we tried to get a room in had the full sign on the front gate just like everywhere [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 6th 2009 | 176 Views | [diary=370918]

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Up early and out for a walk around the very French Pondicherry. Had breakfast in a french bakery - very tasty almond croissant an an apple danish - yum! Then walked the French quarter visiting Sri Aurobindo Ashram on Rule de la Marine and had some time to sit amongst The Mother's devotees and meditate. The Mother is Mirra Alfassa - a Paris born painter, musician and Aurobindo’s close companion who developed the Ashram and founded Auroville (visited later). Sarah bought a book about The Mother's thoughts on children and I picked up a tiny perfume and some lemongrass in the [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 28th 2009 | 122 Views | [diary=440226]

Policeman
Street sign
Sri Aurobindo Ashram


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