First few days in India were easy and not so intense ( as India can be) , as I was met by Katie Pye and Bala our Tamil taxi driver sent by Tia the art therapist I am working with...and after Bala drove skillfully out of Chennai dodging the melange of moving vehicles and cows, dogs, goats & people, not slowing down for anything until a snake crossed our path on the highway south...we turned off the highway at a juncture obscurely signposted towards Auroville, which is a haven of low rise jungle green after Chennai and the drive south through coastal marsh land and open fields. We were to have a sneek preview of Auro while dropping off Krisey, Katie's friend to stay with a woman who's had a long time association with the place.
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