Bonjour everyone....

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We have finally made it to Pondicherry and we love it, maybe it has to do with how bloddy french the whole place is? Or all the lovely reasturents and cafes? Or how clean the streets are? That we have not seen a single cow since we got here? Or our beautiful old colonal guesthouse? Whatever it is we love and and Sarah my French travelling buddie loves it even more then i as everyone speaks french, and even i can manage a few words...we are planning on doing lots of shopping and sitting in cafes and eating cheese...what more does a girl want in here life?

I have even changed my ticket so that i will be leaving India on the 10th of June for Sri Lanka as being ill just stole days from us and the idea of getting up to channi for tomorrow was terrible unapealing...so i have lots of time now to work on my french and eat lots of good food, maybe even drink some local wine...though it has been quite a while since i drank anything. It is just too hot over here and getting tippsy is a strange place is never all that safe to do.

Sarah and i made a few stops along the way from Koadai to break up the bus journey, they seems to always be places that had big temples, some of the places it seemed like we might have been the first white people they had ever seen, we just got soem of the funniest looks, espically from children who run up to us and want to shake our hands, maybe just to see that we are real???

But i still managed to get sick though. This time it is just a cough and cold, i might go and see what perscription drugs i can get from the local chemist without a perscription...got to love the system here!!!

Am off to do lots of shopping and to see if i can get some clothes made, as the t.shirts i brought with me are not great for this kind of heat.

Any request???
Love and kisses Robin xoxoxox

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Comments

[Sarah]

Who?
We were just wondering what you were up to and since Gumtree has become old hat we have decided to once again check your blog.. who are you travelling with? You keep saying 'We' You sound like you are enjoying it more now. See you in Kiwiland Cheers Sarah

[Sarah]

Who?
We were just wondering what you were up to and since Gumtree has become old hat we have decided to once again check your blog.. who are you travelling with? You keep saying 'We' You sound like you are enjoying it more now. See you in Kiwiland Cheers Sarah

[ROBINWILD]

hi from the land of the Tigers
Hi there Sarah and Dai, well i have left India, which feels very strange. I was there not nearly long enough to see and do all the things that i wanted to do, but i did have some amazing time, and met some really cool other travelers. I loved finshing up my time in Pondicherry. We spent 1 week there, staying in the French quarter and stayign in the nicest old colnial house. The man owned the house/s was a doctor and in the evenings he would come and talk with us about Indian politics and history and even read my palms, all good things were said. I just loved it and even managed to speak abit of French to the locals who all speak it!!! A lovely town which is unlike anything else i experienced in India. I am now in Sri Lanka and it is just a totally different world. It is taking some getting used to. I have seen woman showing skin!!! and having physical contact with men in public...what is the world comign too???i am on the south coast now and all the locals here are surfers, but the is the wrong season for surf down here, it is now on the east coast, which is a total no go area...that kinda sucks and so does the monsoon rain which hit us hard last night, flooding out my room, but it is all drying now so hopfully i will not have such a wet bag on the morrow. I am doing ally well and have met so many nice travelers along the way, i can only hope that it all continues this way for south east asia, as i have a feelign oz and nz will be a breeze after my time in India. Let me know all the gossip and the craic of what is happening in the land of sta travel? how you crazy kids are doing? Are there any new bands i should be getting involved with over here? Kisses to you and thanks for the posting Robin oxoxoxoxo