Blogs from Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia - page 3

Ludilo se nadaljuje: vpisala sem se v scuba diving tecaj v Pondicherryju - of all the places! Ampak do tja se pridemo ... Dolgujem namrec se par vtisov iz Aurovilla. Torej. Z Matejem, 38-letnim fizikom z Gorenjske, sva pojedla vecerjo na terasi solarne kuhinje in imela prijeten pogovor o Aurovillu. Njegova izkusnja: "Pred 4 leti sem prisel za 3 mesece in ostal. Fasciniralo me je sonce oz. nebo. Sploh mi ni bil problem tu ostati, na Slovenijo me ni nic posebej vezalo. Zacel sem s projektom z opekami: Earth Institute, kjer smo izdelovali opeke iz zemlje. Tkrat je primanjkovalo bivalisc, zato se je projekt zacel simbolicnom, do zdaj pa smo tako zgradili ze dve veilki hisi in delo se se nadaljuje. Moj vsakdan je razlicen. Nekaj casa porabim za urejanje hise, nato delam od doma, saj ... read more

En chemin pour la ville de Pondicherry, une ancienne colonie française... Dès notre arrivé, nous avons aperçue les écritaux qui étaient écrites en Français. Cependant, nous avons vite réalisé que nous étions encore en Inde. Le traffic n’avait pas changé, le bruit était toujours similaires et les senteurs étaient toujours présentes... Nous avons trouvé un bel hotel qui était situé dans le quartier français qui était beaucoup plus calme que le chaos du centre-ville. Nous avons seulement resté une nuit à Pondicherry et n’avons pas visité beaucoup. Mais nous avons quand même apprécié les restaurants qui offrait une variété de nourritures différentes de ce que nous étions habitué... Nous avons aussi beaucoup aimé les cafés français qui se trouvaient partout, finalement, du bon café... Pondicherry offre certain attrait touristique que nous avons probablement tous visité en ... read more

The French have saved us Well what we thought was going to be one buss turned into 3, nice. We not only stepped back in time here, we seemed to have changed countries!!! Pondicherry was once governed by the French, and we stayed in the french quarter, with wide clean streets beautiful pastel coloured buildings...very colonial. We ambled through parks, and promenaded along the beach front, even found coq au vin on some menus!! Pasta, Guy ate so much pasta. There is no tax on Booze here so the beer is really cheap, even found a Carlsberg quart. There are many Ghandi statues around this part of India, not only is he a national hero, he also made significant decisions in and around here ( weaving alt m his own cotton, and the end of the ... read more

Pondicherry, the name has the same mysterious feeling to my ears as places like Zanzibar. I truly enjoyed Zanzibar ad Pondicherry was next on my romantic list. But to be truthful, I really had no idea of what to expect. The top of the peak season is just behind us...which means it is easier to find rooms. Hotel de l'Orient...if you come here, this is the name to remember. Pondicherry is a former french trading enclave. Per se, the place is maybe just below a square mile. It lays on the seashore, running around less than a mile, and few blocs deep from the seashore. My friend had told me that this is the place to see in the region. And if you ask what else to see beside the French area, well, there is not ... read more

I am at a really beautiful part of South India right now, Pondicherry! This place was colonized by the French for decades up until 1949. The architectures here are really French, a lot of the buildings look like boutique shops. And yes, there are French restaurants! Of course the chefs aren’t French, but the Indian chef is a master at making French food. I finally ate something that wasn’t curry or Indian! Haha, don’t get me wrong, I love Indian food but it’s been a long while since I ate beef since nobody here eats it. So the buildings are French, some restaurants are French but mostly everything else is Indian! I want to share something with you that might change your perspective on something. For the past 3 months in India, it has been monsoon ... read more