Pondicherry Executive Inn

Yes, we treated ourselves to a rather nice place for our first stop in India. Picked it randomly based entirely on Trip Advisor reviews, only to discover when we arrived that this was the hotel the film crew for Life of Pi stayed at for three months. I don't believe in coincidence, so this was entirely awesome. Bonus. Bonus. Bonus.

The Magical Pondicherry of Life of Pi

March 10th 2013
Getting to India involved an intense and variety packed day of travel. It began with a half hour tuk tuk ride to the Colombo airport at 7 a.m., where we eventually boarded a 70 minute flight to Chennai, India, after going through at least four security checks. Once arrived in India, we took a forty minute taxi ride to what we thought would be a bus station for the next leg of our journey. The real ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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