Just this weekend, we took a trip to Pondicherry for some well deserved R&R. The bus ride was about 4 hours, when we reached our destination, we took a rickshaw to the French Quarter and found accomodations. We then proceeded to walk around the French Quarter. First impression of the French Quarter, was how quiet and welcoming the streets were. This was a nice change of pace from the crowded, hectic pace in Chennai. Generally, Pondicherry was an excellent place to wind down, relax, enjoy really good food! That one sentence describes the whole trip!
We then walked to the beach. There wasn't much to see on the beach, it was relatively quiet and quite relaxing with the cool breeze coming from the ocean. We did find a Gandhi Statue!
The next day we went to Auroville, which is an experiment in alternative living."Auroville wants to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realize human unity." -From the Information Brochure.
Interesting, but personally i could not and do not agree with it. I do think it's an interesting concept though.At its spiritual and physical heart of Auroville is the Matrimandir. a spiritual structure that is used for meditation. I have not been inside (we need to book a time and such). The inner chamber is composed of 12 meditation "petals", each concerning an attitude toward the Divine and humanity (sincerity, humility, gratitude, courage, generosity, peace etc). At the center of the chamber is what is said to be the largest man-made crystal, which reflects the suns rays and produces a concentrated light to enhance meditation.
We then walked around and enjoyed the scenery and the great travel company!
After this, the girls went shopping, while the boys waited (as usual). We went to the local cafeteria and had some amazing food.
I forgot to take pictures of the food! But it was DELICIOUS! I honestly didn't want to leave.
We then took the bus back to Chennai and started another work week!
Thanks for reading! Hope all is well!
Cheers
Robin
2 comments:
are you the only asian person in india?
haha.. i haven't met any other Chinese people yet! Althought, there is a large Korean population here! Met some koreans, and 1 Japanese person. Yay... i have not convinced them to join my AZN Entourage... man that sounds cool... AZN Entourage.
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