Pondicherry Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals

In the morning we walked across the street to the Sai Baba temple, and meditated again.  Meditation started becoming and theme, and I was glad Kelsey was into it. I still feel a bit uncomfortable dropping the “Hey, you know what would be fun, lets go meditate for an hour” bomb on people.  So no bomb dropped, she was into it.   Then, we boarded the bus on to Pondicherry.  It was a commuter buss, packed with people, but we got the seat in the back.  Cru…

Yes, I know it's difficult to believe and in a way it seems like the end of an era but the quest has reached a conclusion, today at a little after 12 midday we saw our first phant...yes you didn't mis read, an elephant in India!!!!!!!!!!! Not only did we see it we photographed it, it blessed Ria and we caught the whole thing on video!! It all hapened at an amazing temple in Pondy called something Vinegar something, a beautiful place full of amazing Ganeshes etc etc. It was the start of a fant…

Travels during my summer internship in India!

After the totally depressing Chennai and the suprisingly disappointing Mamallapuram we allowed our optimism to build up our hopes for Pondicherry. The bus journey from Mamallapuram was relatively uneventful, the usual rickety decrepid bus, crazy driver sounding the ultra loud horn every few seconds and stares from Indians along the way. Arriving it was searingly hot and after the usual attempts by the autorickshaw drivers to rob us we negotiated down to a reasonable price and headed for our c…

  I was excited about coming to Pondicherry to see the French colonial architecture and learn about the famous Sri Aurobindo Ashram.  I figured that I’d end up staying here for some time to enjoy what was rumoured to be a lovely city.  It’s a lovely city, but unless you’re actually participating in ashram life, there isn’t much else to do here.  Except bleed money.    Several guesthouses I checked when I got into town were not only full, but some wer…

This is my trip around India an threw South East Asia, an onward to Aus an NZ

Adventures in India from two first-time travellers - how will we get on?

i've finally managed to escape the oh-so-fascinating world of hedge fund finance, and am now decadently indulging my long-suppressed wanderlust with 15 months on the road and around the world... *note: apart from the odd review (generally of something not found in your standard guide book), this is really more just a map of my travels than a proper blog, but if you want more information on anywhere i`ve been or what i`ve been up to, send me a message and i`ll see if i can rustle something up.

Pondering in Pondicherry

In 2000 I started to travel around the EurAzian continent. Not in one vacation ofcourse, there is work waiting for me at home, but in leg of 6 weeks. Every journey is about 3000 km long.

Un rêve...