.....the elephant sneezed and fell on its knees.......
back in banaglore again!
pondicherry was so nice, very hot though, really muggy, *yuck!*
our journey there was fine, there was no hindi movie playing thankfully and the reclinng chairs went back quite a way and i managed to sleep loads. (this isnt hard for me as most of you will know! i can sleep anywhere!) when we arrived in pondy at 5:30am we went to book our return tickets for the sunday night after being promised "100%'" that there would be places. we were told that all the coach companies were full so we'd have to return either that night or monday. we trudged our way round about 5 companies all saying no untill the last one said we could have 2 seats but they would be behind the driver, in his cabin, on a bench! we said yes cos we needed to get back and also we could have proper seats if anyone cancelled.
anyway, we then found a really nice hotel and at only rs480 (6 quid i think! wow that just suprised me!!) a night it was a bargain! pondy streets were a mixture of indian and french and most people came up to us speaking french! i did try a little bit but confused some people when i told them "j'ai trez ans!!" nat also kept saying pickles in french too, but that was thanks to our friend patrice!! never mind! we found a really nice french bakery and had croisants for breakfast and went there quite a few times during our stay mainly cos it was air conditioned!
we saw the ashram, a bontanical garden, the indian notre dame (!!) and the ganesh temple where i tried to give an elephant one rupee so he could bless me, but instead it just snotted on me! nice! we also visited 2 really nice beaches one that was rocky and the other was sandy. it was so nice on the sandy one, there was a special area roped off for the white people so we could sunbathe in bikinis and not offend anyone (i didnt attempt a bikini, think that would have offended even the white people!! :-p). i did actually walk on the beach, as some of you that have been on holiday with me will know i really dont like sand, especially sand mixed with water so this was a great feat for me! i walked along the beach, SAT on the beach and even paddled!! india's definately changing me!! hehe.
2 important activites this weekend were eating and shopping! we found some lovely restaurants (except for the last night! dont go to the seagulls cafe whatever you do!! *bleugh!*) and even better shops! got a few things, mainly to go in my crate to ship home in the summer!
last night we made our way to the coach place dreading our journey, the guy behind the desk kept us sitting to one side right untill the last minute when he handed us our tickets, grinning. we looked down and instead of saying "behind the driver" they said seats 19/20! we got on the bus and to make it even better it was a sleeper not a semi-sleeper so nat and i got a double bed to share! ace! what a great way to end a perfect trip! :-D
just off to meet cess's parents in cosmo now, so better be on my bestest behaviour! or else!
xx
pondicherry was so nice, very hot though, really muggy, *yuck!*
our journey there was fine, there was no hindi movie playing thankfully and the reclinng chairs went back quite a way and i managed to sleep loads. (this isnt hard for me as most of you will know! i can sleep anywhere!) when we arrived in pondy at 5:30am we went to book our return tickets for the sunday night after being promised "100%'" that there would be places. we were told that all the coach companies were full so we'd have to return either that night or monday. we trudged our way round about 5 companies all saying no untill the last one said we could have 2 seats but they would be behind the driver, in his cabin, on a bench! we said yes cos we needed to get back and also we could have proper seats if anyone cancelled.
anyway, we then found a really nice hotel and at only rs480 (6 quid i think! wow that just suprised me!!) a night it was a bargain! pondy streets were a mixture of indian and french and most people came up to us speaking french! i did try a little bit but confused some people when i told them "j'ai trez ans!!" nat also kept saying pickles in french too, but that was thanks to our friend patrice!! never mind! we found a really nice french bakery and had croisants for breakfast and went there quite a few times during our stay mainly cos it was air conditioned!
we saw the ashram, a bontanical garden, the indian notre dame (!!) and the ganesh temple where i tried to give an elephant one rupee so he could bless me, but instead it just snotted on me! nice! we also visited 2 really nice beaches one that was rocky and the other was sandy. it was so nice on the sandy one, there was a special area roped off for the white people so we could sunbathe in bikinis and not offend anyone (i didnt attempt a bikini, think that would have offended even the white people!! :-p). i did actually walk on the beach, as some of you that have been on holiday with me will know i really dont like sand, especially sand mixed with water so this was a great feat for me! i walked along the beach, SAT on the beach and even paddled!! india's definately changing me!! hehe.
2 important activites this weekend were eating and shopping! we found some lovely restaurants (except for the last night! dont go to the seagulls cafe whatever you do!! *bleugh!*) and even better shops! got a few things, mainly to go in my crate to ship home in the summer!
last night we made our way to the coach place dreading our journey, the guy behind the desk kept us sitting to one side right untill the last minute when he handed us our tickets, grinning. we looked down and instead of saying "behind the driver" they said seats 19/20! we got on the bus and to make it even better it was a sleeper not a semi-sleeper so nat and i got a double bed to share! ace! what a great way to end a perfect trip! :-D
just off to meet cess's parents in cosmo now, so better be on my bestest behaviour! or else!
xx
Comments
I haven't really read such an entertaining log since long. Boy-o-boy... you sure do party... I read most of your previous posts as well... they were fascinating. :-)
I was more so glad to know that there sure are as hard a party-goers as me... :-)
I wouldn't be surprised if we had already bumped into each other by now!
i read your blog and its short and sweet! Left you a message on there too. Maybe we have met who knows?!
From what I read from your log-book, you seem to be more active on the weekends than your weekdays. :-) What do you do btw?
Wanna read more about me... read my blog :-)
im a woven textile designer on a years placement in india and only here till august 1st which is too soon for me! itll be weird going back to uk! what about you?
ive read your blog but you're not updating it and theres no personal profile so how can i know more about you?! hehe
Btw, if you have no qualms about us communicating more privately (I mean not on this public post:-P )... let me know and the medium you would prefer.
Read from your blog that you are going to H'bad in the last week... it is going to be real hot over there. B'lore is far better than that place climatically. You shall enjoy the traffic pattern over there... be warned that people start moving only at when the traffic light hits red :-P.
Your comment on visiting your colleague's native place and parents reminded me of movie "Meet the parents" :-P hehe!
"Btw, if you have no qualms about us communicating more privately (I mean not on this public post:-P )... let me know and the medium you would prefer.
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Don't bother... I didn't mean any harm. Even this is fine by me.