Where the cows can sit in the middle of the streets, Where there are chalk drawings everywhere Where Anik wanted to learn how to make shoes And where I stepped right into holy cow shit in India, wearing my brand…
Day 133: Goodbye Pondicherry and hello Mahabalipuram
We leave lovely Pondicherry (=Puducherry) today… to go to Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram), a small town just 95 km north. Our hostel is right at the fishermen’s beach… By the way, many Indian places seem to have two names…
DAY 132: Our first proper Indian market
No one should ever miss an Indian market. The colours, smells and the people… It’s almost too much to compensate… In the evening we met friends from Munnar at an temple and went for dinner. Life’s just full of wonderful…
Day 129/130: Goodbye Munnar, hello Pundicherry
Goodbye Munnar with your tea plantations, your hills and mountains, your fresh air, spices and chocolate, goodbye all you beautiful people we met. We will miss you! But it’s time to move on…. A night stop over in Madurai, our…
Day 131: Pondicherry’s promenade
Day We bumped into a cultural show at the promenade on our first evening. What a nice welcome! And we could say hello to Gandhi But the best thing about this promenade is the people. India is a fantastic place…