Pondicherry, India

Between a Mosque and a Drug Den
April 24, 2008 - Pondicherry, India
We left Goa via the busride of death. There's no train from Goa directly to Bangalore, so we had no choice but to catch the bus. We assumed the luxurious way to do this would be on an overnight sleeper bus... we were wrong! Our berth was above the seats so there was very little space above our heads, and of course the beds weren't long enough to...
Placed by Sophie and David in Asian Adventure

Auroville
March 11, 2007 - Pondicherry, India
After a very hot and sticky night in our non-AC hotel room, Jess and I had croissants for breakfast and set off on a bumpy rickshaw ride to Auroville... The international community of Auroville is a project in human unity which has around 1700 residents of 35 different nationalities. Its principles are that Auroville does not belong to...
Placed by Ana in India!!

Exciting two days...
March 10, 2007 - Pondicherry, India
Hey!! How are you? Another exciting couple of days!!! Yesterday was just unbelievable - I got to watch 4 surgeries! In the morning I observed a tonsillectomy and the removal of some little bump things on someone's bum, but in the evening things got gory...a woman came in with tumours on each of her ovaries. She looked pregnant though, I...
Placed by Ana in India!!