Pondicherry was really nice. The food was great, and it felt good to ride a moped again. The east side of town is where the nice restaurants and cafes are, and the streets aren't that crowded, so it was fun to buzz around. The west side of town is where all the shops are, and riding a moped in that was one of the worst experiences of my life. There was one point when we were stuck at an intersection forever because of some Hindu procession.
By the way, everything here is some Hindu thing. Why was there music playing at 6am? Some Hindu thing. Hey what's that festival on the street? Some Hindu thing. Why does everyone have the day off today? Some Hindu thing.
Anyway I am really proud of an anology I came up with yesterday about Pondicherry. It is as if you took a medium sized French town, picked it up and shook all the people out of it, placed it randomly in India, and just let slowly get inhabited.
I decided to shave my beard. India is much too hot for a beard. Shaving it off felt soooooooo good. Also, I don't want to come home with a tan on the upper part of my face and a pasty chin.
This is my last week with the kids, then I will go to Mamallapuram for the weekend and start traveling around. I haven't found anyone to travel with besides one girl who I haven't met and who may or may not be able to go for part of the time. So I'll see how it goes...I typically don't enjoy traveling alone, so depending on what happens I may just find a nice seaside village in Kerala and stay at a nice hotel for a while, or go up to Goa which is a small state colozined by Portugal (and was actually a part of Portugal until 1961), and is basically the center of hedonism in India. Fuck yes.
This guy Matt, who volunteered here from January through July (!) will be returning to the orphanage tomorrow and will stay for a week before he goes home to England. It will be really nice to have someone else around to help me this week. And to hang out with!
Even being away from the kids for the weekend, I really missed them. It will be hard to leave. They're ever so precious.
By the way, I came to this internet cafe with my camera, expecting to post a shit ton of pictures, but I forgot the cord. So I'll either post them tonight or tomorrow, but check back because there will be some portraits I took of my home school kids as well as other random pictures I have taken.
Sincerely,
David
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hey david... this is Ashwin from Mangalore. lot of people from england come to india ,they visit kerala and goa and most of the times they don visit Mnagalore which i feel is pretty unique. it has its own cuisine which is very unlike the non vegetarian fare you get elsewhere in india.there many other things in mangalore to look out for as well. if you happen to visit mangalore anytime please let me know i would be glad to show yo around. i feel there are many things which the visitors miss out when they visit places hope you have a good trip.. keep in touch if possible.
cheers
Ashwin
hey you can contact me on my email livelifekingsize99@hotmail.com
if there is anythin you want i wil be glad to help. my phone number is 9844526919(prefix a 0) if you are calling from any other state than karnataka.
:)
I like livelifekingsize as an email address, especially for an expat. Nicely done.
Dave, i want to see some good hedonism out of you before you return to the states. Don't let me down.
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