So we had to get up at the crack of dawn today to leave the hotel at 7.30am :-( we drove for a couple of hours and arrived in Pondicherry - quite a nice seaside town that is very french - all the roadnames are in french. To be honest, today was a bit of a non day. We went to see an Ashram which consisted of a barefoot walk around a grave to the mother and father of the ashram in silence and then a 10 or 15 minute walk in 35 degree humidity with no breeze down the seafront. Sweat was literally dripping off us again. Then we went to pick up a takeway lunch from a restuarant our guide wanted to take us too but it was a bit of a waste of time. It was about 10.30 when we got there and we all had to order stuff to take on the bus to eat later - it didn't arrive till 11.45 so was a waste of time and expensive. Never mind. After that we drove for another 4 hours till we reached ANOTHER temple. Some of the temples you don't have to cover up completely and our guide forgot to warn us that we needed to for this one so me and Laura weren't properly dressed. We ended up waiting outside for an hour and a half for the others to come out (not so bad as I wasn't particularly bothered about going inside another temple again). After that, headed to the hotel, had a mediocare dinner and about to hit the sack.
Tomorrow is going to be another boring day - a 7.30 start again and then a 2 hour drive to a temple that is so strict we can't go in, just look at from the outside, lunch and then another 4 hour drive to Maduri.
After that i'm actually looking forward to the rest of the trip as we spend 2 nights in another wildlife sanctuary in the mountains so a cooler climate and then back to Kerela for our homestay.
The only great thing about today was I spent a very constructive journey planning everything i'm going to be doing in Hong Kong!
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Oh dear, it does sound like you are all templed out. I can't say I blame you though! Just think, in another couple of days you will be mixing with all the creatures and bugs in the wildlife sanctuary. London will never be the same LOL!
ReplyDeleteDon't complain about being bored! It beats the highlight of my evening which is watching Coronation Street!! x
ReplyDeleteStill sounds fab! By the time you're back you'll only remember the good bits about India!! The mountains and wildlife sanctuary sound cool! How was Diwali? You've not mentioned it? The pic on FB looks fab! We're just halfway through wallpapering your nothern bedroom! Lots of love xxxx
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