Monday, December 20, 2010

Pondicherry

We left the south corner of India and start onward to north again... but first we will spend some days in South east India. Again we have arrived in Madurai, we wanted to go to Rameshwaram but we did not liked Madurai except the beautiful temple. because this is a very crowded city. so we skipped the Rameshwaram and arrived in Trichy. in this city we found a very nice veg restaurant and had dinner there. since morning we did not eat anything because of travel so now it was the time to spend some money and make our stomach happy. we went to The temple and Rock Fort. here we met with another french couple Mathew and CM. there were staying in Tanjore city which was our next destination. so we took our bags and joined them for the train. This was the first time when we did not asked for too many hotels and stayed in first one. because they told us that in this city you can not find the cheap hotel so where we are staying that is best which we also liked.

In Tanjore we been to very big and beautiful temple ever i seen during my this travel. we sit there for sometime to enjoy the ambiance of the temple. i could not understand one thing that in India we have amazing temples, Indian tourism calls it heritage and incredible India . but why they don't care these monuments? i feel very bad. when i see they are destroying it. they have putt lights inside and the Pandits who are taking care of the temples they get some money and let the peoples go inside where you ans me can't go. there is no care of paintings which are 100s years old. this kind of things we can not create now. we should save them. if the are earning money they should spend also....

so we stayed here two days and them we came to Pondicherry. This city is very expensive. as soon i was wanted to come here that soon i wanted to leave this city now. you know its raining here . yesterday were was wet totally. when we reached our guest house my pent was folded up to knees and i was totally wet with four plastic bags full with shopping's and in same condition Math was running after me. two french girls were sitting there in the balcony and they just start laughing on us to see us in this condition. but you know i love the rain. so i was happy also. this evening we spend together with those two girls Lohi and Mathilde and some local guys. it was good time we spend there.

Today morning also it was heavy rain. As rain got stop we got ready and tried to go out. but again rain got started so we changed the cloths. we rented bicycles and accompanied with other two girls. we were just riding the cycles and seeing the city. i enjoyed a lot. here everyone use bicycles. for me it was a great experience to do so in the rain wearing rain-cots. Pondi city is a french colony. and we are staying in french area. all the streets and house and everything has french names. people usually speaks french language. for me it was strange and math was also feeling as she is in France. in the evening we visit to the church and been to a shoe shop. we order our sleepers there. they have very nice lathers and they make shoes on demand as you want. we designed our own shoes and ordered. the rates are also not expensive. this is the only this i found cheap and best here.
now three more days here. we have many plans but don't know how will this works......

1 comment:

Abhinandan said...

i know these days are r best days in ur life so much traveling in different area so much excitement i jales with u but its ok. i reed ur post i know that haw good see old temples i feel same when i seen old temples in north India and when u hear that kind of temples billed in 100 years ago and that kind of kalakrity doing in past that time u feel proud we are leaving in India.