New Year beach party
We spent new years eve in a place called Mammallapuram. It is on the south east coast of India and is a travellers hideout. There are many French ex-pats in this part of the world and lots if hippy, 'peace and harmony man' new age communities. The new year was welcomed in by fireworks, firecrackers and dancing on the beach. Was a bit wild and undignified, but that is India and it was great fun.
We are now in Pondicherry - two hours further down the coast. It is very French here and the people are really friendly and there is some great architecture. We have visited some churches, the botanical gardens, the museum and spent too many hours wandering around the many book shops. The food is great and yesterday we stumbled across a Hindu vegetarian restaurant. We asked them to b
ring us something that we would like and spent the next 2 hrs working our way through the menu. At 50p a course - you can't go wrong!Tonight we travel via bus-train-bus to a hill station called Kodai. It is much cooler up there and hopefully the air will be cleaner. Onwards and upwards!
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Hello Bosworths! It's Ellie Champion here. I often wonder how you are getting on during your travels, and I happened to stumble upon your blog today - so now I know! It sounds like you're having a fabulous time. I spent a couple of weeks in S.India last summer and had the most amazing time. Like yourselves, I saw Chennai and Pondicherry. I also spent a bit of time in Mysore and Bangalore. I'll be interested to see your photos when you're back in the UK! Wishing you a (belated) happy new year, with love, Ellie.
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