So it has been a month since my first entry and what a lovely month it was. Fran and I spent the first ten days staying at a hostal in huts right on the beach. It was lovely and cool with nearly no mozzies but painfully far from the centre of Aurovillem, it was a 15 minute uphill cycle for breakfast! We had some visitors for a couple of days, the lovely lady Lowri and the boy Aaandy,it was great to hear their travelling stories first hand especially whilst we still felt so travel fresh and storyless ourselves. They also brought some booze and biffies so we had a couple of fun evenings catcthing up and celebrating Frannies 25th birthday. They rented bikes too and we had lovely cycling mini adventures, we went to see the Matrimandir ( basically a massive meditation chamber in the centre that looks like a giant gold golf ball) and actually got attacked by a bus full of school girls all shaking our hands in turn and asking us our names and how we were, funny for the first couple but it did get slightly tiresome after 25! Sadly Andy and Low left after a couple of days to continue their relentless itinerary and Fran and I were left to our own devices.
I did a workshop on eating healthy as a cure for serious illnesses, which was very interesting and the food was great! Also I was getting ayurvedic massage every day for about 3 weeks and did a couple of Yoga therapy workshops, I now feel fantastic!
We moved to a community where I stayed last time I was here so it was nice to be amongst friendly faces its a bit like a home away from home really. Fran went off to do her voluntary work after about 6 days so I have been knockin about on my own which was nice after a month of nearly constant company. I had a lovely time cycling about on little missions, I have given a few massages and been the Aspiration community baby doctor making aromatherapy remedies curing colds and stuff. I just made one for my friends baby and then I had a couple of requests. It was nice to help out. Other than that I have been hanging out with my mates and just generally being busy doing not much at all. I finally managed to drag myself away from Aspiration and Auroville. I was nearly kidnapped by Aspiration and a nice Italian man who was doing his best to get me to stay for another month so he could romance me. We hit it off one night talking about the benefits of consuming your own urine! As you can expect, he became smitten in a couple of days, not really my type but I do like it when he says 'ciao bella' in his lovely accent.
I am now making my way to Kerala for a two week yoga retreat, I endured a 6 1/2hr bus journey today with the driver beeping his horn the entire way whilst I nursed a hangover - not ideal! I am about to do the same tomorrow so I will have an early night and be slightly more prepared.
Right peeps, missing you all. Think of me getting up at 5:30 every day for the next fortnight!
Saturday, 24 February 2007
Sunday, 28 January 2007
The story till now
So peeps.... We spent the first couple of days in Chennai (the city where we landed) and ate lots of lovely food (variations on curry) and did lots of shopping. We bought some Sari's which was alot of fun in this huge sari shop we were in there about 2 hours I rekon just getting these poor dudes to pull out sari after sari untill we found what we wanted. Now we will look like proper Indian princesses.
The city got too much and we moved on to a seaside village called Mamallapuram, which was great. It is very Chilled ad quite touristy so was a good place to acclimatize. We nearly got ourselves into a bit of trouble on the first night... We thought we would dress up a bit put on a bit of make up and go for dinner and a few beers. In the restaurant we managed to get the attention of all the waiters, they were siting with us and telling us about their busy day etc. One guy in particular was chatting to us and telling us that he wanted a western girlfriend and he could not get an indian girl because he had no education, blah, blah, blah. I think they thought that we were really drunk and we ended up being the last people to leave and by this time we surrounded by a small crowd of indian guys kind of blocking our way out! We made a sharp exit and legged it back to our hotel having learned a lesson or two and vowing from that moment on to tell all young indian guys that we are married!!
Apart from that Mamallapuram was lovely we stayed ther for five days and didn't really do much at all. Apart from eating great fresh seafood and drinking nice wine in a little french run place that we found. Our hostal there was great, 'Ramakrishna Lodge' for those who might pass through that way in the future, and we were a bit sad to leave.
After that on to Pondichery a town by the sea with a very french feel, and we satyed there for a couple of days whilst trying to find somewhere to stay in Auroville which is packed out at the mo. We ended up staying in a house of this Indian artist Guy Called Manoj, really nice art and quite interesting but we discovered that the mirror on the wall between our room and his was actually one way glass, dirty perv!! We were on to his game and covered it with a throw and masking tape, so no late night perving for him!! Not everyone we have met so far has been a perv, we also met a lovely family in Pondy, their baby was born prematurely while they were on holiday and now they have to stay for three months untill she is big enough to fly. Hopefully they will be joining us for dinner on Fran's birthday.
We are in Auroville now staying in a hut on the beach, and desperatly trying to find a couple of bikes so we can get around. Got to go cos there are other people "long time waiting madame"
The city got too much and we moved on to a seaside village called Mamallapuram, which was great. It is very Chilled ad quite touristy so was a good place to acclimatize. We nearly got ourselves into a bit of trouble on the first night... We thought we would dress up a bit put on a bit of make up and go for dinner and a few beers. In the restaurant we managed to get the attention of all the waiters, they were siting with us and telling us about their busy day etc. One guy in particular was chatting to us and telling us that he wanted a western girlfriend and he could not get an indian girl because he had no education, blah, blah, blah. I think they thought that we were really drunk and we ended up being the last people to leave and by this time we surrounded by a small crowd of indian guys kind of blocking our way out! We made a sharp exit and legged it back to our hotel having learned a lesson or two and vowing from that moment on to tell all young indian guys that we are married!!
Apart from that Mamallapuram was lovely we stayed ther for five days and didn't really do much at all. Apart from eating great fresh seafood and drinking nice wine in a little french run place that we found. Our hostal there was great, 'Ramakrishna Lodge' for those who might pass through that way in the future, and we were a bit sad to leave.
After that on to Pondichery a town by the sea with a very french feel, and we satyed there for a couple of days whilst trying to find somewhere to stay in Auroville which is packed out at the mo. We ended up staying in a house of this Indian artist Guy Called Manoj, really nice art and quite interesting but we discovered that the mirror on the wall between our room and his was actually one way glass, dirty perv!! We were on to his game and covered it with a throw and masking tape, so no late night perving for him!! Not everyone we have met so far has been a perv, we also met a lovely family in Pondy, their baby was born prematurely while they were on holiday and now they have to stay for three months untill she is big enough to fly. Hopefully they will be joining us for dinner on Fran's birthday.
We are in Auroville now staying in a hut on the beach, and desperatly trying to find a couple of bikes so we can get around. Got to go cos there are other people "long time waiting madame"
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