I love how people’s holiday photos always tend to represent the fantasy ideal of what a place is like. The reality of being in a place is usually quite different. I think it’s more interesting to show both sides. I don’t mean this in a particularly critical way, after all if I had some sort of Howard Hughes complex India would not exactly be the top holiday destination – I’d have chosen Hawaii or Disneyland or Legoland maybe. Here’s a […]
Ganesh (the elephant god) has a temple in Pondicherry. If your god is an elephant you might as well have a full grown real elephant stood outside. It brings in the tourists, generates a bit of spectacle and no doubt a good supply of fertilizer for the plants. You feed the elephant some offerings and he pats you on the head. Nice. You are now guaranteed your place in nirvana or something. It all seems a lot easier than all […]
We’re very greedy in the west when it comes to the two wheeled form of transportation. We want a whole bike to ourselves. That’s just frankly greedy in my opinion. After all, don’t you get a bit lonely when you are out on your own? Best to take at least one friend with you, if only for company. And really, you’ll need someone to read the map and share the driving as well.. ..and then of course when you have […]
..he keeps trying to disguise himself, but I’ve started to recognise him. I’m taking covert photographs just in case he turns out to be a nutter, I’ll post them here so you can try and track him down if necessary.
Which translates to here on google maps – Pondicherry It has a pier… ..and even a village drunk.. ..and we had our photo taken on the beach. Lovely.