Chennai-Pondicherry Trip: Part III

Saturday, January 28, 2012
The day started out with a lovely breakfast at the Daily Bread, which very much resembled a Panera Bread. There I drank the prettiest latte of my life.

Absolutely fabulous.

Next, the beach. Totally amazing. We found a semi-secluded beach called Serenity. There were only about a dozen people there, other then ourselves, which allowed all the girls to wear or half wear our swimming suits. I could've spent all day there.

(Pictures taken by: Erin Mcconnana) Sand castle building!

(Picture taken by: Erin Mcconnaha)

ISA Family: Megan, me Ryan, Jamie, Amber, Kelly

More of the fam.

Ladies! Erin, Megan, Emily, Amber, me, Jamie, Kelly

We met some guys from Denmark at the beach who told us about this music festival in Auroville, so after some food and a shower we headed over there. We ended up in Solitude Farm, a completely self-sustainable place. I invite you to read about them! Here are some sites to check out: http://www.auroville.org/environment/agri_farms.htm#solitude  and http://solitudefarm.blogspot.in/ . Jamie pointed out that this is how everyone should be living- which I completely agree with.

Non-electric Ferris-wheel

Solitude

Rahul told us we had  to go to Don Giovanni's, the "best Italian food in India." It turns out that the best Italian food in India is run by a wonderful, plump man named Max, who is French. ha. It definitely was not amazing, but it was still pretty tasty :)

Sunday, January 29, 2012
 We decided that this could be our only chance to see the sun rise over the Indian Ocean/ Bay of Bengal, so a 4:45 AM alarm started the day.

Walking to Prominade Beach.

Sunrise.

We all did our own thing for our remaining hours in Pondicherry.

The Sunday Produce Market, nothing I've ever seen before.

Vegetables.

Fabric for sale in the Sunday Market.

Auroville Boutique= handmade paper= Alisa's heaven :)

Me under the state flag of Nebraska?

To explain the picture just above: When we went back to Chennai to catch our bus we found an American-style diner! Sparky's Diner had license plates, flags, postcards, everything from the states! :) It was what everyone needed for the end of our trip. We arrived back to Tagore just in time for breakfast the next day.