First Impressions of India: Pondicherry

From Thailand, we flew to Chennai, India and took a locals bus (that, my friends, would take an entire book to explain) to Pondicherry, one of the few cities in India that used to be a French colony. Think French Colonial atmosphere with a strong dose of jasmine and curry.

Pondicherry is on the Bay of Bengel, and the beachfront promenade is a good place to talk a walk or sit and watch the local kids.

India has it's fair share of religions, but Hinduism is still the most widely practiced. In Pondicherry, Ganesh, the god of wisdom and wealth, reigns supreme.

Although, there is also a small Catholic community and a couple of Catholic churches.


As dirty as India can be, we discovered that there are always splashes of color and beauty.