I don’t know what made us go to Madame Shanthe’s. Was it that we were tired after our flight from Mumbai to Chennai, the saree-shopping in Chennai and then the drive from Chennai to Pondicherry? Unlikely. For, this is almost our regular travel routine. We hadn’t even read about Madame […]
There are plenty of boutique hotels in Pondicherry, most of them are old renovated French homes with stately courtyards, beautiful pieces of furniture – all that tell the tale of a bygone era. I too wanted to stay in one such boutique hotel, but Jayanta had other plans. He had […]
After a hectic month of festivals, Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Puja, we wanted to run away from Mumbai. Away from religious rituals, festival dressing and food, and most importantly, Mumbai’s oppresive October sun. We looked forward to our Puducherry break over the extended Diwali weekend. 2 days in Puducherry and […]
35 kms from Chennai, there is a famous Crocodile Farm on the East Coast Road (ECR. Read Drive from Chennai to Puducherry via ECR). It has one of the largest collections of crocodiles in Asia and also a huge collection of snake venom used for anti-venoms and medicines – must […]