The Chennai-Pondicherry road is quite scenic with the beach on one side and empty land on the other. On our way back there was a slight drizzle and the mood was definitely romantic.
We stopped at this picturesque location.
To our surprise we discovered that the waters, though they look deep, were only ankle level. We waded in quite a distance. Mowgli as usual was besides himself with joy on seeing so much of water. 
We reached the resort by night totally tired and hungry. The men immediately went back to Pondicherry town to get the drinks and food while we womenfolk were left behind to tend to tired and cranky babies. Well, boys will be boys!!!
Mowgli was very excited at seeing R. R is the cutest baby (after Mowgli of course!) 5 months younger than Mowgli he still weighs more than him and is very calm and content to lie in one place. It was a surprise to Mowgli to see this baby lie still and not run away when Mowgli approached him. They didn’t actually play with each other; both of them did their own thing. At times mowgli would go pull R’s hand or cheeks and once tried to pull his eyes and another time grabbed R’s essentials. My job was mainly to keep an eye on Mowgli and keep him at a distance from R. By the end of the trip, if R could talk, then he would have told his parents “Lets escape.. Mowgli is comingggggg!”
This is Mowgli pulling R’s shirt and me as the referee.
As such there is not much to see in Pondicherry. Its more of a place to relax. The French quarters and the promenade are nice. We cycled through the French quarters. I had almost forgotten what it was like to ride a bike;a very nice feeling, with the wind blowing against you and theres that feeling of complete freedom. Even Mowgli enjoyed the ride. Wide eyed with a blue bandanna on his head he was very happy looking around and finally slept off in the sling.
We reached the resort by night totally tired and hungry. The men immediately went back to Pondicherry town to get the drinks and food while we womenfolk were left behind to tend to tired and cranky babies. Well, boys will be boys!!!
Mowgli was very excited at seeing R. R is the cutest baby (after Mowgli of course!) 5 months younger than Mowgli he still weighs more than him and is very calm and content to lie in one place. It was a surprise to Mowgli to see this baby lie still and not run away when Mowgli approached him. They didn’t actually play with each other; both of them did their own thing. At times mowgli would go pull R’s hand or cheeks and once tried to pull his eyes and another time grabbed R’s essentials. My job was mainly to keep an eye on Mowgli and keep him at a distance from R. By the end of the trip, if R could talk, then he would have told his parents “Lets escape.. Mowgli is comingggggg!”
This is Mowgli pulling R’s shirt and me as the referee.
As such there is not much to see in Pondicherry. Its more of a place to relax. The French quarters and the promenade are nice. We cycled through the French quarters. I had almost forgotten what it was like to ride a bike;a very nice feeling, with the wind blowing against you and theres that feeling of complete freedom. Even Mowgli enjoyed the ride. Wide eyed with a blue bandanna on his head he was very happy looking around and finally slept off in the sling.
The BH, A and P cycled all the way to Auro beach while we, the intelligent folks, followed in the car. A clear sky, saw the sun set, spent time playing in the water, collecting shells did things which I had done many years ago. If there was time would have built a sand castle also.
Saturday was our last day at Pondicherry. Lazed around the resort in the morning. Then went to Auroville. Couldn’t see the Matri Mandir as they had closed for the day. Did some shopping and finally made our way back to Bangalore.
Travelling with Mowgli was not as tiresome as I had thought. The resort where we stayed allowed us to cook his food, he slept in the car while we drove around, ate a little bit of what all we ate, was interested in the new sights. He is quite a friendly chap, so no clinging to me or the BH. He was perfectly happy to roam about with his uncles. Just a little crankiness at the end of our journey. All in all he was the perfect traveler!
I was thinking there are so many places in India that we have not seen and like fools we hanker to go abroad. There are so many weekend getaways from Bangalore, we should travel out more often rather than spending the weekend shopping and roaming about in the umpteen malls. at the least it would be a welcome break from the city life.
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