A Girl Who Have Never Seen The Ocean Before – Pondicherry

So it was my first ever Airplane Journey, nervous but extremely excited because I never thought of being able to fly in a plane, to see an Ocean by my own, these are my success aka short-term successes and believe me, nothing can make you happier than achieving your all-time dream aka success. The art of living is staying in the moment.

I am very excited just by entering the airport. It was around 5 am in the morning and we went through so many checking and all stuff, funny haha :D, had a funny instance with the checking police at terminal T2, actually he asked for Aadhar Card and woaaah I don’t have it haha…, I have lost all my cards and IDs so I have only their photocopy and I actually forgot where I kept the copy too, a heavu search started and then yipee I found that photocopy, the Police man started laughing and asked me very politely that what is the meaning of your name? This question is like a universal question to me from every stranger who hears my name for the first time, well after knowing the answer they always reply – Hmmm ekdum shi naam rakha hai maa baap ne, indeed you are a Free Bird.

As i entered in the plane, i am flying woo woo.. staring everyone , peeping from the window as i am sitting in a window seat, obvious it is. I think i should stop giving so much details of the plane incident because i can write a separate blog on it i bet you.

We are flying high in the sky and the breath taking jam of clouds, oh god this is how they look? or i am in heaven, the one mom told me about every time that there is another world above the clouds and yes i am in that world right now.

So we landed safely at Chennai Airport, very beautifully decorated it is, appreciated. Then next, we hired a local taxi to reach our last destination: Pondicherry. We got a nice taxi at reasonable price moreover the taxi driver bhaiya was too awesome, we laughed, we got to know pretty amazing things of locals from him, we had an awesome Chai at a famous stop of theirs. It took 3 – 4 hours I guess to reach our hotel as with me you always have to stop by small little things and yep how can you forget Chai break.

Amazing short road trip i must say, i saw huge water bodies there aka backwaters of Chennai boat house, blaaaack the water is.. As far as you can see there was no pollution, no smog, clear sky, clear air, clear roads… Clear and fresh everything is in between Chennai east coastal road to Pondicherry. As i am a bit filmy so it was a Dil Chahta Hai Scene to me. 😀

So, after a 3 to 4 hour of drive from Chennai airport via east coastal line, we finally reached Pondi. And here I was shocked by seeing the Hotel, as being a budget traveler, Hotels, resorts, Villas are not my idea of vacay or travel, but this time as I was travelling with my girl gang so they booked this Whole Villa named Villa a La Mode, near Auro beach, away from the main city and guess what it falls under our budget. So amazing it was staying there for 4 days, the caretaker Guru Bhaiya is the most(and only) humble local I have seen, he is fantastic and wow What a coffee he makes.

4 room plus kitchen and a biiig and Cleeean washroom, that’s it, what else you need then. We took rest there for a while, tasted The Biryani, as i have heard South India is Biryani Hub of India.

and Indeed, it is, tasty food and perfect coffee!!!

After taking some rest and off course having some mind-blowing Biryani, we went off to the Climax – Beach n Ocean. You can understand the feeling of acquiring your lifetime short goals aka your bucket list, yes it is my short term goal to once in my lifetime visit an ocean, to feel the salty breeze, the igniting beach sand, the sea shore, the beautiful sound of waves and much more adjectives to describe the beauty of the blue giant. First time too I was wearing a dress(giggles), pretty excited to go and play with the water na na not at all, to wear a dress is not always defines your act, I too was wearing a dress yes but with my shoes, haha just in case i doesn’t look too much girlie, it isn’t my genre..

We went off for Auro Beach, but I got very disappointed for a second because the locals were not welcoming and friendly, they were behaving like we were some aliens over there, no greet, no smile nothing as if they hate us.

Some local boys started teasing us, did some bullshit act in front of us and others were just watching and giggling, I hate this thing dude!, I have got so disappointed then, I swear I will never suggest anyone to go there no matter how beautiful the place is, it is important for the locals to be beautiful and humble to the tourists as well because yes tourism is a major source of income but they behave so inhumanly, I was literally regretting for a second over my decision of taking this trip, rest apart everything was new and amazing for me.

We clicked a tons of pictures, walked in the sand, the wet cold sand, saw the beautiful sunset as everyone told me the Sun Sets most beautifully in the seasides, more than the mountains, Indeed.

So after a lot of fun in the beach, we moved ahead for some good food, after a lot of research on internet about some good food joints in Pondicherry, we have got one nearby our hotel – Cafe Xtasi

Nice food, nice serving, nice aura and yes the decor was too awesome, lights, outdoor siting, green envio, perfect and one more thing if you were searching for dairy products there, I am sorry to say but they don’t serve dairy products, Vegan you know!

Though I haven’t developed yet a good taste of Italian cuisine but all of my friends with me wanted to have a pesto pasta, I forgot what was the exact name is, pardon me. We ordered it, after few bites I kinda liked it, though I haven’t developed Italian taste so it was my review but I assure you they serve very nice Italian and multi cuisine plus oriental food too.

So after having a good starter pack you can say, we came back o our den, had a great dinner aka Biryani goals off-course. Played UNO, I didn’t know how to play this game but lately I found it pretty addictive man, in our whole trip after eating more we played UNO non stop, ha ha ha kinda UNO trip.

The next day, we woke up with much excitement to explore the city, Guru bhiaya made us a kick-ass tea and then we went to hire bikes there, my bad I don’t know how to ride a bike neither a scooty as well, but I can drive em off after first few crashes I bet, haha i know how to ride a cycle though.

The morning was pretty awesome, we rode our bikes on the roads of pondi, drove through the coast line, it was very cool experience man, the blue color was everywhere, as far as I could see. Renting bikes is the best way to explore pondi and nearby places, it isn’t that costly either. Though there is no scope of bargaining, yaaas because the locals are way too friiiiiendly there 😀 and yep verrrrry helping 😀 😀

So we had on our way a breakfast stoppage, we ate delicious chicken curry as usual die-hard nonvegetarians, South India is rich in flavors I must say, afterward we headed towards the city straight.

Crowded, busy streets in the daytime too, perfect small town. It was very hot though, I got a real tan man, the darkest tint of Tan :D, so after few circles of the streets and some lost way, we get our way straight out towards the main attraction of Pondicherry – Rock Beach, French Colony & Serenity Beach.

So after playing a lot with water, walking nearby the Rock Beach and getting a reaaaal tan with moreover dropping my lovely sunglasses into the water as a tribute to the ocean, we went out from Rock Beach and there I took my one of the favorite click. Here it is

Here are some beautiful clicks i am sharing rather than writing about them, pictures are worth sharing 🙂

we explored the local market and there i found a very awesome place, nearby Rock beach, that place is something i can relate to, isolated and quite, kinda say Sukoon ghar.

I followed this practice of searching for that one perfect place aka Sukoon Ghar in every of my trips and i found it.

And that’s how my day ends there.

At morning we woke up and headed towards the city again, today we were going to Paradise Island. First i had never seen the sea before and now this island thing, greatness was following me i guess.

To go the island one have to take a ferry from Boat house backwaters which lies in between the auro village and main city. The temperature though, it was boiling there.

Beautiful it was, i walked through the beach and yass i got a reeeeal Tan!! But i liked the beach, less crowded, quiet, blue water everywhere, the backwaters are beautiful but yes a little over priced and the most important think, government can do put some extra effort for tourism there as there was no water sport like we were thinking but there is a lot of scope for water sport in paradise beach though.

we spend the whole day there, just sitting beside the beach and watching the sun going down, very mesmerizing sunset oceans have.

nothing to write much about the place because it is just perfect for “to go and watch by yourself”.

we went back, hungry we were and yes tanned a lot, on our way back we found an awesome cafe named The motorcycle Diaries, a bikes fanatic cafe with beautiful interior.

A day well spent and then the last day of our trip has came, i know i am gonna miss Guru Bhaiya’s Bestest coffee for sure and the villa sized hotel of ours too. The greenery, the air, the sand and yes the Sea most.

Today we had planned to visit Auroville in morning and then we have to catch our flight back to Delhi from Chennai airport as well, so we rode our bikes towards the village and yes i regret of not visiting the place before and even if i am visiting it now, i had limited time only. Beautiful cafes, beautiful scenery, a green town it was. It hardly took 1 hr to reach at the center and yes it started raining so badly and we have to wait for around 30 – 45 mins for rain to stop.

Auroville is the must visit place in Pondicherry, s the peace will take you to moksha i must say, a little metaphoric statement i know 🙂 but Indeed it was very peaceful surrounding with just greenery n greenery all over the place. Unfortunately, we don’ know about the reservation to visit the ashram from inside as it opens only on Tuesdays so we continued to visit the serene from outside only. For me, the major attraction was the 1-hour walk amidst auro jungle with beautiful flowers, trees, and quotes carved in milestones.

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the picture says it all, it was the end then, we came back and yes again the heavy rain has started but this i am enjoying the rain, the smell of earth, i love the “mitti ki khushboo” when it rains and the rain which i get in Delhi is way different than that rain i experienced. The mud is not mud there and suddenly i was feeling like i am at my town, my own hometown because there is no water logging off course 😦 a very irritating fact of rain in cities usually.

On our way back we found a pretty cool cafe and yes one of my favorite things in this whole trip, The Auroville Cafe & Bakery, everything there is fresh from their farm, organic and moreover yummy.

I born and brought up in mountains, surrounded by trees, wilderness, nature but only after leaving the Heaven you fell its importance, “Kadar” is the word in Urdu for importance and yes after leaving the town and started living in city indeed was best for me because now i not only visit the nature, i explore its beauty and i let myself drown in it.

And like this my expedition in sea ends, we came back to our hotel, took our luggage and drove back towards the airport, for the first time maybe i am seeing the sea but i know it was not my last, overall the trip was too good but i am little disappointed with the locals of not only Pondicherry but with the people living in south region of our country because yes it was my first encounter with south and mostly i felt this same disconnection with every local out there and i felt bad why they are not welcoming to us, may be it was my bad luck that i met with only the ‘Kafi Straightforward’ kinda people and sparing the rest but i wish the next time i will not feel the same i felt this time about the locals, and rest everything is very good in Pondicherry.

Because in this life if you can be anything, be Kind.

A mountain child into the ocean.