Pondicherry is a beach town with a town beach and where you get a beach in a town you get couples getting a bit of private time and an ice cream seller ready to be woken and sell his wares.
A lighthouse and blue skies on the promenade. The weather was hot and dry as the monsoon starts about a month later than in Mumbai.
The street dogs look as though they're having a good laugh at something but are just panting to keep cool, I could relate.
I enjoyed Pondy, it has a laid back atmosphere and yes, I could see the French influence and cross pollination from other parts of the Inochine empire. There was good food and coffee and friendly people and cheap wine too.
There are more pictures to come but I'm working on a dongle at the moment and subsequently slowed down so it'll be little and often on the blog for a wee while longer.
