The cafe 'Le Soleil' ('The Sun') on the Pondi Beach is the best way to escape the sweltering heat outside with it's blessed air conditioned space [yes, i just called it blessed...guess I'm spolit by the good weather in Bangalore :) ] and the choice of breads and ice creams (I loved the English breakfast I was served) that it offers. All of that, with a nice sun kissed view of the beach.
See the complete Pondicherry series
here
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PS : To all my European, American and Asian friends ; Pondicherry is a Union Territory in South India which used to be a French colony once upon a time. It's a queer mix of the 'White' world and the 'Black' world sprinkled along the East Coast of India. If you ever decide to vist India, do not miss this place . See this article (
here) for details about
Pondicherry.
Well, I'm not so sure if this is good or bad, but the Black Town or the 'Indian' parts of Pondicherry has remained resolutely true to its origins. The houses are hardly maintained enough to prevent a leaking roof during the monsoons let alone a badly needed whitewash! Yet, i thought these buildings had a charm of its own.. making me want to know more about its inhabitants. I couldn't get far, but given below is a simple portrait of a pair of fruit vendors who I imagine must inhabit on such house in the Black Town of Pondicherry.
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