Rich Europeans right next door in a house that has won architectural design awards

Next day I took a tour to a few sights in Pondi.......the backwaters (a bit of water with a couple of boats and a whole heap of Indian tourists), and Auroville.....where I ditched the bus in favour of finding my own way back and taking a goodlook around! Randomly came across a German and Frenchy from the night before and whilst we were wandering the other French guy turned up on his bicycle having just checked into Auroville for a week!

Auroville is quite mad! All of these hippies come tothe place from around the world in order to get away from religion, the restrictions of race/culture and personal possesions......all fair enough I suppose, until you take a walk around behind closed doors (as we did) and descover that there are Indian communities living in hovels, and rich europeans right next door in a house that has won architectural design awards and is FENCED off!!!????

My conclusion - a whole bunch of hippies on drugs, trying to seek acceptance from others rather than being happy with who they are.....or some other drivel! Anyway.... .their renewable energy jazz was quite interesting and some of the architecture was quite stunning! Lost in Auroville from When India Met Sally Trip Date: Jan 25 '07 Location: Pondicherry, India Author: SalReid