Puducherry - refreshingly new
April 2006
Meaning to blog this one for a long time. Went to Pondi after a long time and had a wonderful time. Stayed in a hotel on the TN-Pondy border called the dune. The resort has many cottages each on e based on a theme - a Kerala house, a gramam house, or a karaikudi house etc. We stayed in a Bungalow called the Pop house. It was a two leveled thatched house that was based on the theme of old movies or pop culture. The walls were decked with photographs of old MGR and Sivaji movies and was colorfully painted. The most unique part was the bathrooms which were none like I had see. A shower curtain for doors, walls that were about 3 feet tall the thatched roof comes down to cover the top part leaving gaps in the middle. Luckily the whole house was surrounded by a wall saving us from prying eyes.
As for Pondicherry itself there was a new hotel on the beach road called the promenade. It had a wonderful rooftop grill called the Lighthouse, which as the name suggests has a view of the old lighthouse and the sea. We had some grilled fish and draft beer there before heading to Rendezvous - the restaurant with around 400 menu items. They claim that they will give you any of the menu items and never run out or out of stock of the items on the menu.
The next day we spent lazing around in the hotel pool which was just out of this world. Later that day we headed back to Chennai and the grind.
Pondicherry sure has come a long way from the old days when the only available accomodation was seedy resorts and lodges. But I hope it does never loose it charm in the face of commercialism
Meaning to blog this one for a long time. Went to Pondi after a long time and had a wonderful time. Stayed in a hotel on the TN-Pondy border called the dune. The resort has many cottages each on e based on a theme - a Kerala house, a gramam house, or a karaikudi house etc. We stayed in a Bungalow called the Pop house. It was a two leveled thatched house that was based on the theme of old movies or pop culture. The walls were decked with photographs of old MGR and Sivaji movies and was colorfully painted. The most unique part was the bathrooms which were none like I had see. A shower curtain for doors, walls that were about 3 feet tall the thatched roof comes down to cover the top part leaving gaps in the middle. Luckily the whole house was surrounded by a wall saving us from prying eyes.
As for Pondicherry itself there was a new hotel on the beach road called the promenade. It had a wonderful rooftop grill called the Lighthouse, which as the name suggests has a view of the old lighthouse and the sea. We had some grilled fish and draft beer there before heading to Rendezvous - the restaurant with around 400 menu items. They claim that they will give you any of the menu items and never run out or out of stock of the items on the menu.
The next day we spent lazing around in the hotel pool which was just out of this world. Later that day we headed back to Chennai and the grind.
Pondicherry sure has come a long way from the old days when the only available accomodation was seedy resorts and lodges. But I hope it does never loose it charm in the face of commercialism
posted by Prathap @ 9:40 PM
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