Day 2

Our super-relax holiday was on full swing since last night…We were at Auroba Guest House. Durai had got us this place for Rs600 per night, though we had to bargain a bit. Mind you Rs 600 per night in the 2nd week of December is a good grab. The person in Auroba Guest House was Bava Chander, a very nice person, just the kind you want to meet when on holiday. He was like the at-ur-service person. The resort (if I may call it) was very calm, firstly only our cottage was occupied at that time and secondly it was very close to the sea…and not many people used that road. The one thing that made it heaven was the cottage we stayed in…the actual bed room was on an elevated level..the ground floor had the bath and toilet and a crude ladder, made out of bamboo, served as the staircase to the bedroom on the fist floor. The cottage was made out of bamboo but had all amenities such as ceiling fan, light bulbs, phone charging point and provision for mosquito vapourisers. The beds were laid out on the floor and they provided pillows and beach towels. On all holidays I make sure to carry bedsheets…just in case the beds are not clean. But at Auroba, everything was spick n span.

On day 2 of the holiday we got up at around 7am, which according to me was very late! We freshened up and asked Bava for Coffee…though only Maggie drinks coffee, my husband and I also ordered one cup each cos it was HOLIDAY!!!

Selvam*(please read the story about his name) and Lakshmi were the star couple at Auroba Guest house to help us run errands. We just loved the way they were at peace with themselves…living life at their own pace, no rush at all. Unlike us who live to complete targets. Selvam, bought our cuppas and in no time we were running to the beach.
THE BEACH…whoaaaaaaaa whatte wonderful sight! The best thing about beaches in Pondicherry is the peace…yes!! One can find peace on the beaches…not hooligans rushing in groups to hammer each other down into the water…like in other places. The shore was endless and there were absolutely no people at all!!! Just the three of us.

Both, Maggie and I did not know how to swim…but still we were very confident that the sea would not want the devils there also, so we did not get washed off into the sea. Slowly by around 8am people holidaying were out to enjoy the sun, a handful of foreigners were doing Yoga and just enjoying the sunrise… heyy…I almost forgot..this is a sunrise beach….best to be here in the mornings. What a lovely sight of the sun rise we had. Till around 10am, we frolicked in the beach and then when the sun was getting harsh we moved our asses back to the resort. Then it was removing beach sand from hidden places in the body to taking bath. Our breakfast – Pongal, bread omelette and puri-sagu was ready by the time we freshened up. Selvam would always take 1 hour to bring our breakfast as it had to be bought from outside. There is no cooking facility in the resort. Bava promised that it would be up and running by the time we visited the next time.
By around 1pm, we were getting ready to go on a walk to find lunch for our growling stomachs….There are a few places around Auroba where one can find food.
Beach Cottage-Serves all Indian and Chinese food, all with a touch of Pondicherry. But the only drawback being – if you want lunch make sure to order in the morning and also order dinner when you come for lunch because they take years to bring food to your table

Rest n Relax – The road side all-in-all eatery where one can get omelletes to “Gopi” Manchurian, to fried rice and “newdals”

Muthu’s Guest House – We only had coffee there, because of a pre conceived notion that the place was not worth it.

New York – Ha ha contrary to the name..this place serves on Vietnamese food! Lotsa pork and beef, steaks and all. All of us in the group were not the half-cooked food lovers therefore dint try this place.

Unfortunately, we always landed up at Beach Cottage. We had 2 lunches and 1 dinner at this place... We had noodles, biriyani and fried rice. But the best dishes were Prawns Biriyani, Prawns Fried Rice and Curd Rice. The customer engagement plan that Beach Cottage had employed was to tell the customers to make the soda by themselves…by doing this we would not crib about waiting! When we ordered for fresh lime soda, he bought 3 glasses with lemon squeezed into it, a cup of powdered sugar and 3 bottles of soda with a bottle opener! We very obediently sat there and prepared our own fresh lime soda until the food came.

The evening was complete with a visit to the beach…we sat there and relaxed watching surfers and people having a good time. The windy beach had blown the life out of my hair, so I decided to oil my hair everytime I hit the beach.

The day 2 ended with Breezers, Beer and Maggie’s Raagi mixture. Apart from all the best times we had in Pondicherry, nights was the funnest time, the roaring sea was a lil scary but then again, everything that involves fear also has some thrill in it.