Happy New Year Everyone!
Our December vacations last year was spent mainly with family, doing absolutely NOTHING:-)
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Okay, well almost...one day we decided to drive down to
Pondicherry and enjoyed strolling through the various
rues or streets.
Pondicherry being a former French colony in India still retains some of the influences. Here are some colourful captures...
Traditional door colored brightly...
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The temple elephant...
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Fabulous shade of orange...
Loved the huge doors...
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...and the grills
The door-knobs...
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The street signboards with french and tamil influences...
Hope you liked the various colours of Pondicherry, coming up next is a post on a lovely heritage villa where we stayed.
( images by Arch)