#77 Auroville

Where am?  Back in my room at the guest house of the university/hospital in Ponnekarra, just returned from Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu.

How am I?  Wonderful. Feeling good, in great spirits, enjoying my time here.

I went to Auroville, near Pondicherry last Thursday. Came back on Sunday. Auroville was beautiful. The towns of Auroville and Ponidcherry were just typical Indian towns but the section that was declared an International Community is inhabited by 3,000 people from 45 countries (it was envisioned to hold 50,000) and is a very nice self-contained place. Everyone gets around by bicycle or motorcycle and there's lots of solar energy, organic farming, great restaurants, etc. Three days was too little and I would suggest at least a week to anyone interested in seeing the place. They are still accepting residents and they suggest a month's stay make a decision.  For more info see: http://www.auroville.org/

I used my new camera and hoped to show you a few photos that I took but I’ve run into another problem. The storage disk is not able to be read.  I tried my computer and my girlfriend’s computer and it is the disk. This is the “free disk” that came with the camera. You can see the photos on the camera but we can’t seem to get the photos downloaded so I can show you.  I will go to the store where I bought the camera and see if I just didn’t understand how to do it. So that is what held up this posting, I wanted to give you some photos and it is not going to happen.  I just hope I don’t lose the photos I took.  I see them on my camera but I can’t get them to my computer. But my camera takes beautiful photos.  I can’t wait to show them to you.

Otherwise it’s been a good work week.  I finished my part on two projects: the By-Stander Handbook and the editing of the Peripheral Intravenous Textbook. Both my co-workers are away right now, one is in Sri Lanka and the other is in Bangalore.

Hope to upload those photos to you soon.

Love,

Marie