You say experience, I say Pondicherry TravelAdventure2019

Day 1

Pondicherry

I will never forget Pondicherry because it was the trip where I got to learn the most.

Since most of my friends always cancel the trip, I didn't ask anyone for the trip. I and one of my school friends were the only two people for the trip.

He was supposed to come from Chennai. I was supposed to go from Bangalore. I booked a ticket for myself in TSRTC SETC. I didn't know much about the boarding points. So, while booking, I gave Hosur as the boarding point. Later, I got to know that Hosur was too far.

Then I thought I would wait a nearby stop and would call the bus operator. But, there was no number on the ticket. Bus came, didn't stop where I was waiting and I could never catch the bus.

That day, I learnt "Wait at the same stop where your boarding point is."

I came back. Booked a ticket for next day for Chennai. Reached Chennai by night. Slept at my friend's house and left for Pondicherry the next morning.

Pondicherry

Day 2

Reached Pondicherry by 8 AM. Since, check-in time of hotel was 12PM, so, we thought to go beaches till then. We booked a scooty and started roaming Pondicherry.

This is the pic of the beach with a little HDR scape.

After spending some time on the beach, I called the hotel to see if we can check-in before 12. The hotel said they had already cancelled their tie up with OYO and hence we would be denied entry.

We searched for a hotel locally and it costed us 1500 for 24 hours from the check-in time.

After getting fresh and having lunch, we took out scooty and left for roaming the UT.

We went to Aurobindo Ashram, French colony, Church, Matrimandir, Rock beach, Bharati Park.

A pic with yellow building of the French colony is a must for Pondicherry visitors.

Finally, we went to enjoy the sunset of the beach. And, boy, the view was priceless.

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Day 3

Next day, we went to the Rock beach and spent some time there.

And before leaving, a pic on the clean roads of the city was a must.

Finally, we checked out of the hotel, took our bus back to Bangalore. A minion toy and a lot of memories were what we took with us back from Pondicherry.

The things that I learned on this trip.

1. Always wait for the bus at your boarding point.

2. Try to avoid state bus transport.

3. Book hotels locally. It costs less.

4. Book a scooty for local travelling other than hiring cab or auto.

5. Try local foods.

6. Travel as much as you can.

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