Our trip to pondicherry was getting postponed since the last week of January so we finally decided to go on the 8th Feb to be back on 11th Feb. Booked the St. James court beach resort 2 weeks ahead for a deluxe room.
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Resort Location
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The Room
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View from the Balcony, it was raining.
Route clarification
As there was a lot of confusion over the root I took help from the online GIS maps to ascertain the route and trips posted by other membrs here, although GIS doesnt cover tindivanam.
Bangalore to Krishnagiri :
Is straight forward, take the electronic city road and cross Hosur straight, take the first flyover till you reach the Toll gate. After the first flyover dont take the second flyover but the left turn below it.
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The road, this one is better
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Lots of monkeys on the way
Krishnagiri to Tiruvannamalai:
Once you take the left turn, take the first big right turn, overhead boards with directions are given, towards pondicherry. The initial 40kms is bad with stretches of potholes inbetween but you have to be careful to be able to stop and maneuver.
Once you cross the railway line the road becomes very good.
Going through Tiruvannamalai:
Nearing the town, you will first see Ramanna Ashram on the left and then will come across a "Y" intersection with a small temple in the middle.
Take the left fork and continue till you see the big white temple gate. Just runn across the temple and then take the right along the boundry wall. You will hit a diversion sign to the left as its one way. Take the left and drive through the market, you will reach a small circle, take the U-turn from here and the road on your left.
This road will go and meet the highway, so just follow your nose then.
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Gingee Fort
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Gingee fort
Tiruvannamalai to Pondicherry:
Its a straight road, you will cross Gingee, Tindivanam untill you see the pondicherry gate and then the Rajv gandhi circle, from here you need to go to your place of stay and gets confusing, unless you have the correct directions.
Going through Tindivanam:
Again its the same, there is a diversion from the main course, follow it and then take a U-turn and left road, it will seem as if you have reached some inner lanes but then you will see a burntout three-wheeler on its side in the middle of the road with some directions marked in local language, take the right as per direction and then immediately the left small lane ( Way to pondicherry is marked, across the road, on the wall).
You will now hit the flyover at the "T" take the road up and then across the circle on the top straight to pondicherry.
Day 1
It was cloudy so we decided to enjoy the beach at st.james and relax, nothing much to do.
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The Sea
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The beach
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The Queen building her castle
Cityview from the beach resort
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The Local fishermen
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The Morning Sun
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Small Crab at work
Woke up early in the morning and went straight to the beach for some morning pictures. Also met a local fisherman who agreed to take us to the sea in his boat for 300Rs, the next day.
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Old houses on Beach road
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The Lighthouse
Took the ECR into the city and straight to the beach Road, parked the Safari across the HP petrol bunk and took a walk to the Gandhi statue and Light house situated in the middle of the road.
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The Walk
It was quite bright and hot, so perhaps was not a good thing to do.
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Bharati park
Then we decided to explore the city and took a local auto for sightseeing for 1 hr and shopping in the congested Nehru street, the main shopping hub, saw Casablanca and Titanic, bought few things etc.
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Cathederal
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