12 July 2010
Little India
First of all, 3 update in one day! Are you terribly bored of my ramblings?
I decided that despite general leg soreness and heat stroke, I would go for an evening stroll. I soon found that behind the Gard du Nord station is a sizeable little India. The focus is on Pondicherry which is the French part of India, Mauritius and Reunion (which are islands nearer South Africa but mainly Indian people live there).
I might have to venture back for a meal, as there were at least 100 restaurants there, mostly vegetarian.
There is a canal system running through central paris, complete with locks to allow barges through.
And there are lots of homeless people living in little camps all the way along it.
Here is a small part of the Metro that runs above ground, if you have seen the movie Subway (as its often called in english speaking parts of the world) starring Christopher Lambert, the actual metro these days is not as cool as that.
Chennai Silks. I bought a few shiny outfits for myself from here.
PONDICHERRY, that photos for you Leo.
There are not many nice cars in Paris, mainly because every car has multiple dents due to people not knowing how to drive. This old Triumph is interesting though. I suspect if its still there in the morning it will be covered in graffiti.