After work

sorry, sorry for not updating. Well, I have finished my traineeship and the last day was not really satisfactory. I had an argue with my boss on the reference letter I was supposed to write myself (how absurd). Well, the discussion ended up very emotionally, my boss shouting at me and losing his temper. It shows again how different working culture in India is from the West; never question authorities!!! However, I am in the midst of my preperations for travelling. I will remain for another 10 days in the south. on the 14th I'll fly to Mumbai and a week later to Delhi to head off for the Himalaya. I am pretty glad to leave Bangalore even though I'm sad to leave many new friends behind. The social life was definitely wonderful here. But I never really liked the city. So, this friday I'll head for Pondicherry, a former French colony-enclave. I also want to visit the Ashram of Auroville there which is a community, founded in the sixties. The international community of Auroville (60% non-Indians from countries all over the world) share an Ideology which is a mix between a communistic and spiritual credo. I imagine something like a spiritual Israeli Kibbutz. I'll see. After Pondicherry and Auroville I want to go to the mountains (Whestern Ghats) again. I have not made up my mind yet where exactly I want to go. I have only one week left then, and the mountain area is huge. Next weekend I plan to go to Madikeri in the region of Coorgh. The population there is suppose to be descendents of Persians who fled the islamic invasion a few hundred years ago. One of my collegues at my work was from the region and she definitely seemed different to me than a classic southern-Indian. She also seemed proud of that:-) Anyway, after Coorgh I will come back to B'lore again for one or two nights and then fly to Mumbai. Exciting it sounds, yeah. But travel-preparation can be very exhausting too.
Otherwise.... the monsoon has started in the south-west, the weather here in B'lore is cloudy and cool (around 25 degrees). Very comfortable for a tropical region like here. Pondicherry will be around 40 degrees and horribly humid so I enjoy my last days here or at least the climated....
Cheers.
mi scho.