We have beaches and we have beaches.
Below are two beaches just to refresh your memories of what a beach looks like.
We will begin with our recent beach-friend ..
ARAMBOL BEACH .. GOA .. INDIA'S WEST COAST.
Serenity Beach is North of Pondicherry in the Kottakuppam District due North out Mahatma Gandhi Road.
Somewhat bemused Patti looked at me and then looked away.
Patti looks deep-in-thought about where the sand went.
Sand or no sand ..
It is utterly hypnotic to just sit on a rock and become mesmerized by the power and the rhythm of the water crashing upon the rocks.
The man on the left above is pointing to the vixen of the group. Below it looks like she has-eyes for him also.
Fun lovers down from New Delhi for a weekend at Pondi.
Below are two beaches just to refresh your memories of what a beach looks like.
We will begin with our recent beach-friend ..
ARAMBOL BEACH .. GOA .. INDIA'S WEST COAST.
Now I will introduce you to a new beach-friend ..
SERENITY BEACH .. TAMIL NADU .. INDIA'S EAST COAST
Today's Rhetorical Question: What one thing do the above beaches have in common?
Today's Answer: Sand. Lots and lots of Sand.
I suppose that I could 'Google' and I could 'Wikipedia' Pondicherry Beach.
I did. I did NOT find out what happened to the sand on Pondicherry's Promenade Beach.
No doubt serious erosion threatened The Promenade and large rock rip-rap had to be imported to stabilize the beach front.
PROMENADE BEACH .. Pondicherry
Don't fall over. Don't be stunned.
Where did all of the sand go?
I asked Patti ..
"Where did the sand go?"
It is utterly hypnotic to just sit on a rock and become mesmerized by the power and the rhythm of the water crashing upon the rocks.
I asked the Leader of the Band ..
"Kind Sir! Do you know where the sand went?"
He just smiled and he and one of his sons continued to play their 1930's, 1940's, 1950's wonderful music. Oh My their music was just wonderful!
I even asked the Aayi Mandipam in Bharati Park ..
"Do you know where the sand went on Promenade Beach?"
Poor Aayi Mandipam .. It can't speak to me. It would if it could.
The monument to Mahatma Gandhi on The Promenade in Pondi.
"What's that 'Zilla?"
"Enough of the rocks Captain. Show us a sunset."
"Hush Patti!"
" 'Zilla would never have known that on the East coast there are no sunsets over the water. In Pondicherry the sun sets to your back as you gaze the the Bay of Bengal."
Rocks .. Rocks .. and more Rocks ..
Let me tell you .. Everybody rocks on Promenade Beach in Pondi.
"Patti?" ..
"Were we really sick-as-two-dogs in Pondi?"
"Yes Cap .. We sure were."
"Should we go back some day Patti?"
"We just did in this Post."
Much Joy from Cap and from Patti ..
Ah, how very different the sandy beaches of Arambol are from the rocky 'beach' in Pondicherry. I am glad you had forewarned me that Pondicherry was rocky, not sandy! It definitely has its charm however, a large part of which was that they close off all motorized traffic on the Promenade street each and every evening. Made it very pleasant. Pondicherry definitely has its charm. Smiles, Patti
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