Free range people

At 5am the fishermen gather at the beach and heave the fish-filled nets out of the sea.

These are the capsules that overlooked the beach.


The capsules face east but you have to wake up at about 5.30 to see the sun rise.


The trucks and lorries usually have no wing mirrors (either they were smashed from bad driving or they were stolen). Instead, the trucks have "sound horn" written on the back. Everyone beeps their horn to indicate to other eachother where they are. One truck had "Please sound horn Please." Perhaps its very important to the driver! Other trucks had equally useful advice written on the back such as "save rainwater" and "avoid AIDS".

Sunday market in Pondi. All kinds of odds and sods are on offer.

The indians love light switcches even though there was not the corresponding amount of lights.


A tamil wedding (the happiest day of one's life). The couple sits on a carnival float and they are paraded around the streets with a band, dancers and lots of girls who scatter flowers. The bride didn't look very happy.

At the sari shop.

Saris are 6m in length. They are carefully and gracefully wound around the woman's body.

Emergence. The first Aurovillian band to hit it big. They are performing in Glastonbury this year. I promised Krishna (the singer) that I would promote his music. The music is Acoustic Indo-jazz fusion: www.myspace.com/emergencemusic and it's incredibly good.