Random visit to a village

Daily, April and I wander the trails around here. We will simply see one and go down it. Usually, this takes us around Auroville. We get to see some wonderful things. A couple of days ago, I forgot to bring my camera - a huge mistake. There was a shephard wandering down the street with his herd of goats indlcuding two babies born within the past hour. The umbilical cords were still wet. He had to carry the babies while moving the herd. The mother walked beside him, bleating up to him to hand her babies back. When he did put them down, the could barely stand.

It is spring here. Other signs include the cactus now blooming.

We also wandered through the woods where you see trees that grow in a gnarled branch system.

In addition, we wandered into a village from the backside. The dogs, of which there are many, knew immediately that there were strangers in the place. They barked loudly at us as we moved through the village. They announced to all that we were there.  As we moved through the town we were not sure how welcome us whities were but then sudenly we met one of the ladies who cleans our place. She welcomed us warmly and we were honoured by being invited into tea.

This is an honour to be invited in

In the village we also saw lots of kids who wanted their pictures taken. This happens whereveer we go. As I was doing this blog, the nht watchmen looked at the pictures and said he knew these kids who were from his village in Nepal.

These other kids invited us to take their picture - so I did. The mother saw what was happening and yelled to the kids to ask for money - which one does not do or you will be flooded with requests.

The walk finished with a stroll up the main highway in the area where we saw this classic structure of roofing made with various grasses.