by in Bangalore

Last week-end it was the famous festival NH7 weekender in Bangalore. It now exists for 5 years and it was the third edition in Bangalore but strangely it was our first time there (the previous times we were not in the city and the line-up was not that exciting with our limited knowledge of the Indian music bands).
Well it was a mistake to wait for that long to come as we finally found out that it’s a geat music festival! It was very pleasant to find ourselves again in this “festival atmosphere” we liked in France. The line-up was attracting with good international artists (we’ve seen Rodrigo and Gabriela, wonderful and impressive mexican guitarists or Marc Ronson, not exactly our kind of music but he was very good at liven things up) and local artists (unfortunately we only arrived at the end of the show from Dr. L. Subramaniam which seemed incredible).

Otherwise we’re still wondering where wander all these indian hipsters we met at the festival usually as we don’t meet them that often in Bangalore!
The organization was also very good. It’s great to see that these kind of events are now more and more common in India where the cultural life is not that lively for now (specially in Bangalore).

Below are some pictures taken with the new ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser that we had the opportunity to test for this blog. It’s not easy to make pictures in these conditions but still, it managed fairly well. And overall we’re pretty happy with this phonel. Display quality is perfect and the battery is impressive (it lasts more than 2 days for now !) Voilà voilà :)

mosaic-NH7-asus-zenfone

Chinese Net
Manoeuvre délicate
Paysage Kéralais
Barque dans les backwaters
Monsieur sur caisse

After several weekends in a row spent in Bangalore, we needed some calm and serenity.
So we decided to leave for Cherai Beach, at the 3 Elephants, a perfect “eco-resort” created and managed by a French couple, located next to the backwaters.

Cherai Beach has an interesting geographical situation. Close to Kochi, on Vypin island, Cherai beach is a kind of peninsula, no more than 100 meters wide in some parts with one side on the seafront and on the other one on the backwaters. Honestly, the ocean side sin’t the most beautiful beach we’ve ever seen in India (even if it’s always enjoyable to jump in the waves). On the backwaters side though, it’s a true oasis of calm. From here we can gaze at fishermen using the famous chinese nets which looks very clean and “real” compared to those we can see in Kochi… (they fish with a lamp at night, some shrimps and little fishes). You can take little boat to cross a river, walk on path not larger than a few meters surrounded by rivers… On a boat you can also discover the life going on in that unique atmosphere, and, going a little bit further, you can even see a small harbour populated by cartoonist big coloured fishboats.

We even tooke the opportunity to go for a day in Kochi, where it’s always nice to wander in its historical tiny streets.

Easily accessible from the Kochi Airport, this revitalizing place is a perfect getawy from busy Bangalore… we’ll certainly be back !

The ones who stay

05 Nov
2015
by in Main

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Here we are…
After being those who used to leave, who used to say goodby to their close family and friends to live new adventures… This time, we are the ones who stay.
These last 2-3 years spent in Bangalore, we were lucky to build a group of friends, expatriates for most of them, who were very close to us. Far from our families and far from our longstanding friends , we found a bit of both in this group.
We knew we could count on each other in case of problems of course but above all for partying, dining, organizing apéro in last minute, going to Goa for a week-end or leaving for a motorbike trip in the countryside. We were seeing each others a lot and we never felt we were alone.

But expatriation last only for a couple of years for most of people, so we now see our friends leaving one by one to new horizons and new lifes full of promises. Even if leaving is not that easy, it’s also very hard to be the one who stay (whith some remaining friends, fortunately!). There is nothing new for us, we have to be able to reinvent our life with the same ingredients.
Being entrepreneur, we made the choice (maybe not consciously) to invest our time and our energy for the long haul… Our new challenge is now to build a new life in Bangalore to keep this excitement which thrilled us during the first 3 years and a half we’ve spent here.

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