Mitra

Mitra youth hostel in Auroville

I stayed for about a week in Mitra Youth Hostel, Auroville. The place is right next to Auroville town hall; very close to the Matrimandir. It's a clean good looking piece of architecture. Usha, the lady running the place, was also found to be friendly and helpful. Besides that, the hostel provides breakfast in weekdays. One can also enjoy a good view of the Matrimandir from the roof top. Only upsetting aspect of my experience in Mitra is frequent and long power cuts.

Euzawa

Verbal language is just one channel of communication, humans have several others. Therefore, overcoming the language barrier is easier than it seems.

Euzawa was my room-mate in the hostel at KL for two days. He spoke little English and I knew only a few Japanese words. Somehow we still managed to communicate and have a good time hanging around in KL. We both learned things from each other. I shared my little vocabulary of Bahasa Malayu with him, he taught me some Japanese. At Jalan Petaing (China Town) he showed me how to use chopsticks.

Arigato gozaimas Euzawa!