When he was a high school student in Duisburg, Germany, Christoph Pohl wanted to travel to India. Ten years later, in 2004, when he graduated in media technology engineering, he got to live his dream. "In those 10 years, three friends spoke to me at different points about an international township in India. So, when I finally came here, I had to visit Auroville," he says. Pohl bought an old Bullet and travelled through South India, his first time on a bike. "I liked it so much that, I didn't sell it. I parked in Auroville and returned."

In 2008, Pohl was back, this time travelling overland by bus and train through Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. "The plan was to volunteer at Auroville Radio. I never left."