After failure to approaching foreign women in my city, should I try having conversation with a foreign woman in Pondicherry?

Tomorrow we are finally going to Pondicherry for a trip which is a coastal city in Southern part of India about 420 km from our city Bangalore. Yesterday as usual i tried initiating conversation with a white Caucasian expat woman in the posh areas of our city by saying her excuse me and she even looked at me but i got nervous so just waved my hand at her and she continued walking. Pondicherry also has foreigners. There is literally a French colony in Pondicherry which looks more similar to a European place so I might find French people there. I might find foreign women around the beaches too there. There is also a place there named Auroville where foreigners do go for spirituality and stuffs. I am 23 and its a perfect place to meet foreign women. I am actually going there with parents too but i would explore around the beaches and the French colony alone too so maybe if I see a French woman or any foreign woman i can initiate a conversation but would it be weird? Would they like it if i tried to talk to them? Would foreign women in Auroville like it if I tried to talk to them?