Blogs from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India, Asia

Bonjour bonjour, Dans ce blog, je fais le tour de notre visite aux iles Andamans. Évidemment la lecture de mes derniers courriels vous permettra de connaitre quelques histoires reliées à ces photos. Les prochaines publications seront sur le Népal. à bientôt Phil... read more

Sometimes, you gotta just run. Get out there. No ‘oh, but it’s too hot, or too cold or too dark or too sunny, or I haven’t got the correct track pants or t-shirt or shorts’ or whatever. Put on your running shoes and just run. No one’s asking you to break some record so stop looking for excuses. Just run till you’re okay with stopping. I hate running. I hate it. I detest it. Me. Me who cancels dates or ‘catch-up’s because ‘I gotta run’. Yeah, it destroys me every time. Time. Time always wins against me when I run. But I don’t run to run. I run to kayak. I run to get to my kayak. I run to get into my kayak. I run only and I mean it when I say ONLY because ... read more

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Monday 12 March 2012. Today we woke up and thought we had died and gone to hell. What a DUMP! Our "hell" was the Andaman and Nicobar Island groups far out in the Bay of Bengal. They are part of India but this archipelago of 300ish coral islands is very remote, lying closer to Myanmar, Thailand and Sumatra than to India. The peoples of the Andamans and Nicobars are quite distinct from those on the Indian mainland. Until the 17th century they were populated almost exclusively by several distinct tribes having different characteristics, traditions and languages. Since the 17th century they have been colonized by newcomers from both sides of the Bay of Bengal and by the British. As a result, the aboriginal tribes, some of the oldest peoples in the world, have been pushed to ... read more

We arrived in Chennai at the tail end of a cyclone and the previous week people were trapped on the Andaman Islands where we were heading! The boat trip from Port Blair to Havelock Island was a little rough but nothing we couldn't handle by staring at the horizon. We stayed at a beautiful resort on a tropical beach at Havelock Island. The only noise was the loud crash of coconuts falling on the roof or a dull thud if they hit the sand. We spent a relaxing NYE here, with a few drinks (hard to come by). Our daily breakfasts included lassis and pancakes. We had a busy schedule of swimming, reading and drinking scotch and cokes in the afternoons.... read more

Durch den Zivilisationscut im Paradies und im Anschluß einer Hochgeschwindigkeitstour von Chennai über Puri, Konark, Calcutta und jetzt Bodhgaya bin ich etwas im Verzug was die aktuellen Bilder angeht. Doch ich möchte Euch die Paradiesfotos nicht vorenthalten und sende nun wie versprochen nach den Fotos der Tierwelt von Pandora weitere Eindrücke der Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Tja und nach dem es bei satten 2175 abgelichteten Lebewesen und Natureindrücken seeehr seeehr schwierig ist eine Auswahl zu treffen fang ich jetzt erst mal mit ein paar Bildern vom ersten Aufenthaltsort dort an nämlich Havelock Island. Mal kucken wie lange das Hochladen dauert und ob heute noch weitere folgen oder ob ich das dann vertage:-)...... read more