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Asia » India » Andaman & Nicobar Islands » Havelock Island December 19th 2012

In the morning, we wanted to have dosa breakfast at the same place again. We were taken to Kayak office "diveindia" in taxi. We were quoted Rs 3500 for both, which seemed a bit steep, but compared to other countries, comparable. Once we reached the office, we discovered that Kayak guide lady has actually advised against going at that time because its too hot and we will be blinded by sun's reflection on water. I can see that, but someone our agent did not communicate that to us. So we agreed to go in the evening, and now we had half day to kill. The guide wanted us to go back to hotel in taxi and bring us back at 2:00, but we did not want to go all the way back. Good decision as it ... read more

Asia » India » Andaman & Nicobar Islands » Havelock Island December 18th 2012

We got up early to get ready for snorkel boat. I thought we should call our agent as afterall we booked everything with him. He proposed the same boat trip for Rs 1000 as he had 3 other folks going to the beach. Fine by us, we wanted to share anyway. Then we had really nice dosa breakfast there. On the way to Elephant beach, we saw some people Kayak, and thought perhaps we should also Kayak. Elephant beach was nice, it was small and we were there early, so there was some peace. We immediately got into water. Both of us were anxious to try our new found swimming skills, and they helped. Then the guide said he will take us snorkel one by one because he was actually going to hold our hand and ... read more

Asia » India » Andaman & Nicobar Islands » Havelock Island December 17th 2012

We started our journey to Andaman at Chennai airport. Flight to Port Blair was normal. On landing itself we could feel that we are on a tropical island, though different from other islands we have been to. The vegetation here seemed sparse and there was the usual disorder of India. We had booked the ferry ticket to other island through an agent and expected him to send someone with the tickets to airport. Someone came, and he knew nothing about the tickets! Ferry terminal was a short ride from airport and this man charged us Rs500 for that, totally outrageous. We were ready to pay that price when the deal came with tickets in hand at airport so that we could relax have lunch etc. Then we had to stand in line in sun for the ... read more

Asia » India » Andaman & Nicobar Islands » Port Blair November 17th 2012

Our experiences on short tour of Andamans. We planned a short vacation to Andamans Islands during Diwali festivals - 2012. After exploring various options on the net, we settled for tour package by MakeMyTrip. MakeMyTrip has typical Andamans package of 5 nights that includes 3 nights in Port Blair and 2 in Havelock Island. We decided to cut one night in Havelock. It wasn't a bad decision. Andaman – Nicobar is a chain of more than 530 islands (some very badly damaged in 2004 tsunami) spread over 700 km, approximately 1500 km from Chennai / Kolkata. Only about 36 islands are inhabitated. Port Blair is the main town in Andaman. Nicobar is much less frequented by tourists. Port Blair can be reached by air via Chennai or Kolkata. Boat service is available but takes too long ... read more
Gallows - viper island
Sun set near viper island
Cruize to Havelock


These are the photographs a dear guest named Petr from Prague in the Czech Republic took of us kayaking when he visted havelock. Thank you so much for this Petr. Enjoy.... read more
Into the wild?
the end of a great day
sunset


The brochure should pretty much speak for itself. It gives info on our homestay and the kayaking. Contact me if you have any doubts on the same. A new addition is my mother's website to her beautiful and comfortable Homesaty in Port Blair, Andaman Islands. Just type in www.andamanhomestay.com Cheers.... read more
Brochure page 2


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
Havelock - plage #1
Havelock - Plage #2
Lundi 23 avril...


27 avril 2012, les Îles Andaman Jasons crocodiles, ma nouvelle phobie. Il y en a aux Îles Andaman, toutes les pancartes sur le bord des plages nous le rappellent. C’est un peu tannant d’en croiser une quand tu t’apprêtes à faire du snorkling, et encore plus tannant d’entendre l’histoire tragique d’une touriste qui s’est fait croquée dans les environs, en 2010. Elle était en train de faire du snorkling dans une baie avec son copain, qui lui se trouvait au fond de l’eau pour prendre des photos. Pendant ce temps, un crocodile qui passait par là a attaqué la jeune femme, a emprisonné sa tête dans sa gueule et l’a entraîné au loin, probablement en guise de repas. Le jeune homme a tenté de la secourir mais en vain. Comme aucun témoin n’avait assisté à la ... read more
Andaman-Havelock
Andaman-Havelock
Andaman-Havelock


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

Asia » India » Andaman & Nicobar Islands » Port Blair April 2nd 2012

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