Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Travel Blogs from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Having a Robinson Crusoe Day
... One of the crew ejaculated. On page 2, I came across a six line sentence that took me several minutes to decipher. Angered by my inability to comprehend both the author's thoughts and the long sentence, I slammed the book shut and went for a swim. ...
Don't Always Believe the Guidebooks
... . They write like proud parents of undisciplined children. All I've written above, good and bad, is true, but Elenka and I will never return to the Andaman Islands. Here's why: 1) Accommodation is far over-priced and so is the air ...
Indian Spiritualism?
To get to Havelock Island, it's a two-and-a-half hour ferry ride from Port Blair on South Andaman Island: Elenka was having a late afternoon nap. I was sitting in the outdoor common area of the place we're staying when this tall guy approached with ...
Andaman Islands
To finish of this trip off with some Tropical islands seemed like a good idea, so here we are in the Andaman Islands for some snorkeling and diving. (and maybe Caroline's Birthday) We flew in on Deccan Air, one of the fairly new budget airlines in India ...
Port Blair, Porte d'entree des Andaman
... le taxi, enfin une Ambassadore mytique, nous filons vers Chennai pour prendre l'avion qui nous emmene vers Port Blair, aux iles Andaman, dans le Golfe du Bengale. 1er fou rire a l'arrivee car nous sommes les seuls blancs, et un service medicale pour ...
Part 2: Ross Island, Chiriyatapu and the return
... ' comes to life. The museum turns out to be an encyclopaedic walkthrough of the history and culture of the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Exhaustive in its depiction, through photographs and tableaus, of the evolution and life of the various tribes, it's ...
The Fish Keep Winning
... . Aside from some renewed hope it was also a great way to see a little more of the island. John Lawrence was different than the islands we had seen so far in that it had a bunch of sandstone formations along the shore. There was also a mangrove area that ...
So Much For That Approved Itinerary
... (Trevor's chain fell off a few times, Amanda had no breaks, Greg's was way too small) at the borderline resort/resturent and pedaled into town. The market was a lot quieter during the day but there was still a buzz around the TV and ...
Andamanerne
Saa kom vi endelig til Andamanerne, en oegruppe beliggende 1000 km oest fra Kolkata. Oegruppen bestaar af 552 oer hvoraf kun 35 er beboede. Befolkningen er ............ Ved ankomsten til Port Blair kunne vi endelig traekke vejret igen uden at skulle ...
Giant Crabs and tiny Fireflies
... with a banded sea snake and lost my hook to probably a crab. A disastrous attempt at fishing, but still lots of fun. In the morning I caught the early boat off Neil with Anto and Jerry with the intention of catching a helicopter to Little ...
Return to Port Blair Pt1
... to Port Blair and back to typical Indian bureaucracy... Unable to buy a boat ticket back to the mainland (long story) and with the Little Andaman helicopter being full with officials, I'd been back in Port Blair a little under 3 hours and all of my plans ...
Return to Port Blair Pt2
... out 400 rupees on a room with hot water and a TV, ate some food, got some beers and chilled out in front of a movie (that may well have been 'The Karate Kid' (original)). ...The next day I left the Andamans and boarded my plane to ...
The Liveaboard! 3 Nights 3 days!
... other diving I have ever done. The corals and fans were unbelievably colorful, the # of fish was stunning. Because this was the Andaman Sea, part of the Indian Ocean, there were many different types of fish and coral then you would see in the ...
Part-1:Mt.Harriet, Chatham Saw Mill, Cellular Jail
... islands, Mt.Harriet is the second highest point (after Saddle Peak near Diglipur in the north) in the Andaman & Nicobar group. Its proximity and the peaceful locale made it an obvious choice to be the summer residence of the Chief Commissioner during ...
Scuba Diving
... was amazing. We,(Sarah, Jeremy, and I) had to do more. We signed up for the advanced diver course then off the Similans Islands we went. The diving we loved as much as our instructor, Mia. She is from Finland and wonderful. So wonderful that she ...
Neil Island
Ved ankonsten til Neil Island blev vi modtaget af saelgere fra guesthouses, som forsoegte at bilde os ind, at der kun var et vaerlse tilbage paa oen. Vi gaettede, at det sikkert var et salgstrick, saa vi fortsatte til fods op i den lille by hvor vi fandt ...
Kingfisher - The King of Good Times
... sea navigation by claiming that I didn't think it possible for the Chinese navy in the Ming Dynasty to use the Andaman and Nicobar islands as stopover points in the fifteenth century because it is believed that they stayed within sight of land, and ...
ode to the mosquitoes
... still, it feels like only yesterday... I'm glad I'm losing time...I have one more week here until I return back to mainland India and hopefully by then I'll be ready to mark my path again once more, this time in a confident, Indian-style way...I ...
Paradise!
... ", groesser, Beton-Bunker angeboten bekommen, aber nah zur Tauch-Shop und fuer 2 Naechte doch eigentlich egal. Zum Tauch-Shop "India Scuba Explorers" von Johann & Sam gefuehrt. Einzige Tauchbasis auf Neil Island, aber mit den selben Preisen, wie die ...
A Sort of Homecoming
... Certainly not what had been listed on the menu. So I cleaned them out of their 11 remaining bottles of Kingfisher Premium and Trevor & Greg each bought 12 bottles of Kingfisher Strong. After the bottle shop craziness another trip to the market ...
Andamany, Neil Island, Kolkata
... . Na naszą główną siedzibę wybraliśmy Neil Island, malutka wysepkę z raptem 5500 mieszkancami (Incredible India :D ). Juz na przystani daliśmy się złowić naganiaczowi który zawiózł nas do resortu ...
Crocodile Rock
... we noticed all the people were leaving. We figured out why pretty quickly. The first sign read: WARNING!! BEWARE OF CROCODILE and a few feet later: CAUTION - CROCODILE INFESTED BEACH. Yup, leaving seemed like a pretty good idea right about then - at ...
Les îles Andamans ***
In english En espanol German Le trajet en bateau vers les îles andamans Aprés 5 jours d'une trés longue traversée... arrivée enfin à port Blair avec un besoin d' une bonne douche ! 4 étrangers sur le bateau qui doit charger dans ...
Overs, Wickets and Boundaries
... with one end touching Trevor's leg. Thankfully the bartender stepped in to explain that we were not English and we were supporting India. International crisis averted... back to the cricket. India looked to have things in control but then England ...
Interveiw Island
Igennem vores guesthouse fik vi arrangeret en tur til oen Interveiw Island, en stor fredet oe med et rigt dyreliv. Vi sejlede kl. 6 om morgenen. Vandet var spejlblankt og vi turen foerte os gennem mangroveskov. Allerede efter 5 min. saa vi en ...
Fisketur
Tilbage i Port Blair. Planen var primaert at tage til en strand hvorfra det skulle vaere muligt at se skilpadder laegge aeg. Desvaerre fandt vi ud af at stranden var blevet oedelagt af tsunamien. Vi bokkede derfor en fisketur hos en franskmand som ...
Diving in The Similans
... thing serviceable to be said for the place is that it's literally tropical perfection. Each of the islands is rather small, mere collections of trees and boulders piled above sea level with beaches hemming them in, all uninhabited though there were quite ...
Locked Up Abroad
... blah blah blah blah blah MUST GO..." Uh, what? This might be a good time to explain the whole Andaman permit deal. See, when we arrived and checked in with Customs, Immigration, the Coast Guard and the Harbor Master we were issued permits. Those permits ...
Raziskovanje otoka
Gremo na potep po otoku, kjer je Port Blair z lokalnim avtobusom se peljemo 1 uro in 20 min celih 20 km. Okna v avtobusu so odprta, tko da je blo treba roke na hitr not skrit k smo šli mim kšnih vej. Pol nas bus vrže vn na cilju in je pa ...
Dr. Rattan
Efter en overnatning i Rangat tog vi bussen tidlig morgen til Mayabunder. Vores guesthouse havde en have med udsigt over havet og forskellige oer. Vi moedte et par, som havde lejet en baad til Avis Island naeste dag. Her skulle der vaere en dejlig ...


