Havelock Island
Travel Blogs from Havelock Island, India
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Having a Robinson Crusoe Day
I picked up a weathered old copy of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Korak, Son of Tarzan (1916) the other day and started reading. On page 1, crew members from a sailing ship called the Marjorie W, take what they refer to as a long boat, up the Ugambi River for a ...
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 ...
Happy 30th Birthday Gingerman!
Havelock Island, Andaman Islands, India - My treat was a few days on the beaches on Havelock Island. What a treat it was. I was hoping to wake on the Island for my birthday but a certain long range missile test meant I was catching a boat on the morning ...
Kingfisher - The King of Good Times
... than $5US. Don't worry, we didn't take them all. We did, however, take enough to get us through the ferry ride to Havelock. It was a grueling two hours on the open sea. We even had to sit outside with nothing for entertainment but the antics of a ...
Have a look at Havelock
At last we arrive in paradise that is Havelock island but first a word about Port Blair, the main town of the Andamans. This was to British India what Botany Bay was to British Britain namely a gaol for locking up the naughty boys with a bit of flogging ...
Andaman Islands
... in Rajesthan we made our way to the east coast flying out of Madras to the Andaman islands. Truely paradise. Having done plenty of island trips in the past we must say that the Andaman islands were truely idyllic. We were there for two weeks but could ...
Beach Bum with Rum
... who has spent the last 5 months trekking in Nepal and travelling around India. Since he was solo and also looking to go to Havelock Island, we teamed up and ended up together the entire week. Great guy! -we caught a ferry the same day we arrived ...
Prihod na Rajski otok
Zjutraj se z hitrim katamaranom odpravimo na otok Havelock. Med voznjo opazimo leteče ribe, majkemi. Letijo tud ene 20 metrov tik nad gladino, so pa dost mejhne. Po pristanku gremo takoj v nas resort Wild Orchid za katerga smo odstel kr velik ...
10 kart za coln so izdajal uro pa pol !!!!
Zjuti gremo po karte za nas povratek v Port Blair. Pridemo ke in vidmo da je najvec ene 10 folka pred nami. To bo takoj smo si mislil. Noooooooot. Ja uni k izdajo karte za eno bedno vozovnico porabjo 20 minut, umes se ti pa se Indijci urivajo pa se ...
Paradise?
... , 19.12. - Agra besichtigen Montag, 20.12. - Flug nach Kuala Lumpur Dienstag, 21.12. - Flug zur Gold Coast / Australien ... na ganz schoen enger Plan. Und ich war insgesamt 10 Tage auf Havelock. Zu lange ... aber lest selber auf Neil island weiter :) ...
Koralni grebeni niso sam v filmih
Po zajtrku se z svedoma in dvema anglezoma odpeljemo z skuterji do plaze Elephant Beach. Treba je blo hodt priblizno 30 min skozi dzunglo, vmes pa preckat "mocvirje", tko da je bla kr avantura. Tam srecamo se 3 popotnike in gremo mal snorklat po koralnih ...
Fishing!!!!!!
Cez dan gremo na plazo Blue Lagoon. Po mojem mnenju najlepsa plaza do zdej kt iz filma. Pa skor nobenih ljudi. Prot veceru pa gremo na fisihing trip. Domacini nas odpeljejo na sred morja nam dajo tri lakse, neki rib za vabo in lov se zacenja. Ujel smo kr ...
Havelock: A beach of one’s own.
... (or so I guessed, from the glowing faces and the fading henna on the women's hands). Everyone piled off at Havelock, the main tourist island in the archipelago but, of course, non-nationals had to go to the ferry desk for reams of absolutely necessary ...
We're a cracker jack brigade on a pachyderm parade
At long last a Jungle Book reference! We said goodbye to the bongos of Neil Island this morning and set sail for Havelock, the second most populated island on our itinerary. I even broke out a fresh t-shirt for the occassion. The beaches and towns on ...
Havelock Island
... at home as well. Sounds like a dream to me!!! So, I guess you want to hear more about my experience on Havelock Island. The Andaman Islands consist of over 500 islands and only about 30 of them are inhabited. There are two dive shops ...
Havelock Island
... parking spot was available now. We landed in Port Blair around 1:15 PM but the ferry that will take me to the smaller island where I'm staying and diving leaves at 2:00. I made it to the ferry with 2 whole minutes to spare!! I was ...
Havelock Island
... som rimeligt muggen gik op i receptionen og viste dem vandet. Inderes nationalsport er udover cricket at tage roeven paa turister. Et eksempel: Havelock er kendt for at have en elefant som hver dag tager sig en svoemmetur i havet. Da vi paa strand nr. ...
Russ Vs Snake
...I arrived back at my small shed and unlocked the door. I walked inside, acknowledged and ignored a noise of something moving, hung up my mask and fins, then heard the noise again... 'that doesn't sound lizardy or coconuty' I thought. I turned around ...
20 Days of Andamadness
... lookout for one of these rogue beasts (mostly anyway). ...we caught the 2 and half hour boat ride from Port Blair to Havelock and occupied the prime spot right up front, leaning over the front and watching the flying fish trying to escape the goliath ...
Are you for scuba?
... later we landed in Port Blair, capital of Andaman and Nicobar state, where we headed straight for the port to catch a ferry to Havelock Island only to be told there were no seats left today. But in India there's always a way, and after telling one ...
Havelock Island, Paradise in Bengal gulf
Voila, enfin notre coin de paradis, loin de la foule et des villes surpeuplees... ici peu d'habitants, peu de touristes, la mousson ne devant pas tarder. Il y a 7 villages repartis sur l'ile, et un peu plus de 6000 hab. etant la tres basse saison, il ne ...
20 Days of Andamadness (continued...)
... flip flops. Went for a swim at sunrise, then passed out in my small house for a good 10 hours. Generally spent the rest of Havelock hanging out, snorkeling, drinking... etc. My flip flops turned up on the feet of Sam, Anto re-appeared (He was bitten by a ...
Havelock Island
Hello everyone! First I'd like to thank Jen and Barb for emailing me and asking if I'm safe. I'm sure you've heard that Mumbai was attacked by terrorists. I am nowhere near Mumbai, I'm still in the islands. We haven't heard ...
Chlling on the beach
... rainy hours on a ferry from Port Blair to Havelock; once again I managed to get somewhere during absolute low-season. The island of Havelock has about 5000 inhabitants and a grand total of 37 tourists (on arrival). Low season makes sense as it rained ...
Two Englishmen on English Island
... and the outline of a long-hulled fishing boat could be seen. Adventure over, we headed back on the boat for two hours to reach Havelock during which time I fell asleep in the sun and woke up with sea legs that took two whole days to get back to normal. ...
Walk to Elephant Beach
... were uprooted from the 2004 tsunami that hit. We also got to witness one of the first rains of the "wet season". It was a bit off shore and we fortunately did not get caught in the storm. We had beautiful weather the next few days we were in Havelock. ...
Indian Wildlife part II - Andaman Islands special
... We think that the distraction of a flea bite might have been the reason for the little puppy we saw get run over by a bus on Havelock Island. Before you get upset - the puppy made a full recovery, despite being run over by a huge bus. We were ...
The indian version of a tropical island paradise..
... of the sea, a lot of space between us and other huts, the place seemed quiet and friendly and breakfast was included!! :D Havelock island was divided/named as 7 villages/settlements. One was the jetty where we arrived, two was further down, ...
Admans and goobyes to India
... We arrived within a few hours to Port Blair and immediately took a rickshaw to the Port to buy our ferry tickets to Havelock Island. We had heard all kinds of horror stories about long lines purchasing the ferry ticket but we somehow lucked ...
Morons are back from the Andamans!
We made it! We are back in civilisation - well, sort of. Port Blair on Main Andaman. We were on Havelock for close to two weeks. We were sad to leave, we met some lovely people and dived in some truly world class sites. The island is ...
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