Travel Blogs Nearby
Havelock Island: A place one should never leave
... mountain views of the tropical paradise. We eventually found Dreamland Resort which promised us quiet blue thatched bungalows about a hundred meters from best beach on the island. For 300 rupees per night ($6, anyone??) we were in paradise, and to our great fortune (things have been looking up since the missed cricket match in Mumbai) for the first two nights the place was all ours!! We entertained ourselves well during the first week. On the first night, we played ...
Overs, Wickets and Boundaries
Quick, name the sport. Get ready to get your fill of cricket!
But first...
THURSDAY, FEB. 24
NEIL ISLAND TO PORT BLAIR
The original plan was to stay at Neil Island until Saturday, spending Simon's birthday (Friday) doing a beach clean-up in the morning, watching New Zealand play Australia in the Cricket (yes, cricket) World Cup and then having a final fire on the beach at night. That plan changed when we woke up ...
Locked Up Abroad
... br> Guy: "80 rupee."
Sven: "I'll take 20."
Guy: "11:00."
And at 11:00 Sven got 1600 rupees worth of Kingfisher Strong big bottles and we were off to Neil Island.
Upon arrival Simon set out to track down Amanda - and without cell phones it proved a little difficult. He went to the hut resort near the anchorage and asked if there was an Australian woman named Amanda there. He was told that Amanda was there two weeks ...
Getting ready for one last adventure
The next day I had to get my pants fixed again because another hole opened up. By the time I get home I'm sure they will have dissolved to dust... For good measures the tailor also sewed over Jess' repair work again. He smiled at the crafty work. Then I got some antibiotics as one of the mosquito bites from Punducherry got infected a little too much (it's too humid here and the scab just can't close up) The ...
Queueing Theory
... the mafiosa got into a
straight line but of course they were still at the front and the racket
continued uninterrupted. Finally I got to the porthole offered up my semi
filled in instruction form (how the hell would I know the name of vessel
for example - but I could fill in the all important age 55 box) and
the don't upset the natives form only to be told that they needed to be
photocopied "outside". So after 2 1/2 hours we ...


