Pushkar is Lovely

Pushkar is lovely. Although its streets are jam-packed with tourist shops and it is nigh impossible to get a decent Indian meal at a decent Indian price, it is charming, calm and vibrant. It is also just what I needed. Pushkar has revived me and my fraying nerves. It is a traveller hot-spot and I [...]

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Underwater Wonders; Diving the Andaman’s

I am very lucky to have learnt to scuba dive when just a fresh-faced teenager. At seventeen I learnt in Cyprus and after gaining my ‘P.A.D.I Advanced Open Water Divers Certificate’, I went on a fabulous diving holiday in Hurghada, Egypt – The Red Sea, don’t you know? However, diving is an expensive hobby and [...]

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Havelock Island, Andamans.

28th jan With Kochi and the sanctuary behind me, I set off for The Andaman Islands with renewed excitement, a map marked “Here be Dragons”, and four new salwar kameez. A short train ride to Chennai (Madras) where I met the very charming George Bullard, who is so intrepid I should change my moniker to [...]

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Technical Difficulties

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible. But I am alive and I have blogs ready to roll on my USB stick. Heading to paradise now in the Andamans. Bye for now……….

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For The Love of God, Get Me Water.

Did I sleep? Did I hell! I couldn’t fall asleep, had horrible toothache. I finally drifted off at about 6.30 and was up again at 8.00am. Once up I started to organize my self, unpacking and repacking to a much more sensible system. Then a slight queasy feeling followed by a fainty feeling washed over [...]

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