Archive for April, 2009
He Works Hard for his Money
By Thomas on April 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
…so hard for his money. He works hard for his money, so you better comment right.
Enough is Enough
By Thomas on April 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“Not again!” Tony screamed as he stormed out of the hut half shaven, shampoo in his hair, and with a towel wrapped around his hips. “This is the most I’ve paid for a room in India and it’s the third time the water’s stopped running today,” I heard him hollering. By the time I went out, a group of other guests had joined in around him yelling up a storm.
“I shut it off. Not enough water. Tomorrow,” one of the hotel guys informed us. Our outrage quickly turned to disbelief when we realized that there simply wasn’t enough water, which once again turned to outrage when we realized » Continue reading this post »
Elephant Diving
By Tony on April 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For those of you who have dived the world and feel that you have done just about everything there is to do, how about swimming with a different kind of giant? That’s right, Barefoot offers the chance to go snorkeling or scuba diving with an elephant! But at 8,500 RP ($170) per dive, it was a bit too rich for my blood. I chose to apply that money to my ten-dive package.
Having said that, it is very tempting. Isn’t it a beautiful picture?! To see more amazing photography, visit the photographers photo library at Steve Bloom Images. And thank you, Steve, for letting us use this spectacular photo!
Diving the Andamans
By Tony on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the major reasons we came to the Andamans was to scuba dive. We had been waiting for this moment since we arrived in India. Unfortunately, the day before we left Chennai to fly to the islands, a doctor declared Thomas unable to dive because of a serious sinus/inner-ear infection. Major bummer!
So I was left on my own to explore the sensational underwater world of the Andaman Sea. Dumb luck led me to Barefoot Scuba, Havelock Island’s only 5-star PADI diving center – and a stroke of luck it was.
Shawn, the Norwegian running the center, went out of his way to help me put together a package of 10 different dives allowing me to experience a cross section of the islands diving opportunities. He and the friendly staff made sure that I always had somebody to dive with, a task made more difficult by the fact that I wanted to dive several sites that required advanced certification.
So, how was it? » Continue reading this post »
Beach No. 7
By Thomas on April 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Our first stop on the Andamans is Havelock Island, a popular tourist hot spot in the island chain famous for its diving and pristine jungle beaches. Among the highest rated beaches in South Asia is Radha Nagar Beach, better known as beach No. 7.
For months, we’ve been hearing about how beautiful this beach is, so we wanted to judge it for ourselves. After a one-hour bicycle ride through fields, banana plantations and forest, we eventually popped out at beach no. 7. And we were intrigued. » Continue reading this post »
