Tag Archives: Scenery

Cruising the Kerala Backwaters

We tore ourselves away from the beach at Varkala to go exploring the Kerala Backwaters on a houseboat. We got a taxi to Kollam, about an hours drive away, where we met up with our boat and 4 crew (even … Continue reading

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Revisiting Nepal – New Professional images!

Going back in time now to the previous country we were in. While we were slogging our way up to base camp at Annapurna a couple of months ago now, we had amongst the members of our group a couple … Continue reading

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Snorkeling Trip to South Button Island and Tamarind Cove

While we were staying at beach No 3 we thought it would be a good idea to get out and see a few more of the islands and their marine life – or else what was the point of

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Havelock Island – Beach No 3

For the first 3 nights on Havelock Island we stayed on the eastern side of the island at beach number 3. All the beaches are numbered rather than named here, as are the villages. We stayed at Barefoot Scuba Resort … Continue reading

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Getting to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

We left our friends early on Sunday morning and got a taxi the shortish distance across south Delhi to Indira Gandhi International for our flight to Chennai. We got to fly out of the new T3, just few

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Udaipur

An early start for what turned into a long days travel. We caught our ‘deluxe’ bus at 8am, (leaves at 7:30 be there for 7:15) luckily we got on quick enough to grab the last seats in the row of … Continue reading

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Annapurna – Day 11

Potana to the Bus Stop The last day, and one of the shortest at that. After another interrupted night of sleep –  mainly due to the dude sleeping in the kitchen who was

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Annapurna – Day 10

Jinhu to Potana Penultimate day on the trek and a long one at that 7 hours in total, but thanks to the groups superior speed we managed to knock it off by 15:30.  Hard work as there were a couple … Continue reading

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Annapurna – Day 9

Sinuwa to Jinhu Shortest day today of the lot, with the added bonus of a trip to the hot springs at Jinhu. After a late start and only one killer up hill to Chhomgrong before lunch, we where in Jinhu … Continue reading

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Annapurna – Day 6

Bamboo to Deurali Climbing day today with the last stop before ABC (Annapurna base Camp). Again it was a bit of a damp start , we are used to putting on damp clothing now to dry it out! A 900m … Continue reading

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