Andaman Islands

From Port Blair we planned to take the ferry to Havelock, however the plane was delayed and so we missed the ferry and had to stay one day in Port Blair. We visited the Aquarium there and had a late lunch. After watching some TV we went to Bed early, becuase we had to get up at 5am to catch the next ferry.

Aftern arriving to the Island Dennis started to prepare for his Open Water Diver course whereas I relaxed a little. Around lunch we drove to Beach Number 7 for some snorkeling, however we weren't very successfull. Afterwards I went for a night dive which was amazing as usual ;)

The next days we spent diving, relaxing and chatting to the other people at the dive station.

After three days of training Dennis finished his open water diver and at the last day in Havelock we did a fun dive together.

The dive crew and the management of Dive India were excellent and very friendly as always.

Afterwards we returned to Port Blair, stayed another night there and returned to Bangalore.

[20081010] Andaman Islands

Agra

From Jaipur we drove to Agra. There we had a nice hotel with a revolving restaurant from where you could see the Taj Mahal. However we didn't dine in the hotel but went to the Local Mall, where Dennis had his first Maharaja Burger at McDonalds :).

The we also had got frightened most, cause they didn't have returned our passports in the hotel at Jaipur. Luckily another driver could bring them to Delhi where we picked them up at the travel agency.

The next morning we had to get up very early to see the sun rise at the Taj Mahal.

After the Taj Mahal we visited the red fort and returned to Delhi, from where we flew to the Andaman Island via Chennai.

[20081007] Agra

Delhi and Jaipur

After arriving in Delhi we took a prepaid taxi to our hotel. As we approached closer to the hotel (which was close to the red fort) we got a little bit suspicious because the surrounding area didn't look very nice to put it polite. However the hotel was good and clean. The next day we planned to take the train from Delhi to Jaipur and from there to Agra. However it wasn't possible to get any tickets any more and due to our tight schedule we decided to rent a taxi for the three days.

In Delhi we just visited the India Gate, the Humayun Mausoleum and the Shri Lakhsmi Narain temple.

In the afternoon we continued to Jaipur were we were able to make some pictures of the fort during night. The hotel there was also very pleasant.

In Jaipur we visited Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar and the fort.

[20081003] Jaipur

Munnar

After visiting Mysore we drove back to Bangalore and flew to Kochi in Kerala. We stayed the night in the airport hotel. At 9 in the morning we continued to Munnar and in the early afternoon at the Deshadan Mountain Resort. The resort is very nice and the staff is excellent. Food is also quite good and therefore we were very pleased. One of the staff members, Fagen, showed us the area and explained showed and explained Coffe Plants, Cardamon and other plants. The next day we started early and visited a tea-museum and lots of nice viewpoints. Most exciting adventure was riding and feeding an elephant. We also took a speed boat ride, but this wasn't to exciting. After a very pleasant and relaxing night we drove back to Kochi and started our Backwaters tour.

[20080928] Munnar

Kerala Back Waters & Kochi

From Munnar we to Allepy and stayed two days on a house boat on the kerala back waters, a net of lakes, sweet water channegls and rivers. We had a house boat for ourselfes (except a caiptain and a cook of course ;) ). Driving through the rice fields bordered with Palm Trees and watching the people who are living on the banks of the river is extremely relaxing. But the most amazing views you have during sun rise and sun set.

Afterwards we drove back to Kochi and visited the chinese fishing nets. In the afternoon we flew to Delhi.

[20081001] Kerala Backwaters & Kochi