First off, a grammar lesson. Bi-annual, like semi-annual, means twice a year. Biennial means every two years. Don’t worry, I had to look it up. With that in mind, here we go. I first met Mahssa at a Couchsurfing meeting…
Have a Look in Havelock
After spending a few days biking from beach to beach around Neil Island we were ready for a change and headed to port to buy our ferry passage to Havelock Island. Naturally getting anywhere in India is never an…
A bicycle pace of life: Neil Island
Havelock is known as the party island in the Andaman’s. It has three places that serve alcohol, along with one other place that has a liquor license three days a week. And a liquor store that is open in infrequent…
We fought the lawn and the lawn won
A few days into our stay in Pondicherry, we decided to visit what is known as the international community of Auroville. About 15km outside of Pondicherry, and beyond the boundaries of the French Union Territory, Auroville is a community of…
Making Friends with Richard Parker
While most of the travellers we met in our two weeks were hitting the beaches of Varkala, we decided to save our sand time for the ten days we’d planned in the Andaman Islands, and opted to instead spent a…
When a Man Comes a Knocking – A Story of Dealing With the Unwanted Attention of an Indian Man
We hadn’t expected the knock at the door. It was 4pm and I had just woken up from an almost two hour long nap, my solution to the afternoon heat in Kollam. I was puzzled as to whom it…