Havelock Island

Do you watch Travel and Living Channel?

I don’t like to watch boring, unproductive, daily soap on TV. I love to watch TLC (Travel and Living Channel) to see the culture, dressing style, eating habits, of the other planets people.  My favorite is Island Feast with Peter Kuruvita….by watching this I was so desperate to visit the islands….with sandy beach, surrounded by lush dark greenery and deep blue clean water….what a romantic!!! And…suddenly one day nitin came up with the Air ticket of Port Blair, He surprised me with the full week vacation trip at Andaman….hussshh….!! He always love to surprised me….Love you hubby….for the surprise and to fulfill my wish.

We’ve been Havelock last year….but still the memories of this trip are still fresh and will remain fresh forever. The most funniest part of this trip is that we traveled as a group with babies around 1 and 1 ½ years…..haaaaa isn’t it funny…..people visit island with loved one, with wife, girlfriend to have fun and relax. We’ve been there with kids…..with so many cringe…crying, masti, irritation….but we really enjoyed with our kids…that’s y I said it is most memorable , it was the first trip for our small babies.

Havelock is the chain of island to the east of Great Andaman in the Andaman Island. Havelock is situated 57 km north east of the capital city Port Blair. Havelock is a picturesque natural paradise with beautiful white sandy beaches, rich coral reefs and lush green forest. It is one of the populated islands in the Andaman group with an area of 113 sq.km. And is located 39 km of north east of Port Blair. (Source: from official website).

We headed to Havelock port by Government Fairy name Bambooka, from Port Blair in the morning @ 6.00 a.m. When Mr. Chellian, our Travel agent said, ‘‘Sir, Ferry, leaves at 6.30 a.m. sharp, my car will fetch you all at six o’clock from the hotel.’’ I was shocked, it’s very irritating cause we were almost with small babies and to get up early, at least 5 o’clock….really distributing!! But what to do…we have to get ready….and we reached at Havelock by 9.00 a.m. It was approximately 2 to 3 hours journey which was quiet hectic…but with the huge mob it was not so borringg . We were sailing in the deep blue sea… quite hilarious !!

We stay at Goldstar Beach Resort for 2 days, which was on the ocean…great place - a small cottage, surrounded by dark green trees, and white sand……ohh…my, I just love the place. It was clean, which is most important to me. I wanted to spend at least 15 days on the beach…..but we had very limited time span to had a whole tour of Andaman beach.

The main beach in front of our cottage where we hang all the time, since from morning to the evening….it so relaxing. 

Had a wine and lay down on the sand…!!

I love this small hut.....isn't it cute. We spend the whole afternoon here only....right in front of the ocean.

saee, so small don’t want to get down cause of sand. She said all the time….maze pay gandu hotat’ means my legs getting dirty because of sand……What a girl….!!, Pappa bought a nice swim suit for her but she didn’t  wear it and not ready to get down for a second ….always hang on mumma or pappas shoulder……

see…she’s crying….

We enjoyed mostly seafood and lots of fresh fruits, like coconut, mango, Banana…. saee’s all time favorite…..and all kiddo eating only fruits. From our beach resort we headed to Radhanagar Beach which was known as Beach No 7 on the western coast. It was named Best Beach in Asia by time 2004 (source: official website) and always crowded by so many people.

Radhanagar Beach 

I like it. Because of saee…pappa not able to enjoy sea water, but mumma enjoy with the friends. We splash in the water.

Play with the sand ....wrote name of saee...want to get her down in the sand....but it wasn't work.

At a time, one has to wait with the baby and one will enjoy…this is the only way we  managed our kiddsss. Nitin and I already prepared for this…and knew saee will cry because she’s just one and half year and first time going to see the ocean and sand...., I came to took saee n let pappa enjoyed with the friends. She is happy with her football.

 

The morning and evening temperature were cool. Our travel agent told us to carry umbrella with you all the time…cause of the changing atmosphere. But…it was overall refreshing and suits to all kiddos. It was great break from routine and nice experience. We returned home with full heart and feeling rejuvenated.

Thank you Havelock for making our fabulous vacation.