To get to Havelock Island, it's a two-and-a-half hour ferry ride from Port Blair on South Andaman Island: Elenka was having a late afternoon nap. I was sitting in the outdoor common area of the place we're staying when this tall guy approached with a plate of leftover food. I pegged him right away by his accent. Russian, they're all over the place here. "Where is dog?" he said.“You mean my dog, the one who's over on my porch, drinking my wa...

I picked up a weathered old copy of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Korak, Son of Tarzan (1916) the other day and started reading. On page 1, crew members from a sailing ship called the Marjorie W, take what they refer to as a long boat, up the Ugambi River for a paddle. On the northern bank of the river they suddenly hear and see a white man, 'naked, but for a loin cloth' screaming for help.The following is a one line excerpt:"Wot the 'ell?" ejaculated one...