We arrived in the Andamans after two days of travelling in which we took every form of transport. A six hour bus from Kumily to Alleppey, a fourteen hour train from Alleppey to Chennai, a fourty minute rickshaw ride to the airport, a twow hour flight to Port Blair, a 20 minute cab ride to the docks, and finally two and half hours on the boat to Havelock. We got there, were very indecisive about which room we wanted, finally chose, and collapsed. The main island...

Having just endured a dial up connection for the first time in my life, I find myself reluctant to spend much time describing Kumily. This is mainly because I didn't particularly enjoy it and I love where I am now. So I will be brief on the hills and wax lyrical about Havelock (the Andaman Island we're on at the moment). There were two really great things about Kumily, the climate and the homemade chocolate. Being up in the hills and surrounded by tea plantation...