Seshadri's Musings

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This trip was planned a long time back with my cousin and his family. Somehow or the other, it never materialized, for whatever reason.  In March this year, there was a ceremony in Bangalore that we had to attend. On checking the map, it seemed that I can make the trip to Hampi and then proceed to Bangalore for the ceremony from there.  As usual (I have decided that this was the last time I was doing this 😊 ), I called up a few people to see if they were interested to accompany me for this trip.  When no one seemed interested, I asked Jayashree if her friends would want to come. She checked with her friend, who was in Bangalore, and she immediately confirmed that she would accompany us.  I started seeing what all places were there to see in Hampi. Based on google, I drew an itinerary for a 2-day trip, seeing almost 20-25 different attractions in Hampi.  On checking the trains, I found that instead of reaching in the morning, it would be good if I can reach th...

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Today was the last day of adventures as the next day we were flying back to our destinations. With discussions between Mr Pankaj and us, we drew the following itinerary.   First stop would be the Ross Island or the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, followed by a visit to the Anthropology Museum. Then lunch at a chaat place, the ad of which we had seen during the boat ride aboard the Nautika. Then onwards to Chidiya tapu and a visit to a ship finishing with dinner at our friend’s place. Mr Pankaj came to pick us up in a car.  We went to a small jetty from where a small boat took us to a big boat.  We went on this boat to the Ross Island. This island was occupied by the British Colony during the pre-independence era and it was their Administrative Head Quarter until an earthquake rocked the islands in 1941, after which the British moved to Port Blair for settlement abandoning the Ross Island. The Japanese also had occupied Andamans in 1942 during World War II. The Japan...

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Got up early as we had two boat rides today, one from Havelock to Neil Island and the next from Neil Island to Port Blair! Had breakfast as soon as the counters were open.  Then waited for the tour operator to come and pick us up.  There were 2 stops for the itinerary today. One was a natural bridge and the other was the Bharatpur beach.  Today looked to be a hectic journey but it was not so 😊 ! We were dropped at the Havelock jetty point, from where we took the same Nautika boat to Neil Island.  The journey took some 45 minutes.  We were met with another employee of the tour operator here. There was some confusion regarding our visit as they had still not got any confirmation of our visit. The tour agent at Havelock had given me the Neil agent’s mobile number. So, I had called him as soon as we reached Neil Island.  After a few tense minutes, he got the confirmation and we proceeded for the trip. He took us to a shop where we kept our luggage on ren...