Bed Bugs

Posted on November 1, 2011 by debbie

While we were in the Andaman Islands, we got introduced to bed bugs.  Not something that I would wish for. I was the one being bitten, they didn’t seem to like Murray. The bites weren’t numerous, but 3 of the 7 nights I was nibbled on. ICK! ICK! ICK!

We were not convinced that the bites were from bed bugs until we got to Frankfurt and could do some real investigation on the web. Once we were convinced, we then researched what we should do when we got home so as to not infest our house. There are numerous websites that discuss bed bugs and what to do.  There is quite a bit of conflicting information out there. Hot water, dryer heat, freezing, dry cleaning, carbon dioxide – it is all suggested

When we got dropped off, we did not go into the house.  We headed for the garage and put our suitcases, purses/carry on bags and all the clothes we were wearing inside. I (the bashful one) ran into the house buck naked – hopefully none of our neighbours happened to be looking out the window just then.  Murray (the brave one) made me get him a housecoat.

After a visual inspection, we took money and credits cards in the house that night. Left everything else to be dealt with in the morning.

The next morning, we washed all the cotton fabrics in hot water and dried them in a hot dryer .

We visually inspected all the items that had hard surfaces looking for egg clusters.  Found none.  These items then went into the house.

We were left with our “technical” clothing, the shoes and all the bags.  We took wool shirts, nylon pants, fuzzies and gortex jackets.  We were not sure if washing in hot water and drying in a hot dryer would destroy the fabrics.  I talked to my faithful contact at Alberta Health Services and he assured me that 10 minutes of heat would kill any bed bugs or eggs as they cannot tolerate heat.  My contact said that 48 C is the temperature that will kill these critters in seconds (42 C is the temperature of a hot tub’s water). Heat or dry cleaning (chemicals) are the only ways to ensure bed bugs are killed.  Freezing does not kill eggs.  We decided to put the technical clothing in the dryer first and heat them up dry.  Then put them through a hot wash to clean them and then hang to dry, like we always do.  (I figure that even if we end up ruining a few shirts, it is still less costly than to get a bed bug infestation.)

My contact also said to put our bags through the dryer too.  They are fabric bags and will fit in our dryer, so that is the plan. I plan on putting our shoes through the dryer too, if they do not bang around too much.

Murray’s jacket and his courier bag were just washed in hot water and hung to dry, as they would not survive the hot dryer.  I am hoping this is good enough. I bought some cotton/silk material in Bhutan to make a table cloth, and am concerned about throwing it in the dryer, so I may send it to the dry cleaner.

If you are reading this because you have run into these critters, DO NOT take your luggage into your house, put them into the garage and deal with the clothes etc from there. Use either heat (hot hot dryer for 10 minutes) or chemicals (dry cleaning) on all the fabrics to ensure the bugs and the eggs are killed.  Visually inspect all hard surface items for signs of eggs. Of course, please do your own research and do what you are comfortable with.

I think we are handling this bed bug issue properly and my faithful contact agrees that we are doing all the right stuff.  This was not pleasant and I hope we do not encounter bed bugs on any of our future trips.

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A Continuous Journey Home

Posted on October 30, 2011 by debbie

FRIDAY….Turned on the TV in the room, in Port Blair, this morning and found game 6 of the World Series.  We both were sitting on the edge of our seats watching the intense game. The game had just tied up in the bottom of the 10th inning when we had to turn it off and catch our pre-arranged auto rickshaw to the airport.  Still do not know who won the game.

Going through security at the Port Blair airport was extremely slow, especially for the women. The line-up for the men had two scanners and two friskers so Murray and M got through in minutes. T and I were in line for a minimum 30 minutes because there was one scanner and only one frisker in a curtained enclosure.  The guys were starting to wonder what happened to us. We got through and the scanner didn’t like the snub nosed scissors in my bag, so it took another 10 minutes to sort that out.  By then our flight was called and we ended up on the stragglers bus out to the airplane.

Once we arrived in Kolkata, we bid T&M goodbye and safe travels home.  We are going to stay in touch about our next dive destinations as we all agreed we enjoyed diving with each other. We are now sitting in the international terminal, outside the check in area.  We had an expensive but only okay late lunch/early supper in the airport restaurant and will now kill about 7 hours before our flight to Frankfurt.

When we checked in for our Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, the agent was a stickler for weight of carry on bags.  The weight limit for Lufthansa is 8 kgs, whereas Air Canada’s is 10kgs.  We always pack according to Air Canada’s limits.  Well, Murray’s bag weighed in at 10.7 kg, so he would not allow it as carry on.  My bag weighed 9.0 kg which he allowed to squeak through.  So, we ended up checking Murray’s bag.  Note to self – pack to the lightest limit of all airlines being utilized on a trip.

SATURDAY…..We are now in Frankfurt after a long flight and a day walking in Frankfurt. It was almost 1:00 am by the time we boarded our flight, so we fell asleep quickly after takeoff.  We both, surprisingly, sleep not too bad. 10 hours passed rather quickly.

My Dad used to complain about children on flights.  He wanted a separate section of the plane just for children and their parents – preferably sound proof.  I used to get annoyed at him for saying stuff like that, but after our flight, I agree with him.  There was a mother and 2 children, a boy about 8 or 10 and a small boy about 2 – 3, in the line-up for security.    The small boy had a temper tantrum about who knows what, and I just noted it and then tried to ignore the noise.  Well, wouldn’t you know it, but they were sitting right behind us on the plane.  Fortunately, mom and 2 year old moved into the center section and were then a few more feet away from us.  The boy screamed and tantrummed for hours at the start of the flight until he finally fell asleep.   When he woke, he started up again. To cope, we turned up the volume on our headphones.  We think there was something not quite right with the poor guy. But the whole area of the plane sitting near him suffered with the noise.

We got to the Ibis Hotel, in Kelsterbach, too early to check in, so we put our bags in the storage room and headed into Frankfurt.  We both agree that Saturday is a great days to be in Frankfurt.  The populace is out shopping and enjoying life.  We discovered a large street flea market, a huge and popular food market (the Strathcona Farmers Market on steroids) and pedestrian streets teaming with shoppers.  We stopped a few times just to people watch.

Frankfurt Market

We had decided to go to a couple of the museums that are near downtown. Our first stop was the Architecture Museum.  It turned out that admission was free.  Our next stop was the Museum of Modern Art.  It was free too! Frankfurt has a Program from June to November that on the last Saturday of each month, admission to about 15 museums is free.  We just happened to hit the last Saturday in October.  If you are traveling o Frankfurt, keep this in mind as the museums charge anywhere from 7 to 12 Euros.

We were amazed at how many people were still sitting in the outdoor cafes, drinking café, eating lunch, snacking on ice cream.  The temperature was only about 10 C and yet the Frankfurters were enjoying the outdoor scene.

Haagen Das on the Zeil

We stopped for supper at a great little restaurant in Kelsterbach on the way back to the hotel. The Ristorante Pizzeria Dolce Vita is one of several Italian restaurants in Kelsterbach. It was the first one we came to after getting off the train and heading back to the hotel. The pizza was good, the place was slightly classy, (white table clothes, candles and live flowers on the table), and the waiter was super nice. If you are at one of the many airport hotels around the Frankfurt airport Kelsterbach is quite close and this restaurant is worth a try.

We headed back to hotel and once in our room could not keep our eyes open.

SUNDAY…..Last legs of our homeward bound trip today.  Frankfurt – Calgary – Edmonton. See all you Edmonton folks soon.

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India by the Numbers

Posted on October 30, 2011 by debbie

22 dogs in Chowrasta Square, Darjeeling at the same time while we took a break there

98 steps up from street level to our room in the Dekeling Hotel, Darjeeling

Rs 25 for a 2 litre bottle of water (55 cents)

6 horses available for rides in Chowrasta Square

1 mountain type bike and bike rider c/w bike kit seen in Darjeeling

Thousands of jeeps for hire as taxis to various destinations

Rs 150 ($3 CDN) for a Half Tandoori Chicken (smaller in size than in Canada)

Rs 300 ($6 CDN) for lunch or supper for 2 people

Rs 300 ($6 CDN) for breakfast for 2 people (Debbie- chicken patty/baked beans, Mur-scrambled eggs/toast!)

Thousands of saris worn by lovely women in a million different colours

Two dead bodies

Hundreds of street people

½ the population of Canada in one city – Kolkata

1 Traditional Andaman Island boat – a dongee

Hundreds and hundreds of electric colored fish

30+ C degrees every day

1 – 4 m salt water croc spotted (not by us) near Ranaganar Beach on Havelock Island

Rs 9 bus ride across Havelock Island to “one of the best beaches in the world”

4 divers in a group with each Anadaman  Bubbles dive master

2 Debbie sized grouper fish on one dive

4 cows grazing on a concrete median in downtown Port Blair

Rs 25 for a 600 ml bottle of Coke!

 

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Port Blair

Posted on October 29, 2011 by debbie

Up early with the sun, packed, ate crackers and PB for breaky and we were off to the ferry. Had an auto rickshaw pre-booked to take us from the hotel to the ferry – why is it they always show up 15 minutes early?

Enjoyed the ferry ride chatting with a doctor from western India who was on holidays with his family. He gave us a pretty good idea of where to go and what to see in India.

Arrived in Port Blair, found our hotel and headed out for a walking tour of the town.  Port Blair is the biggest city in the Andamans. We found the Cellular Jail near the water.  It was built by the British to imprison Indians that were fighting for independence.  The prison housed about 690 political prisoners. The treatment of prisoners was brutal, which included whippings, there were many many deaths during the time the prison was operational. In 1947 India gained its independence from Britain and the prisoners were released.

Median Cows

During our walk in Port Blair we spotted a number of unique species.  There were Median Cows, Sidewalk Cows, Patio Goats, Garbage Cows, Park Goats and Parking Lot Cows.

Sidewalk Cow

Today is the day that the long journey home begins. We start at the farthest point we traveled to and work our way back home. We have been on Havelock Island for a week and although there is always more to explore, I think we both feel it is OK to leave. Having a short tour of Port Blair is good because we are not likely to return to these islands.

We always return home with mixed feelings.  We have established a travelling rhythm and it would be easy just to keep on going, but there is so much we enjoy at home and it will be good to return and get involved with the things from which we have taken a pause.

 

 

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Last Day on Havelock

Posted on October 29, 2011 by debbie

Today was our last day of diving here on the Andaman Islands.  Both Murray and I are glad that we came here. The diving has been excellent; the area is relatively untouched by both divers and fishermen.  That means there is behemoth sized fish, like the 3 great grandpa groupers we saw today, and a multitude of every fish you could possibly think of.  Anenome fish (Nemo), Angel fish, Squirrel fish, Treveli, Grouper, Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimp, and Clams.  Even a string ray, an oyster, a few juvenile clown fish, and some clown trigger fish.

Diwali started today.  It is festival that is tied to the full moon in the fall. We went to Village 3 to see the action. A temple was set up and people were taking donations and paying respects/praying. There was loud music playing in the typical Indian fashion – volume up at max on tinny speakers (ie. ear damaging). The crowd mingled in anticipation of a dance show that was supposed to start at 8:30. Nothing happened till about 8:45 when two teenagers took that stage and performed a Bollywood type dance.  There are no dance teachers on the island, so the routine was slightly amateurish, but the dancers looked to be having fun.

We chatted with a young Israeli couple on their honeymoon.  We talked about the local diving and about diving in the Red Sea. Murray is now convinced that we should go there.

Firecrackers and fireworks are big during Diwali. Unfortunately, for those of us not used to such loud noises, it sounded like a war zone.  I was jumping every time a firecracker went off.

We bested the rickshaw system on the way home.  Apparently, after 9:00 pm the price jumps from Rs 30 to Rs 50 for the trip down to our hotel.  As we were walking back, we stumbled on 3 Israelis who didn’t want to pay the Rs 50 either and were trying to negotiate with an auto rickshaw driver. So, we all decided that the 5 of us would jump in and each pay Rs 10 for a total of Rs 50. The 3 Israelis and I squeezed in the back and Mur shared the driver’s seat. It was fun, had a chat with one of the Israelis and Mur talked gas prices with the driver.  Everyone was happy!

We finished packing and went to bed.

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Andaman Transport

Posted on October 26, 2011 by murray

Over the last couple of days we have learned a lot about how to get around on Havelock Island. The only mode of transportation commonly mentioned on the internet is the auto rickshaws that ply the main routes looking for fares. There are loads of these little vehicles and they are quite efficient.You can use them to get places easily when you want and to the western world crowd, they are cheap. The prices seemed to be fixed and the drivers won’t bargain. The fares they charge are 30Rs for a ride from the jetty to the market or from the market to Beach 5 area, 50Rs to go from Beach 5 to the jetty and 300Rs return to go to Beach 7 (Radhanager Beach), this will go up to 400Rs after 4pm.

As I said, Debbie and I have been utilizing other modes of travel. Today we had a day off diving and our main goal was to get to Ranhanagar Beach. It is too far to walk so we thought we would spring for an $8 rickshaw ride. Then I thought about using the local bus. We have not been on a bus in India and I was sure it would be worth the ride. We asked at the desk at our hotel and the fellow said buses ran every ½ hour and the fare would be 15RS. Total return would be $1.25 for both Debbie and me. Now $8 does not sound like much for a cab ride but when you get here your perspective changes and you take offense at excessive charges, so local bus it is. On the way to the village to catch the bus we ran into out dive buddies and they too were headed to Beach 7 for the morning. I told them about the local bus and they were intrigued enough to join us. Along comes a third mode of travel that is rather hidden from the tourists. The shared taxi, which in physical form is a minivan, and when I say mini I mean mini, they are not much bigger than my Honda Fit but are in the form of a van and in India they can seat 9 or 10 paying passengers plus the driver. Anyway, we waved down one of these vehicles and they charged us 10Rs ($.25) per person for a ride to the market where we could catch the local bus. These shared cabs also ply the main routes and once you know they exist all you have do is flag one down. They will pick you up and drop you off where you want.
At Village 3 (the market) we stood at the bus stop and within 10 mins the bus arrived, the four of us tourist types loaded and we were off. We were the only tourists on the bus. The ticket man came around and when T went to pay she hand the man 60Rs, 15 for each of us. He handed her back 22 of the rupees and 4 tickets that said 9Rs fare. What a deal, $.25 each, so Debbie and I spent 36Rs return instead of the 300 we had expected to pay, the amount we saved bought our lunch today. If you pay attention and don’t always default to the easiest solution you will soon have saved enough money to extend your trip by a day, do that enough and you can stay an extra week.

The ride was a gas. I don’t know if T & M ride buses much but they headed straight for the back seat. Now, local Indian buses are not in the best of condition, in fact they are not in very good condition at all, I’m sure they would not be allowed on the road in Canada. Coupled with the Indian roads we had quite a trip. It was about as bumpy as our boat rides have been the last 3 days but the bumps were much more abrupt and each bump was magnified because we were 2 meters behind the rear wheels. The ride took about 15 mins and when we rounded the last corner there at the end of the road the most alluring azure sea. When we walked the last 50M of roadway and strode out on to the beach we had in our vision what has been rated as one of the most beautiful beach in the world. I don’t know how close that rating is but it sure is great beach. It is a couple of kms. long and 50M deep with wonderful soft, white sand that extends into the water as far as you can walk. Debbie and I spent 3 hrs. in and out of the water, playing in the waves and just chilling in water so clear you could count the sand grains.

We had other things on the agenda but this laid back island has grabbed us and we decided to put our pressing tasks off until tomorrow.

We have been trying to frequent different restaurants to see what the island has to offer. Last night we thought we would drop into the Café del Mar, at the Barefoot Dive Centre. Had time to spare prior to the 6:30 opening so we walked 25 or 30 mins. from the Emerald Gecko. We arrived and were at a table waiting for the restaurant to open and rushing into the restaurant comes 3 fishermen, M our dive buddy was among them and the was carrying a 20kg traveli. He spent his afternoon of the day off diving pursuing his passion, fishing. He had great success and brought back a big fish for dinner. Part of the trip deal was any fish caught went to the restaurant to use as meals for the patrons but he got 2 free meals, one for T and one for himself. M had a smile ear to ear. It’s funny how even though we had no plans to meet our dive group,we four managed to spend a good part of our off day together. We nabbed a ride in an auto rickshaw on the way back from the restaurant.

It was a good day, a relaxing day, we needed it and using the different modes of transport was a good way of tying our activities together.

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More Diving and India

Posted on October 26, 2011 by murray

Hard dives today, this is no place for the faint of heart. The swells are big and sometimes the currents are strong. The surface, getting in and out, is very difficult. Once under the water, it is somewhat easier. Still the diving is very good and if you are a diver it is a great experience. Both dives today were deep dives, over 75 ft., so our dive time was shorter but both were interesting and I really did not notice the shorter duration. Again, there were loads of fish and I was constantly on the lookout for fish that would remain still long enough to photograph.

Yesterday we decided that we did not have to buy our ferry tickets as was our plan and spent the afternoon loafing on the deck of our little cabin. It was time well spent as we have been on the go for over a month and did not take a break. So today was the day for buying ferry tickets. We got to the room after diving, did a quick turnaround, and headed to the port to purchase our advance tickets for the government ferry back to Port Blair 3 days hence.

We arrived and in typical Indian fashion the government ferry office is closed????? The Catamaran Office is open and perfectly willing to sell us tickets. We need information: what time does the ferry run, what time does the catamaran run, how much does the ferry cost, how much does the cat cost, can we buy ferry tickets tomorrow, and and and. Most of the answers we got were from a couple of auto rickshaw drivers. I don’t know how accurate the answers were but at least we got a close idea of what was going on.
The news was not all good. First the Government ferry office is only open 9am to noon and 2pm to 3pm. Since we arrived at the ferry terminal at 3:07pm it was not open. Tomorrow we are diving and we are unlikely to be able to make it then either. Then one of the drivers throws in that the only time you can make an advance booking is 9am to noon. They only open 2pm to 3pm to sell tickets for the 4pm ferry.

The information is as follows: Government ferry, leaves Havelock Island at 9am, 2pm, 3pm and 4:30pm, the rates for tourists are 250Rs for seat, and 350Rs for chair (the difference I still do not understand), you can buy tickets 3 days in advance at the ferry booking office at the jetty 9am to noon on the days that it is open; for the catamaran the tickets are 700Rs, 850Rs, and 1100Rs (again not sure of the differences in classes), they depart Havelock at 11am and 4pm daily, as best I can make you can buy tickets at the Catamaran office 9am to 4pm daily. I know this sounds fuzzy, but everybody has a different story, including the guys working in the respective offices, so it is hard to figure out exactly how to buy tickets.

We decided we wanted to take the 9am government ferry so we could spend an extra couple of hours in Port Blair and the only way we could see we were going to get tickets was to have our hotel book them for us. The young man at the hotel made one phone call and for a slightly inflated price of 400Rs per ticket we had tickets on the Oct. 27 ferry at 9am. It’s good to have connections.

T &M came to our hotel for dinner; we ate at Blackbeard’s Bistro. The food was as good as it was the first night we ate here and it is not that expensive. We do find Havelock Island costs a bit more than the other parts of India we have been, but this is a ‘resort’. We had a great dinner chatting with our dive mates. We get along good and the conversation flows easily from subject to subject without a pause. I’m glad that both couples that have been our travel partners we can now consider friends.

Hopefully diving tomorrow will be a little less strenuous, it is our last day and it would be good to have a relaxing one, but come what may we are sure to have fun. As for India, we were warned that this country traveled to its own drummer and it does. I’m not even getting frustrated any more, we just look for possible solutions to the problem and keep trying until we get something close to what we want. It is what travel is all about – learning tolerance and patience and to learn to think laterally and outside our own puny little box.

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Cough, Choke, Gag and More Fish

Posted on October 26, 2011 by murray

Another day on the dongee and with the amount of diesel we are inhaling we might as well be breathing Kolkata air. This end of India is pretty much unpolluted but we have found a way to maintain our carbon fuel exhaust intake even here.

For all my complaints of the transportation, the diving is great. T & M, our dive partners from Australia are good divers and we make for a compatible group. M came out of the closet today and admitted that his love of the water is not for the diving. He is a fisherman first and a diver mostly because T loves to dive. I think M still gets a kick out of diving because he can check out all of the fish that are available to catch. A bit perverse, but each to his own. T’s interest is I think similar to ours and she just enjoys watching the undersea life going about its day to day routine.

We went to the Dixon Pinnacles today. We were awed at the number of fish around the first pinnacle. Schools of fish that numbered in the thousands. We just laid there in the water and looked up in amazement. Found some more Nemo-like fish. A Juvenile Emperor Angelfish that was electric blue with circular stripes. A huge ZigZag Oyster. A den of shrimps ready to clean anything (the camera housing) that appeared in their vicinity.

Rest day tomorrow and we should be off to the beach. Might be able to get enough clean air in our lungs to prepare for our next boat ride.

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Dongee

Posted on October 25, 2011 by debbie

Dongee.It is the water craft that we are riding in towards our first dive site. It is not for the faint of heart! Andaman Bubbles is so far a good operation. The only slightly sketchy aspect is the boat. It is a traditional type craft with a few modifications. Like the installation of a diesel tractor motor, which is exposed, loud, and smelly. The fact that we can dive out of a traditional craft is cool, I just didn’t expect it to be one of the originals. This ancient craft needs a lot of work. The floor boards are loose the gunnels are missing at the area where you sit to back roll,overall it could use a coat of paint and a whole lot of tlc. In the boat’s defense it has got us out and back 2 days, we still have 3 to go, hope things work out.

The fish are HUGE here. Like the ancient trees in Bhutan, there are some ancient fish in the ocean. Angelfish 3 times the size of what we have seen in the Caribbean. Sea cucumbers the size of small dogs.

Today we traveled 1 ½ hrs., in our dongee, out to the middle of the ocean to dive Jonny’s Gorge. The current was strong, entering and exiting the water was a challenge. Once down, we swam against a very strong current towards the gorge where all the behemoths were hanging out. Large schools of fish just hanging in the shelter of the cliff. We saw another huge eel. It isn’t a green moray but an undulated eel and looked to be a grandfather of an eel. Just a little bit scary. He could eat me in one bite!

Our second dive was just minutes away from the first and was called Minerva Ledge. Only 30 feet deep, so we stayed down for an hour. I love these shallow dives. The surge was fun – we just lay in the water and the surge moved us forward and back or side to side. I could get close to the fish to photograph them by just letting the surge move me closer to them. Most of the fish are different for us and we do not know their names. So far, they are called the black and white striped with white and yellow polka dots fish. Or the bright blue tailed fish. Or the bright yellow body with a long nose fish. We have to go borrow the dive shop’s fish book so we can get the proper names. We did see a couple of black and white ringed sea snakes. Don’t know their proper name yet but sea snake is enough to know that we did not want to get too close.

As I am sitting here typing my body still thinks it is in the dongee and it is moving side to side. I wonder where we will go tomorrow in our funny little craft?

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Here fishie fishie fishie

Posted on October 25, 2011 by debbie

We woke up to a thunderous rain storm. The tin roof on our Bamboo Cabin didn’t help either. The thunder seemed to roll across the water forever. mmmm Is diving on or off today?

Turns out, it was on. Off we go in the rain (thankfully the lightning and thunder had ceased). There are 4 of us in our dive group, two Australians and us. T&M are quite nice, chatty and good divers. We head off to get our gear and then wade out to and jump into a dungee, The RockandRolla – a local boat that they use for diving. It’s a bit rickety, the diesel exhaust is nauseating, it’s very loud, and it’s slow. Our ride to the first dive site is 45 minutes.

We don’t really need to dive any more this week. Why, you ask? One of the first fish we saw was a clown fish in his anemone – NEMO!!! Then later we saw an octopus! A big octopus. I’m in heaven! And my new camera and housing are working just fine!

We ate Indian potato curry over rice and chapattis for lunch on the boat while we drove to our next dive site. It was a better lunch then we are used to on the Caribbean dive boats. Unfortunately, because of the cloud cover, it was a tad chilly (Mur’s comment: It was probably only 28C) – Debbie was shaking like a leaf while trying to eat.

Second dive – saw the grandfather of all green moray eels, tons of sea cucumbers and coloured fish galore.

We vegged out the rest of the afternoon, reading, blogging, loading pictures. We have to walk to Village #3 to post, so we won’t be posting every day.

PS – Sorry, no pics…Satellite internet here won’t handle loading the pics. We will keep posting when we can.

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