Our story this month comes from Juris Petersons, YL2GM, who made a one-person DXpedition to the Andaman Islands last year (even though it wasn’t planned that way!). This story first appeared in the INDEXA newsletter and is published here by permission. 73 and See ya’ in the Pileups! – Bob, N2OO
On the 28th of April, I started my journey to South Andaman Island with a Finnair flight from Riga, Latvia to Delhi, India via Helsinki, Finland. I had to stay in Delhi for two days and I planned to use this time for sightseeing. After stepping outside of the airport and discovering the very hot temperatures outdoors (about 42 to 44° C or 107-111° F), I changed my plans and stayed in the hotel instead.
My flight to Andaman left on the evening of May 1, and arrived at the). The temperature was around 32° C/90° F and you could also feel the humid sea climate there so it was challenging. A taxi brought me to the “Princess Beach Resort” hotel that was 28 kilometers (18 miles) away from the airport.
