Havelock Island’s Beach No. 5 (Vijay Nagar Beach) is a long, curved sweep of white sand, lapped by turquoise water and crowned by a forest of huge tropical hardwood trees. Inland Havelock Island is like a piece of rural India cast adrift in the sea. Local children play outside thatched huts, holy cows amble by along the peaceful country roads, woman dressed in sari’s squat together for gossip and tea.