Trip to Andamans

Now to all important financial aspects..... As mentioned in the beginning, we did a wise thing by going for a local travel operator. In addition to experience and local knowledge of the dealing staff, Experience Andamans turned out to be very competitive in its pricing too. Yes, it is not a cheap destination and for people flying down all the way from the lap of Himalayas, cost is an issue to some extent. Point to note is that max expenditure would be incurred on conveyance, both on land and sea. Premium will have to be paid for private, rather than solo, taxis and smaller boats too!         We paid about 77K for all three of us for the land part. AI tickets costed us about 85K though private airlines were cheaper but not available on those dates. This 77K included pick up and drop from airport, all stays and breakfasts, all ferries and taxi and all entrance tickets and passes. They had also offered complimentary snorkeling at Elephanta but that had to be cancelled at the last minut

6.      The concluding part of the trip.... a day out to Ross and North Bay Islands. Generally, the trip to Ross and North Bay Island is one single excursion with about three hours break at North Bay and a two hours halt at Ross given to the travellers. That much of time is just about adequate and the trip is over in roughly five hours. Otherwise one can take a boat as a private conveyance and visit Ross at leisure and then watch the light and sound programme in the evening. We were told that the light n sound show here is superior to the one at the jail. Of course, unlike the depressing stories of jail, here they show the glamorous past. North Bay Island-  This beautiful island appears on the back of Rs 20 currency note. The lighthouse of the island can be seen from Port Blair and that part of the island is what has been printed on the currency bill. The island is a close neighbour of Port Blair and from our room at the resort, the lighthouse could be seen. The reason for such