Day #10 at Andaman: 16 March 2017
First half of our 10th day in Andaman consisted of experiencing different museums.
First one was the Aqua Museum which is just beside the Rajiv Gandhi water complex. This museum is very informative and maintained with a high quality. At the entrance, we saw the detailed map of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. At a few steps, there was a huge skeleton of a blue whale.
The entry fee for this museum is Rupees 10 per person. We also made permission to do video recording at the cost of Rupees 50 per camera. We were a bit hesitant before doing it. But when we saw the result, it was worth of giving that fifty bucks.
In one section of the museum, we saw the preserved animals of different kinds, like cow fish, sting rays, puffer fish, sea weeds, coconut crabs, snakes etc. The other portion had various types of fishes, shells, corals, for examples, clown fish, guitar fish, cat fish, stone fish, butterfly fish, sweet lips, nautilus shells, stag horn corals mushroom corals, lobsters, clams and many more.
Aqua Museum
After this marvelous experience, we went to visit the Aqua Marine Museum. This museum is very significant in terms of knowledge about the sea and island lives. It provides a description of different tribal residing in the islands. We saw photographs of ships, be it merchant one or the war ships. There is a section of the woods present in the islands. In the Aqua life section, we again saw some of the beautiful creation of nature in the shape of fishes. The coral section was the most striking place here. There were various corals placed in the glass wardrobes with sufficient lights which made the view more attractive.
Aqua Marine Museum
There was a sitting area where we took rest and saw some of the documentaries on the Andaman Islands in a large-screen television. There was a souvenir shop inside this museum from where we bought some things. Later we realized that this shop was overpriced.
Next, we visited another museum where some replicas on the tribal life were shown.
In the afternoon, we went to see the last beach of the tour: Wandoor Beach. It is rightly said that ‘All’s well when end is well’. Wandoor beach is a vast clean beach with coconut trees and some relaxing places. We enjoyed the cool breeze and the calm sea view. We walked along the sea and clicked some nice photographs. After some meters, one of the security guards informed us about the restriction to go beyond a certain point in the beach due to the wild animals. There were some shops in the beach from where we bought some keychains.
Wandoor Beach
In the evening, we went for shopping in the local markets in Port Blair. We bought some fridge magnets and some souvenirs made with shells.
Day #11 at Andaman: 17 March 2017
Every beginning has an end. As every journey starts, it must finish somewhere. Our Andaman Islands tour too ended as planned. It wouldn’t have been so significant and memorable if it wouldn’t end.
Our flight from the Port Blair airport was scheduled at around 8 o’clock in the morning. It landed in Kolkata at around 10:30 am.
Points to be noted:
A. Certain things which we shouldn’t have missed:
Visit to the Elephant beach.Visit to the Jolly buoy beach: It requires additional permission made beforehand. It costs around Rupees 650 per person. We didn’t have time to accommodate this in the trip.Planning more time for Radhanagar beach.AB. Certain things which we should have missed:
Mayabunder visit: The beaches at Mayabunder are almost like the Port Blair’s beaches. The transition from one place to another in Andaman takes huge amount of time. In the Karmatang beach, we missed the turtle nesting due to the time crunch. I am not sure whether my opinion would have been different if I could experience it. Otherwise, we can give Mayabunder a miss.2. The problems regarding the hotels and their services and the daily chaos.
The complete Andaman Islands’ travelogue covers the following days:
a. Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal
b. Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal: Day 2 & 3
c. Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal: Day 4 & 5
d. Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal: Day 6 & 7
e. Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal: Day 8 & 9
f. Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal: The End (Day 10 & 11)
The End
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