Day 1

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In the next few posts, I will be sharing details of my experience in the Andaman Islands, hoping it will help you plan your trip. All events described are from my point of view. There are other good places to visit apart from the ones described.

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Our exciting day started at 2.30 a.m. There are just two cities with flight connectivity to Port Blair, at the moment - Pondicherry and Kolkata. Our flight was from Kolkata at 5.

We were all looking forward to what we were hoping would be one of the most memorable 5 days of our lives. And the trip kept its promise by starting with one. After everyone had boarded the flight, a fog settled all around the plane. After we had all boarded. The flight was delayed indefinitely. There was no saying when the fog would clear up, so we weren't allowed to alight the plane. After a full three hours, the flight finally took off. In another 2.5 hours, we landed in Port Blair. We went to our rooms, freshened up, and immediately left for Samudrika, the Naval Marine museum. The aquariums inside were beautiful. A school of clown fish, (who seemed to be playing hide-and-go-seek, thanks to the sea anemone) reminded me of the movie 'Finding Nemo'.

After the aquarium, we paid a visit to the infamous Cellular Jail. Many travel and tourism shows have named this place to be the site from which you must start your Andaman journey. Here, countless freedom fighters underwent physical and mental torture and were driven towards insanity.

The day ended with a light-and-sound show at the Cellular Jail, describing in detail the fate of the prisoners, from the points of the view of the Sun, and a tree.