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Neil Island

Neil is a small island located a few miles away from Port Blair. Its also an hour away from Havelock. Neil is a very small island surrounded by the most beautiful corals.They say, one of the main reasons why this island was not very affected by the Tsunami tidal waves is because of the corals which stopped the waves from hitting the island. The water around this island is a mesmerising blue,also because of the corals which keep filtering the water. And the marine life!!You dont even have to dive to see that.A few metres off the beach and a snorkelling kit.In fact you can see the fishes and eels right from the jetty. You dont even have to go into the water. We started for Neil on a rain drenched morning with fear that the ferry might be cancelled because of weather conditions. Visibility was nil and the ferry was almost called off.After waiting for an hour, we finally set sail. It was dark all around and we couldnt see anything around.I've been to Neil twice after that in more plea...

Ross and Smith Islands

There are huts constructed for shade. tourists can rest here Ross Island The disappearing sand bar Ferry to Ross and Smith Smith island on the other side Ross and Smith are twin islands joined by a sandbar, which disappears during high tide.  These islands have to be reached by a boat.We took a boat from Aerial bay and spent the whole day on Ross island. We had some packed food and drinking water. We also took our tent along and pitched it on the sands. It was a super fun day. Its amazing, the kind of marine life that you can see if you venture out a little into the sea. From the beach itself, I saw ray fishes and several other schools of fishes I don't even know the name of. There were a group of marine biologists who were taking pictures underwater and they showed me Sponges, sea lion and an octopus. I was pretty freaked out that these creatures were just a quarter mile away from where I was swimming.The sea was a clear blue and we were lucky that it ...