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The Andaman Islands, I quickly surmised, do not yield their quiet magic easily to the tourist of lavish means. Those who arrive cloaked in the expectation of an air-conditioned, hermetically sealed...

One arrives at the Andaman Islands often bearing the heavy baggage of expectation, fuelled by glossy magazines that depict an unbroken line of manicured lawns leading to an obediently calm sea. But...

The ferry from Havelock—a vessel whose rattling, humid interior felt like a perverse parody of colonial-era steam travel—eventually coughed us onto the jetty of Neil Island, officially and rather...

Leaving behind the churning, diesel-scented chaos of the ferry crossing, I stepped onto the sun-baked concrete of Neil Island, a slip of land now officially designated Shaheed Dweep, though it retains...

The moment one disembarks at Veer Savarkar Airport, Port Blair, the administrative heart and commercial nexus of the Andaman Island chain, the atmosphere shifts from the airy, oceanic promise of the...

The shift from the jetlagged haze of the mainland to the humid, energetic streets of Port Blair is a bracing experience, one that swiftly disabuses the traveler of any notion that the entire Andaman...

The Andaman Islands do not announce themselves; they reveal. To the impatient traveller expecting neon beaches and packaged comforts, they may seem too slow, too quiet. Yet, for those who have learned...

At the initial pale hue of morning, when the sea in Port Blair was still halfway between sleep and wakefulness and the wind bore the faint fragrance of salt and firewood smoke, one can find that the...

Somewhere between the kiss of salt-laced air and the hush of coconut palms swaying to the rhythm of the sea, the Andaman Islands offer a version of paradise that doesn’t ask for extravagance—it only...

There are destinations that croon gently into your soul, and then the Andaman and Nicobar Islands — which not only croon but envelop you in a perpetual lullaby. For travelers who gauge wealth in terms...

Before sunset silhouettes and turquoise dive spots were Instagram clichés, the Andaman Islands had long quietly enchanted seekers of unpolished paradise. A young traveler, financially prudent with a...

It had always been taken for granted that island holidays needed deep pockets and luxury reservations, but this image was beginning to disappear as more and more tourists learned about the reality of...

Part 1: The Andaman & Nicobar Islands – A Symphony of Shadows and Light The Andaman and Nicobar Islands don't just exist—they breathe. They exhale salt-infused winds with tales of colonial prisons...

There are certain corners of the world where the horizon feels less like a line and more like an invitation, and among them, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands stand quietly apart—remote yet deeply...

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where the sea meets the tip of forgotten history and each grain of sand has a story to tell, are not just places — they are time-traveling ships covered in turquoise...