Port Blair

Angela caught up to us the evening prior to leaving for Port Blair and we all went off the Indian mainland for the first time since arriving in February. Port Blair is a formal penal port with the Cellular Jail comprising the most significant historical landmark. However, the island's government has done a good job in paying tribute to the island's more indigenous inhabitants, who appear to be of a more Indonesian decent. Today, a fair number of the islands are restricted to both Foreigners and Indian Nationals, with the later having access to a few more islands than we did based on our complexions. Port Blair is located on South Andaman Island and is the largest city in the Andaman Nicobar islands, an archipelago of 572 islands in the Bay of Bengal. Although our trip was altered at the last minute because the ferry decided not to run on the day of our arrival, we managed to find a beach by the Peerless Resort to get our feet wet. Having an afternoon, we made use of a tour and saw the museums, port and cellular jail. Caden decided that jails were not for him and was pretty much ready to go as soon as we set foot there.