Monday, March 30, 2009

Port Blair

Port Blair is the Capital of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands (350 islands) – a part of India. Most are uninhabited & even the inhabited ones have few amenities of modern life. The Islands were prison locations use by the UK when India was a Colony of Britain. They had a name “kala pani” or “a place of black waters” and were feared by the people. There are 242 species of birds, 46 species of mammals and 78 species of reptiles living on the islands. Many are nearly extinct. The port is home to a bustling lifestyle and we visited a very peculiar bizzarre. Independence was gained with India in 1947.






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