Next day in the morning, we went to explore the Ross Island.
We went to the Rajiv Gandhi Water Sports Complex and from there took a speed
boat ride to the Ross Island. It took us 15 minutes to reach there.
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| Rajiv Gandhi Water Sports Complex |
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| Rajiv Gandhi Water Sports Complex |
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| View of Ross Island from the speed boat |
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| View from the speed boat |
There is no human habitation in the island; only ruins of
old settlement. The island was the Administrative headquarter of the Britishers
, but in 1941 after an Earthquake, they shifted it to Port Blair. It was also
occupied by the Japanese once, and so one can find the Japanese bunkers. The island
is now under the control of Indian Navy.
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| Ross Island |
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| Ross Island |
The first thing, we noticed after reaching the island was a
Japanese bunker.
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| Japanese Bunker |
There are deers, hens, and peacock roaming around freely in
the island.
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| Deer and hen roaming around freely |
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| Deer |
The weather was very hot and humid. It is a small Island so walking is the only
way of exploring it. There are few tent shaped shades with tables and chairs
for tourists to take rest. We had
coconut water to keep ourselves hydrated.
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| Tent shape shades |
There are ruins of a bakery, a water distilling plant, a printing
press, the subordinate’s club, a church, and the chief commisioner’s house. There is also a pond and a light house on the
island.
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| Ruins of Bakery |
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| Ruins |
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| Ruins of Water distilling plant |
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| Subordinate's Club |
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| Ruins of Church |
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| Pond |
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| Light house of Ross Island |
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| View from Ross Island |
A light and sound show takes place in the evening. Though we
could not see it, we took pictures of the open air theatre where it is
organized.
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| Open air theatre |
This Island surely carries a lot of history. This island saved
Port Blair from a major destruction during the 2004 tsunami. It took us two
hours to complete our tour of the Ross Island.
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| View of the jetty |
We were back in our hotel in Port Blair by 12:30 pm. We went
for local sightseeing in the evening, details of which I will give in my next
blog.
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