Day 6 - Ross & Smith - Adventure at Sea
Today was the last but one day of the tour, no ride day apparently also no phone day. Today’s plan was to visit Ross and Smith Island, support vehicle to ferry point, boat to the twin islands of Ross and Smith. After spending the morning half in the islands, we will return to ferry point for lunch and board the cruise to Port Blair. Chidu devised alternate plan that will give us more time to explore nearby Islands, plan was to take the night bus instead of cruise to reach Port Blair. He can try his snorkelling there and I agreed to join him. At the ferry point met forest officer, nature enthusiast supported our tour by making early boat arrangements to reach the beach before local crowd piled up. He chose this job after trying different jobs. His passion was visible as he spoke on the unique opportunities his job offers. He and his team of 1 or 2 people get to stay at different islands with minimum needs and experience nature and its wilderness, just like in cast away. Many such bu...