surfEXPLORE India - the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Out in the Indian Ocean, north of Indonesia, is a chain of islands under Indian sovereignty, but located much closer to Indonesia, Thailand and Myanmar than to India.

These jungle-clad islands, surrounded by coral reefs, have been under Indian administration and control from the days of the British Raj when they were used as a penal colony for the worst political prisoners of the day.

These are the Andaman and Nicobar islands, a mysterious group of islands with few residents and little tourism, many of which are highly restricted or impossible to access for anyone to this very day.