Now, we have to come back. The returning
process is the same.
First we have to take lunch at the canteen
near Baratang Jetty.
After lunch we took barge and reached
other side of the river bank.
From there, convoy started in again
 in the restricted time.
We started at 2 pm.
At the time of returning, we faced with
the same incidence.
Again a small truck was carrying a number
of Jarawa people crossed our vehicle.
Probably they were the same people with
whom we met at the time of coming.
They were coming with cheers and
at  the time of crossing, they again knocked the
glass window.
But, as for restriction no video making
was made.
Our next destination is Baratang.
We will see there Lime Stone Cave.
The whole Andaman has three parts-
South Andaman, Middle Andaman
and North Andaman
These three parts are connected
by a highway,
Grand Andaman Trunk Road
This road leads to Mayabundar, the
North Andaman
Baratang Island lies in Middle Andaman.
There is no bridge in between South
and Middle Andaman
There have two ferry services-
"Bamboo Trikery" jetty and "Nilambur jetty".
The distance between Airport and Baratang is
about 104 km.
Total area of the island
is about 242.6 sq.km.
Main features of this island are :
Sea Beach, dense Mangrove Creeks,
impressive Limestone Cave
and  small but fascinating Mud Volcano.
The only mud volcano in India lies
in this island.
Mud comes out from this volcano
with force.
There was an incidence of explosion
 in the year 2005.
Local people called this Volcano
as "Jalki".
It was in the year 1998,
Safari was started.
tourists were coming in groups
with protection.
Jarawas were frightened.
Tourists  started to allure Jarawas
by offering food etc.
Gradually, they were going to fearless.
After that Indian court made a judgement
that the land of Jarawas would be strictly
reserved for Jarawas.
That area was prohibited for tourists.
A worldwide sympathy was grown them.
A concious publicity was going on that
Jarawas could live piecefully to their
own land.
Local Govt. is now very serious
in this matter.
A highway(ATR) was made through their land
Permission is given to go through
that road with restriction.
Today, we are going to Baratang through
that Grand Andaman Trunk Road.
We will see there Lime stone Cave.
We started journey at about 4am.
First we have to go "Jirkatang" Check Post,
41 km. from central of Port Blair.
From this Check Post, conveyance goes
together through this area under Police escort.
There have several schedule timings
for openning the gate.
First opening time is 6.30 am.
No conveyance are allowed without scheduled
 timings.
convoy is guided by Police.
No two wheelers are also allowed
 to go through this area
No ferocious animal is available here.
In this two hours journey you can see many
types of birds, also Jarawas by chance.
After passing through this jungle,
you have to take ferry service to reach
Baratang Island.
Then you have to take speed boat and
go throgh the Mangrove Creeks
you will reach Lime stone Cave.
By this road one can reach Mayabunder,
 the North Andaman.
Our convoy has two buses for going
Mayabunder.
Now we are going to Baratang by barge.
We are now getting the experience of
a deck of ship in this barge.
We are feeling hot for bright sunlight
and also for humidity.
But, as an enjoyment of travelling,
we ignored it.
We are now also enjoying the beauty of
nature of jungle of the river bank.
When we were coming through the highway,
we faced with a small carrier
that was carrying a number of Jarawa
people.
Probably, they were going to either in a
training centre or in a hospital.
They like red color cloth.
My daughter wore red color cloth
and she was on the window side.
At the time of crossing
They knocked the glass window side
of my daughter with laugh.
There is a restriction of taking
photography, or making any video.
So, I was unable to take any photography.
Now we are still looking
towards the river bank area
to see any Jarawa people.
Now there is not any restriction
to take photography.
At last we reached Baratang Island.
Our guide arranged two speed boats
for our 14 members.
Each boat carries 10 members.
One boat has 4 of our own and
remaining 6 of others
and another boat has 10 of our own.
The whole journey is through the
dense Mangrove Creeks.
I started making my video as
I know here has no restriction.
Suddenly, after a while, I see a small
boat inside the bank of the mangrove
jungle area.
The boat has three Jarawa people.
It has some distance and so it is not
very clear to me.
Suddenly, one of them threw something
towards us.
I wore cap and spectacles.
I see a small piece of broken wood touches
on my cap.
Everyone on the boat was frightened.
But, as our boat is running speedily,
we crossed them easily within few seconds.
Our boatman told me that they
don't like photography.
Luckily, it was not a dangerous
weapon of them.
I thought about their aim from so distance.
Anyway, after regain my mental calm
I again started my video making of
the beaty of the nature.
I think, that moment will remain in my
mind as a inward collection.
It is also a experience to go through
this dense mangrove creeks by boat.
I heard about "Sunderban" of West Bengal.
we are earning the experience of Sunderban.
The Andaman Islands are home to four
"Negrito" tribes -
the great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa and
Sentenelese.
The Nicober Islands are home to two
 Mongoloid tribes -
Shompen and Nicobarese.
Among them Sentenelese are Mysterious.
No succesful contact were happened from
the time of British period.
The Govt. of India also tried to make
 contact with them, but failed.
They still maintain their isolation from
 the rest of the world.
The nature of Jarawa was also like that
of Sentinelese.
They are short in size with dark skin and strong body.
They also live on their
own style of living.
They live entirely by hunting pigs,
gatherings and fishing.
Their only weapons are bow & arrows,
adzes and wooden harpoons.
They carefully preserve embers in the
hollow-out trees
from the fires caused by lightening.
Untill 1996, The Jarawas met most visitors
with flying arrows.
From time to time, they attaked and killed
poachers on the land reserved to them.
They also killed some workers building the ATR,
which traverses Jarawa lands.
One of the earliest pieceful contacts with
the Jarawa occured in 1996.
Settlers found a teenaged Jarawa boy
named "Enmie" near Kadamtala town.
The boy was immobilized with broken foot.
They took Enmie to a hospital,
where he received a good care.
Over several weeks, Enmie learned a few
words of Hindi before returning to
his jungle home.
The following year, Jarawa individuals and
small groups
began appearing along roadsides and
occassionally venturing into settlements
to steel food. The ATR may have interfered
with traditional Jarawa food sources.
This Island has another name - "Ranchiwala Dweep ".
For a political movement in the end of 19th century,
many people of Ranchi(Jharkhand, India)
sought political shelter from Christian Missionaries.
After converted into Christian, the then British Govt.
send them in this islad with a plan to develop
this Island by harvesting.
People came to this Island and
settled here.
After getting down from the boat,
we are now going towards limestone cave.
This journey is about 1.5 km.
In this cave, one can see very clearly
hanging stalactite,
stalagmite and calcite.
Calcite is formed by joining stalactite
and stalagmite.
Calcite crystals are glitterings on light.
The inner space of this cave is narrow.
We are feeling suffocation as many people
has entered together.
We are also feeling very uneasy due to hot
and humidity.
But as a traveller, we are trying to neglet
all these disadvantages.
At this moment, I am trying to remember
the place "Borocave" at Arraku Valley in
Andhra Pradesh, India.
Borocave is bigger than this
lime stone cave.
