Buying an Island in Andaman

Well guys and girls ..

i know it may sound little crazy .. but i wanted to know whether one can buy a small island in andaman .. i am asking just out of my curiosity .. and how much will it cost ..

seriously .. no pun intended .. but maybe some day i will have enough money to buy a piece of good land in himalays and an small habitable island in indian ocean .. Amen ..

Dhari

Good luck young man!

thanks yaar .. need lootsss of good luck .. :-)

Chose it with main ground high enough above sea level...

They say that the level of the oceans will rise significantly in the foreseable future...

The process has already started.

sound advice Ivan .. global warming .. rising sea levels .. with snow disappearing from himachal ... the day is not that far ....

I will take some land on lease from you in that Island

sure will make .. a IM community there :-)

Question :- have you been to the andamans ?

Barefoot resorts which run the classiest resorts at havelock have leased the avis islands in the north of the andamans for 30 years.

Im planning to lease some land through my pals over there. So first so check out the islands get the feel of the place.And then decide.

Buying an island is out of the question also you need to know indians cannot migrate there legally .

Ans : nopes ..

.. but i am looking for an opportunity to go there as soon as possible ..

yeh i can understand .. when u say .. first be there .. experience the place .. get a feel for it .. then decide .. but then something in me tells .. that i will love to be there ..

Thats great dhari!!
Ones your there and loving it get in touch with me
There is also another dude who was doing his divemaster from bangalore awesome guy!!(offtopic )

I've for years had a fantasy of owning my own private island paradise and have looked on sites, but have never heard of any islands for sale in the Andamans. If you could afford an island, then you can afford to travel, so there's lot's of islands 4 sale around the world. e.g. You can get some pretty cheap one's in the Philippines.

Here's some good sites about islands 4 sale,

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/home_e.html

www.privateislandsonline.com

www.caribbeanislandbrokers.com

Bloody hell.

For some general background reading I'd advise this Hindustan Times special: http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/andaman/

I remember something about some British eccentric establishing his own nation on a North Sea oil platform or something to that effect, have trouble finding anything about it though. Maybe others will know.

http://www.sealandgov.org/

Any Indian can buy an island if an individual owns it. The problem is finding an island owned privately by an individual and then convincing him/her to sell it.

As an Indian, you are also free to migrate to the Andamans and even buy land but you cannot claim "Islander" status unless you have been living there prior to a certain year(I don't remember which), which is the cut off year for claiming "Islander" status.

http://www.and.nic.in/

Thanks! That's the one.