Agatti - Where to stay

Agatti does not have hotels galore. There is the the Agatti Resort where you have to make reservations a year in advance. You simply cannot walk into the island and hunt a hotel, if such a thing was even remotely possible. Travelling to the island closes for tourists between mid April to mid Sept.

The Agatti Resort, a 3 min walk from the airport consists of 20 cottages (A/C, Deluxe & Non A/C). Each hut faces the spotlessly clean palm fringed sandy beach. You could leave your footwear behind in the room for the entire holiday. If only I lived here, think of the small fortune I could save.
The resort's restaurant is the only place where one can have a decent meal. In simple terms that would mean a sandwich. The island has no restaurants where you can sit and dine, except for a few take-aways which have a very limited choice. And if you made the mistake of landing up in the month of Ramazan, your food choices become even more limited. Then you think, what the heck - you never came here for the food anyways!
Advice: Carry your Maggi noodles and packed ready to eat foods.

The other option of staying is the PWD guest house. You need to be a Govt of India employee to book here. The rooms here are clean but spartan. Only two rooms have A/C, so if somebody is already staying here, you tend to land up with the non A/C rooms. The in-house cook will cook your meals for you whatever is available. Don't expect to get any bread here if the only baker on the island has gone off to mainland to visit relatives.

These two places have the most gorgeous jetty in front where you can walk in the morning, afternoon, eve and see the sun set. Both these resorts face the west side of the island which is the calmer side of the sea as this is the lagoon side. The east coast has the wild ferocious sea.

The past time here is going to be hammock relaxing, lying on the sand, staring at the view, fishing, photographing, tanning yourself or the more difficult task of trying to hunt for the place you forgot your slippers - definitely not eating. One thing - there's only goat milk available here. That solves the mystery of the flight attendant getting milk in his luggage.