Randal and I have done a bit of exploring on Male and yesterday found the marine supply and general hardware stores. That’s his kind of shopping. Meanwhile I still can’t find a shop that sells barrettes that can hold thick, curly hair. I’ll keep looking.
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Hello from the Maldives where we have Internet
Welcome to sunny, calm, no pirates in the anchorage, Male! You have no idea how nice not having to think about pirates is. Even on our passage from Cochin, though a route believed to be safe from pirates, I was looking over my shoulder during every one…
Dora Mac Arrived Safely
Ruth and I arrived safely at the Male, Maldives check in anchorage Tuesday March 15th at 7:50 AM after a calm passage.
04 10.13N
73 29.70E
PASSAGE TO MALE, MALDIVES
TIME: GMT +5.5 12:00 NOON
POSITION: 05 51.52N 074 22.77E
SOG: 6.1 KNOTS AT REDUCED RPM
COG: 203
WIND: OVER THE BOAT, 9 KNOTS OUT OF 290 DEGREES
SEAS: ONE METER
SKIES: SCATTERED CLOUDS, MOSTLY SUNNY
TEMP: 30C 86F
TO DESTINATION: 116 NM
ETA MALE 0722 TUE…
PASSAGE TO MALE, MALDIVES
TIME: GMT +5.5 12:00 NOON
POSITION: 06 08 04.11N 075 20.80E
SOG: 6.2 KNOTS AT REDUCED RPM
COG: 203
WIND: OVER THE BOAT, 10 KNOTS OUT OF 280 DEGREES
SEAS: ONE HALF METER
SKIES: SCATTERED CLOUDS, MOSTLY SUNNY
TEMP: 30C 86F
DISTANCE MADE GOOD: LAST
TO DES…
Dora Mac Departing Cochin
Ruth and I will be departing the marina here at Cochin this afternoon, Saturday the 12th, at 3:00 PM local time. At six knots this would put us in Male at 8:00 AM Tuesday the 15th.
I will start sending noon reports tomorrow. The seas are predicted to b…
While we wait for DoraMac
Hi All,
We will soon be setting off for Male in the Maldives. There we will load up DoraMac onto a transport ship. When that is done we will fly to Istanbul and await notification as to when the transport ship will arrive in Marmaris…
A few last photos
Just of few more of the photos I want to share.
He was selling newspapers at a stop light but the paper was in Hindustani so we couldn’t buy one. They press their faces up against the window and almost hang onto the car. The beggars try to look path…
Indira Gandhi and the India Gate
Hi All,
Almost at the end of our trip to northern India; just one more email after this.
Ru
My knowledge of Indian history consists of watching the Masterpiece Theater series "The Jewel in the Crown," the movies Gandhi, and Slumdog Millionaire …
Fatehpur Sikri Part 2
Tomb of Sufi Saint, Sheikh Salim Chishti
Now everyone enters through these ebony doors: once only men were allowed to and women had a separate entrance on the right side of the tomb.
I would have had to stoop to come in through the women’s entrance…
