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Another Week in Wrangell

So, another week in Wrangell, Alaska. We’ve continued doing things to get the boat ready for haulout and the work to be done. I spent an afternoon up the mast with mixed success at dismounting items to make the boat “shorter” (so to hopefully m…

Return to Jew Town

Hi All
This morning I set off with friends on a "last visit to Jew Town" because when I left the boat this morning we were about to do a passage to the Red Sea and on to the Mediterranean. 
Ru
DoraMac
Return to Jew Town with Linda and Mic…

Bolgatty Island: The other half

The path from the Marina/Hotel complex to the ferry and the rest of the island.

Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor now over grown.
All of the cruisers wish this place still existed because we all like ice cream and this marina has no small store like th…

Bolgatty Island Marina

Hi All,
  All of our time is spent on DoraMac or in town so we really haven’t made use of the marina facilities.  It actually is the only marina in India!
Ru
DoraMac
Bolgatty Island

Marina
The Marina office is in this building. I have…

Diesel Duck

Watching through the spy glass

There is no shortage of firewood and dry palm tree leaves to set up a fire on this little island. Our friends are busy with the preparations to build a BBQ pit. (View Post…)

Diesel Duck

Guess who is coming for dinner?

It is blowing a good steady 20 knots and a little chop runs through the channels of the San Blas islands. But on the lee side of a beautiful, tiny island with a sugary white sand beach we spy two young Swiss cruisers attending an open fire. They are …

Ayurvedic sciatica treatment

Hi All,
  One must be open to new experiences………
Sciatica
My sciatica started in again and I couldn’t walk very far or even stand up long by evening time. At the Crabtree’s Sunday lunch Louisa recommended the Kottakkal Arya V…

Kerela Kaleidoscope dance medley

7:26 local time
Hi Everyone,
  Yesterday our friend Nasir picked us up from our dock and took us across Kochi Bay to the Bolghatty Marina to see about relocating there.  We will move Friday morning.  Afterwards, Randal and I first had to…

Lunch with Friends

9:35 Local time
Hi All,
  Yesterday, Tuesday, we went to visit the marina on Bolgatty Island and we will move there tomorrow, Thursday morning at high tide.  Randal really misses the interaction with other cruisers.  I miss our friends w…

Cochin Synagogue and Sarah Cohen

Hi All,
  I visited Sarah Cohen yesterday and the Cochin Synagogue today.  Randal stayed on the boat and supervised some men who were washing the pounds of salt from DoraMac. 
Ru
DoraMac
Cochin Synagogue Jew Town

The Synagogue is locat…