Posts From India

We are on our way to Sri Lanka and will be at sea for the next few days. The noteable feature of todays travel was the very calm and glassy sea. Reminded Nina and I of a water skiing morning at Lake Macquarie. The second noteable event of the day was at dinner. Our table gave us a view east over the stern of the ship with a fine view of the moon and the lunar eclipse that started around sun set.

Today we are still traveling west towards Sri Lanka. A bit more activity today as Nina decided to get a pedicure. We finally took some photos of the calm and glassy sea. After dinner tonight we noticed another lunar phenominon a Red or Blood Moon. Some research suggests this effect occurs near a lunar eclipse and is the result of the sun's light being scattered by the Earths atmosphere.

We docked in Kotchi this morning just after dawn so got a good view of the port area during the docking operation. It was clear that the passenger terminal was an after thought in what is a very large and busy cargo port. Like Colombo yesterday the air was thick with dust or polution and visibility was restricted.

Again we docked this morning just after dawn so got a good view of the port area of Mangalore. and again it seemed clear that the passenger terminal was an after thought as it was in an area that seemed primarily provided for loading fertallizer and coal. On first imporession it seemed that the air of Mangalore was even more poluted by smog and dust that Kotchi. This imression was re-enforced during tour.