CRIMSON TIDE BACK IN LANGKAWI 17sept08
When nightfall starts at noon and darkness approaches from the west instead of from the east as usual, you know something is terribly wrong! Well, on second looks it can all be explained, but later. First we batten down the hatches and tie everything down! We're going to get some bad weather in 'just a minute'!
3 MONTHS in CHAGOS.
Today 12 July we stop to reflect on the fact that we have been in Chagos, more specifically at Salomon Atoll, exactly 3 months.
To mark the occasion we have just written to the British Indian Ocean Territories-administrators that we want to stay another month.
A postcard from the Salomon Islands
Today I found a postcard from Jacob and Deana in my mailbox! Jacob wrote the card on may 15, gave it to an Dutch yacht that was sailing to the Seychelles. From there it travelled all the way to the Netherlands. Jacob included an cd with lots of photo's on it. I have created three sets:
DEPARTING MALDIVES, for the last leg of this trip.
Just for the record, our illegal stay in the Maldives did come to an end when we were eventually busted by Customs on April 2nd. We were already starting to feel a bit conspicuous and uneasy after 11 days!
Our location
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Pictures