What a shame it is that the theme of our final ocean crossing is the issue of piracy. It’s an issue that few people understand, so a few words on its history are in order. Since the Somali government collapsed … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Indian Ocean
Galle, Sri Lanka
As we concluded our last update we mentioned we were hoping to make it all the way to Maldives unless a fuel shortage forced us into Sri Lanka. As it turned out fuel wasn’t a major issue, but a communications … Continue reading
Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean
It was the early explorers from Spain, Portugal, Holland, France, and Britain who first ventured across the world’s great oceans to discover what was beyond the visible horizon. Before that time, the European belief was that the world was flat, … Continue reading
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Another cyclone and another delay. When we left Townsville last week, our intended destination was Kupang, Indonesia. It was an ambitious non-stop passage to attempt still inside cyclone season, but we figured what the hell…. not that we had much … Continue reading