ROMANCE AND REALITY IN COCHIN – LAND OF SPICES AND COCONUT PALMS INTRODUCTION Cochin and the Chinese Fishing nets have been on my bucket list since working in India thirty years ago. For whatever reason, flying down south to Kerala was always that little bit too far out of the way. But today, I sail …
The Dynamic, Changing Face of Colombo – with Mark Forbes Approaching Colombo port in the early morning sunshine, there’s a long low breakwater jutting out into the Arabian Sea. What appears to be a row of giraffes standing sentinel beyond the breakwater turns out to be tall red cranes. This is the new container port, …
IN THE COOL COOL OF THE EVENING – GLITTERING IN RANGOON Last night . . . In the cool of the early evening in Rangoon, Jim and I turn the corner onto the platform of Buddhist shrines. The gilded stupa of this ‘Golden Pagoda’ glitters with such stunning impact. Barefooted, in wonderment, we walk around …
RANGOON REVISITED AFTER FOUR YEARS Silver Wind is docked literally across the Strand from the downtown area of Rangoon, but the thought of walking back to the ship after today’s sightseeing and lunch was not to be considered. The temperature had already climbed was above 100 degrees, and one or al of us might have …
TOO QUICK TO JUDGMENT – HERE IN RANGOON! The once impressive Yangon Western State Court is typical of so many wonderful century-old colonial buildings now crumbling. Its cupola is caving in, the shutters are broken and falling off the windows, and plants grow from cracks in the peeling façade. Amazingly, it’s still in use! But …