More of Chagos. Boddam Solomon.

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This is how rough it was on the northern  sign of the island, where we were anchored it was dead calm.

There were thousands of hermit crabs with all different colored shell. They were everywhere and into everything. They were the funniest creatures  to watch.

Don is crushing our cans so that would be easier to store on board the boat. We couldn't leave anything behind when left.

Here we are burning all our garbage. Nothing left behind. 

One of the many tombstones in a Hugh cemetery.

A cross was erected in memory  of the Chagosians  that live and died there.

I was standing in the church, structure still standing.

Another picture of the other side of island.

A plaque  laid by the cross.

more of the cemetery. 

Hugh black coconut crab. There were thousands of them that would come out at night while we were having our gathering for sun downers. 

The stain glass was still intact in the church window.

You can the hermit crab cleaning the grill that we cooked on.

Structure of a house. One of many structures still standing after all those years ago.

These are little squid hanging around our  mooring. That's  how clear the water was.

One of many fish swimming around us all the time. Just beautiful.

Some more hermit crabs.

Mahe Seychelles

A little taste of the Seychelles. 

A moment of rest and read up on the Botanical Garden 

A waterfall  that is one of the sources of water to the Botanical Garden 

As you scroll down you will get to the travelers 

In trincomalee they had crows all over the market especially In the fish and meat areas but in the market here they have egrets.

This what they call the travelers tree but I don't know why.

They had these huge snails all along the wooden fences. I have  never seen such big snails.

One of the beautiful flowers around the garden.

Someone had hung a swing along the beach. It was very inviting.

We went to a tea museum. The translation on the painting is Tea of  Seychelles.  They do grow tea here.

Depicting the picking of the tea leaves

Every time we've gone by this place the dogs are waiting for tidbits. I thought that was cute with the sign on the door saying fast food and snacks. The dogs were ready.

Another couple that also gone now they are in Mayotte  which is part of the Comoros. This picture was taken on one of our field trips.

This couple was leaving for Madagascar  the following day. The were our berth mates at the marina. 

The three couples got together for one last beer and wish them good luck. We will be following the next weather  window probably  end of august.

Port Blair , Andaman

We thought this komode was intresting.  When you use the bathroom, you have a chose. In the  first picture you can sit or

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In this picture you can squat. It looks like it has wings. Ready to take of.

We finally arrived in Pot Blair, Andaman  we have been cleared and we needed the Andaman currency  so the taxi took us to an atm so we are parked in front of an open air food place where people were having breakfast.

Remember that this is India so the cows are sacred. They  have free range

One of the streets in Port Blair.

That little motorsycle  is called a took took.  They are taxis. 

Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

I know I 'm going back ward, but I 'm sure you won't mind.

Fresh bananas galore.

A pretty Buddhist shrine.

The people in trincomalee like to keep deer as pets in the market.

 They really looked pathetic.

This lady sold mostly different types of greens.

This butcher sold lamb freshly butchered that morning. That's  what we call fresh and it was very good.

This is buffalo curd. It was very good. It's  Alot thicker than our yogurt.

This market was very colorful. The cleanest market we've ever been to.

You know when the fish is very fresh when it it comes flying at you while you are walking by.

This was our taxi driver whenever we needed to some where. We would just call him and he'd be there. Nice man.

A little fish trap with lots of crows waiting to be fed. When the fishermen came and gather the fish the crows would sit on their boats and wait.

A view of the water front. We were anchored not to far from that view.

Another beautiful  shrine. 

An assortment of vegetables. 

On the way to Sri Lanka  Don finally caught a fish.  We caught very few fish since we have set sail so he was pretty happy and it was good. One of our favorite fish.

More of trincomalee.

Beautiful sunset  in trincomalee. 

Sunset on the way to trincomalee. 

The aftermath of the sunset.

Sunrise over trincomalee. 

Fishermen  laying out their  nets. And it was near our boat.

These little sailboat were from the Navy.  They were really neat to watch.