28 th We reconnoitered the Island of Mulikolhu and found a couple entrances to go through the coral reef with jetski and rescue boat. Havi...

On 27 th we got a local guide onboard to reconnoiter the local Islands for possible beach parties and barbecues. The locally called “Bushy ...

Upon signing on the Indian Empress on the 20 th I was put through the motions of the shipboard management system as stipulated by the ISM c...

I want to thank all readers for having the energy and interest of reading my posts yet again for another year. Recalling my school years I a...

This blog is the last as the Captain of Kalizma because I’m being transferred to the Owner’s bigger yacht, m/y Indian Empress, as Captain/ C...

The year is fast coming to an end and looking back at the month gone by I don't see too much being done but we've been at it every d...

On the 24th I took Richard with me to go and check out the Chapora Fort, Chapora river and Vagator beach. Actually my target was Chapora riv...

14th we had decided to go and visit the Dudhsagar waterfalls near the border to Karnataka in Ponda. We started early and took about 2 hrs to...

On the 1st after finishing off provisioning I went with Richard up the hill to see the Aguada Fort as I had been staring at it from the anch...

Were now still in Goa and it is good as we don't have to cope with all the pollution as in Mumbai. The good weather is still eluding us ...

On the 31st Saini's old course mate from his Divemaster school invited us to join him on a dive with his Customers at Grandi Island, we ...

MSC Chitra

We had arrived Angria Bank, it is an area 20' long by 5' wide in a NW-SE direction rising up from the seafloor some 400m depths to 2...

September was rather hectic time for all of us. Apart from the Krishna Janmashtami & Ganesh Chaturthi festivals it has been ceaseless ma...

On the 24th the Bosun of m/y Ashena, Mohsin, asked if I would like to visit the Island and I thanked yes as I had not gone there yet (as it ...

Ganesh idol in a makeshift shrine

Ganesh temple at Mira road

As I was out on errands and the end of the day was coming I kept seeing the Dahi Handi's (claypot filled with milkcurd) being rigged ove...

So August has gone by and we have seen more rain that we would ever prefer. It has been raining hard, poured down with water, torrential rai...

On 25th Aug I came across this article in Mumbai Mirror  where they envisioned new Marinas in several areas near Mumbai, such as Gateway, Ma...

Pink color showing Khalijia III, red MSC Chitra

It was an ordinary day on August 9th when it was announced in the news that two cargo ships, MSC Chitra and Khalijia III had collided just ...

July has gone my vacation is over and I am back at work for a year or so to come. Well, those who are not famliar with the Mumbai weather ...

So, we had arrived Mumbai and I checked into Hotel Elphinstone Annexe , est. 1946, an old colonial style building near the port on 149 P. D...