Olsen Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share #161 Posted March 17, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Mombai harbor was busy. Ships came and went the whole night and day. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1956482'>More sharing options...
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Olsen Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share #162 Posted March 17, 2012 Next morning: Small boats are ready to take the coolies out to the ships again. Note the car ship in the background. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1956483'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share #163 Posted March 17, 2012 The next day we got time for a longer trip around Mumbai. Like visiting the vegetable market. The atmosphere was very much like the many food markets typical for the Far East. Except for the rats that seems to be tamer and bigger here in Mubai. They ran around our feet all the time. But the smell of fresh vegetables and fruits and the loud price haggling was typical. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1956488'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share #164 Posted March 18, 2012 Distribution of lunch to workers in Mumbai is a peculiar affair. It is common to buy hot lunch from people who make the meals at their own homes. The lunch packages are brought to the center of the city by 'coolies' that distribute them to customers who have pre ordered them. Often the distributors can't read or write. They have their own written code systems explaining who is the end customers of each and every lunch pagage is. A common sight in Mumbai is these distributors coming in by train to deliver their warm lunch pagages. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1957527'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share #165 Posted March 18, 2012 Indian railway service is regarded as efficient and reliable. Open doors were just comfortable in the heat. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1957528'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share #166 Posted March 18, 2012 Mumbai's laundry service is both cheap and efficient. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1957539'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share #167 Posted March 18, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) We bought this carpet. After a lot of haggling. The seller folded the carpet and sewd into a jute sack with a handle. Very neet. But it looked like a perfect narcotics shipment. We travelled with this package through 5 countries to get home. Of which two offers narcotics smugglers a death sentence.... We had one suitecase/23 kg each included in our flight tickets home. We flew with Finnair, for the first time, from Singapore and home to Oslo. They had this system that you could pre book an additional suitecase/23 kg for 50 Euros. Which we did. That opened shopping possibilites. Like this carpet. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1957564'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share #168 Posted March 18, 2012 It was a strange feeling to have lunch onboard with it's European setting and then go back to the streets of Mumbai. The difference between these environments was close to absurd. To go on a cruise you have your home with you. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1957598'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share #169 Posted March 18, 2012 From the top deck we could look into the huge naval base in Mumbai. Here lay a huge naval fleet including an aircraft carrier and several uboats, destroyers, and landing crafts. It was shocking to see such a poor country as India spend so much on weapons. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1957612'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share #170 Posted March 18, 2012 A few more shots from Mumbai: From the Dhobi Gaht and the fruits and vegetable market. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1957619'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share #171 Posted March 18, 2012 Then we left Mombai. We sailed out through this huge bulk carrier fleet again. Here is also a special dredger ship of the huge Indian shipowner Jaisu. Dredging is important in all the harbours in the Far East. Most of these harbours are close to these huge rivers that is typical of the FE, They transport enormous volumes of silt. More so due to deforestation. The harbours have to be dredged regularly. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1957637'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share #172 Posted March 18, 2012 We sailed out and met a huge fleet of small fishing vessels. It was around here that two Italian marines shot several Indian fishermen mistaking them for Somali pirates. 'Our' British commander, who sailed with us as a liaison officer to the international naval fleet that tries to protect shipping in the Indian ocean, was very cool about all the fishing vessels we saw. He had 'Indian experience' and knew that we had nothing to fear. The sun goes down after a eventful day. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1957640'>More sharing options...
Bob Jackson Posted March 19, 2012 Share #173 Posted March 19, 2012 Fun to see your pictures of Mumbai. I spent a month there, staying at the Taj Mahal Hotel. I believe you saw the same India I saw. It was quite a shock to return to the Taj at the end of the day, you're right, the contrast from the inside to the outside was unbelievable. It is a photographers dream, there's so much to shoot and the colors are fantastic. I can tell you are having a wonderful time on your trip, thanks for showing your adventure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share #174 Posted March 19, 2012 Bob, That is what I thought about Mumbai too; it is a Mecca for street photography. And so was Cairo. We stayed only two days in Mumbai. Cruising is 'fast food tourism'. But we would like going back to India one day. We bought this carpet just around the corner from Taj Mahal Hotel, by the way. Sveral of the other guest onboard went to one of the bars at Taj Mahal, but I never got that far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share #175 Posted March 19, 2012 Next port of call was Kochi, India (or Cochin, as it was called during the colonial times). Here we anchored by a fertilizer factory. A shipload of urea had just arrived and is bellow these tarpaulins here. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1957920'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share #176 Posted March 19, 2012 Kochi gave a far better general impression compared to Mumbai. Not everything in India is rubble. This Marine Drive in the background looked quite nice. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1957922'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share #177 Posted March 20, 2012 We drove directly by coach to Allapuzha. From here we were going travel the idyllic waterways of Kettuvulom's palm shaded canals. By houseboat. An amazing experience! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1959466'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share #178 Posted March 20, 2012 The uneasy part of of it, for us Norwegians at least, was that the canals had a higher water level than most of the land around us. The rice fields along side us could be at 1,5 to 2 meters lower. But the canal system is hundreds of years old and very reliable. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1959473'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share #179 Posted March 20, 2012 Kerala gave a far better impression than Mumbai. The living standard seemed far better. We heard that Kerala was run after social democratic prinsiples, with parts of Europe as an ideal. Life in this part of India seemed like a paradise. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1959496'>More sharing options...
Olsen Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share #180 Posted March 20, 2012 We sailed in convoy with a lot of other boats. This was a comfortable way of seeing India. The boats can be rented for longer cruises. They have two large bedrooms each with wide screen TV and bathroom. The waterways we travelled was an eldorado! The climate was comfortable. It was a relief to see all the green lush vegetation after having sailed through the Middle East. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/169946-off-on-a-cruise/?do=findComment&comment=1959516'>More sharing options...
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