Covid trapped

UNABLE TO STAY ANYWHERE ONE COUPLE ARE FORCED TO SAIL ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN.

NIKKI KELLER

IN early February 2020, after spending a couple of years cruising around South East Asia, Frank and I sailed from Phuket in Thailand to Kochi in India on board our Freedom 39ft schooner Stars End 2. We hoped to spend at least a year in the country, soaking up the culture and enjoying some land travel, with the idea of later continuing on to Africa. Kochi is a bustling city where the sights and sounds pervade your senses. The disorganised chaos on the roads is mind boggling. It is total pandemonium as trucks, buses, cars, bikes and local tuk-tuks, all with horns blaring, compete in a death-defying total disregard for personal safety to gain mere inches of headway in the never-ending traffic jams. Nevertheless, we loved our first few weeks in India…

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Cruising Helmsman (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2021

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