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The last pictures I was able to post were taken a few months ago when we were in Australia.
Since leaving Australia we have visited the following ports:
Thursday Island
Komodo
Bali
Semarang
Ho Chi Minh City
Koh Samui
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Langkawi
Georgetown
Phuket
Columbo
Coachin
Goa
Mumbai
Jedda
Aqaba
Safaga
Haifa
Rhodes
Kusadasi
and Istanbul.
Throughout those extensive travels I have had internet most of the time, though slow and frustrating most of the time, and devoid of the facility to upload photos.
In Mumbai, we were docked adjacent to the Navy Yard and learned that the Indian Navy has a "Cone of Silence", under which no electronic signals could reach or leave the ship. Not only internet, but the ship's routine sat phone communications with head office were blocked. This post is partly to test the phot uploading, and will be followed with some more photos.
Security of the ship itself occurred while transiting the Gulf of Aden, where piracy is still a threat. We saw a wrap of razor wire at the second deck level and a number of "Gorillas" supplementing our crew. They were unobtrusive, but the one posted on the aft deck had a reporting plan posted at his station, including a photo of a typical pirate vessel. Those measures disappeared as quickly as they had appeared once we were through the "unsafe" waters.
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Keith
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