Yesterday we were in Port  Blair, Andaman Islands. Beautiful islands but the town was a bit of a dump. The only interesting bit was the depressing “Cellular Jail”, a bit of British Colonial history we’d rather forget – the ill treatment of Indian political prisoners between 1906  and 1940s. The jail could accommodate over 600 inmates. See photos below, also some amusing, and not so amusing signs.

Rangoon (now Yangon) was fascinating today.  We came up the Irawaddy river to tie up short of the city.  We were taken in on buses. The city is an amazing mix of old (religious) old (colonial) and modern .  The most interesting bit was the Buddhist temples. I hope you enjoy the photos. Next stop is on Tuesday – Port Blair in the Andaman Islands.

We had a wonderful day at the Pinnawala elephant orphanage which I visited in 1985. A lot has changed and it’s become very commercialised. I will let some photos do the talking.

As we have 3 days at sea now I may not make another posting until we reach Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Rangoon, Burma)

Another quiet day at sea. We saw 50 or 60 dolphins.  There is more sea activity now that we are in shallower water.

We will arrive in Colombo tomorrow morning and we are going to the elephant orphanage in Pinawalla.  Look out for the photos in tomorrow’s posting.

must stp, my gin and tonic is getting warm (30c

Not much action As today is the 3rd of 5 consecutive sea days. Blue skies, calm seas 27c and not a pirate in sight !

So, today’s photo is a flash-back to last Tuesday in Dubai.  It’s a photo of a photo, so not v. good quality. Probably, next posting on Tuesday.