I knew that Dar Yacht Club doesn’t have a reciprocal agreement with the Royal Bombay because I checked before I came. But I knew that if I went there and was polite and patient and friendly, they would probably let me in. My plan worked and after watching the attendants check and double check the… Read More »
This was nit the way I wanted to have my first experience of the Subcontinent but plans sometimes have to change and I find myself in Mumbai over Christmas and New Year period cooped up in a hotel in a sling and doing everything very slowly with one hand. Saifee hospital has a good reputation… Read More »
I didn’t plan on going abroad at Christmas and indeed was looking forward to going somewhere in Tanzania. To leave the country and come back in costs me another visa fee because money-grabbing Tanzania loves to give single entry visas. But tomorrow I am flying to Mumbai as a medical tourist. For months I have… Read More »
I have recently got interested in artificial intelligence. I have been making AI art for a few months and have posted many of the pictures on my walls to bring some colour into the house. AI art is incredible when you get it right but it takes some time and a lot of mistakes before… Read More »
Goat races – what on earth happens. People vote on goats to win a sprinting race around a track and basically the goats don’t want to run and have to be pushed around the track by a bunch of men. There are about 30 goats in total and eight races of ten goats each. I… Read More »
The Tanga Yacht Race is a well-known event among sailors in Dar, and I was fortunate to have the opportunity to participate. I was on a boat skippered by a 77-year-old veteran of many Tanga races, so I felt safe. The boat was a clean and tidy catamaran, with many automated systems that made sailing… Read More »