Hottest day in 25 years!

Monday is just like any other 'ordinary' working day: the deck is being swabbed, the engines are being prepared and the blocks of the mast are being greased. Everybody is busy from 8 till 5. I sat down with Rama and Martin, the Indian and Belgian campaigner on board. We discussed the upcoming Tour and our strategies to get the horrors about shipbreaking into the world.

Today I bugged Thom again.... A lot actually. He's the radio operator and knows everything about the computer on board. Right Thom? We had to wait until the Amsterdam office woke up, because we had problems with the Internet connection. And they had to fix it. We have a time difference of 4,5 hours. I wrote my weblog about yesterday and we waited... and got smelly! We heard that today was the hottest November day in 25 years in Bombay! I worked below deck and it felt like my brain was melting.

I took advantage of the waiting and went into town. It was the last chance to go, because tomorrow we're sailing off to Alang. Bombay is the most bustling city I know! Everywhere you see people walking, sitting, driving, shouting, sleeping, eating and on and on and on. It's a shame I didn't bring a mini-disc to record all of these sounds. At a certain point I felt as I was in the twilight zone! Got some real good deals buying clothes. Bought some Indian music.