Kaladan

{loadposition kaladandiary-october31thII} October 31th, Wednesday (Part II) We climbed up the steep path and the some 360 steps which led to the village and were received by the village´s teacher as well as the village headman. We had tea and then accompanied the...

{loadposition kaladandiary-october31th} October 31th, Wednesday The night before around camp fire, Andy announced that he would attempt to go further upstream with his boat and propeller which was in better shape. He asked Zorba (outdoor man and strong as a bear) to...

{loadposition kaladandiary-october30thII} October 30th, Tuesday (Part II) On his second attempt, he almost made it through and, battling with the strong current, his propeller hit a rock, the engine stopped and he had to turn back again. On the third attempt, he tried...

{loadposition kaladandiary-october30th} October 30th, Tuesday (Part I) As we had arrived late last night and could not go find a suitable camp site, we had slept right where we had offloaded the boats and hence many of us did not spend a very comfortable night...

{loadposition kaladandiary-october28th} October 28th, Sunday During the last few days, we got better and better organized and hence, packing up our camp and loading the boats has by now become a well-oiled routine. Consequently, we were off and on the river in good...

{loadposition kaladandiary-october27th} October 27th, Saturday As usual, we got up early and during breakfast, a local fisherman visited our camp and we learned from him that, a short stretch downstream, we would find network coverage. Hence, Andy dropped of Apal at...

{loadposition kaladandiary-october26thII} October 26th, Friday (Part II) The villagers also informed us that there were major rapids downstream as we boarded our boats to go on. A few more kilometers downstream we reached the confluence of a small side river and...

October 26th, Friday (Part I) We woke up to cold weather and strong winds so that we had to make sure our tents were not carried away. Albert, our local man from Lunglei was racing across the camp site to save one tent that had just been blown...

October 25th, Thursday The early morning saw us pack up camp and then Andy provided a refresher course for all the crew members and took the skippers out to practice a few maneuvers. Then, true to our plan to first go upriver as much as...

{loadposition kaladandiary-october24thII} October 24th, Wednesday (Part II) We found our camp site shortly afterwards and, making the best of the remaining daylight (remember the sun sets at around 5.30 p.m.), quickly started setting up our camp. Familiar with all the...