Straits of Hormuz - Monday
6.30 the crew were up making breakfast for us. Hommous, hard boiled eggs, salad, honey and instant coffee. We then set off back out of the fjord and then right, towards the Straits of Hormuz. We were accompanied by dolphins and flying fish. These dolphins swam alongside and under our bows. Went on past an island where we should not photograph, because of a military base.
We stopped in a bay, just before the bay of Kumzar. Here we swam to the beach. Rosemary found a PAPER NAUTILUS, which she is really proud of. Duncan decided to collect all the rubbish up from the beach. After the swim, we took lunch, the usual hommous and Babazoosh (the aubergine version of hommous), chicken and rice.
We then motored on into the next bay, Kumzar, landed and visited the village. The village has two mosques, and lots of single story dwellings. The village was on mains power, the only access to the village is by sea. One of the crew's grandmother lived in the village and some of us visited her house and were well entertained.
We continued are trip on, our destination was Khawr Naid, and we still had a long way to go. As soon as we were through the straits, and into the Arabian Sea, a large swell came up. Soon it was dark, and we were all in life jackets. Many people on board were quite sea sick. Eventually we gave up, and headed to a fishing port, probably in the bay of Duhat Shisah.
At this fishing port, some elected to stay on the boat, (no sleeping bags), others (including us) stayed in a local house, owned by an Indian. He and Omanian ran the power generator and desalination plant. Kate managed to negotiate a stay there. We split into several rooms and has a good night's sleep. The village is a fishing village, and there were no women in the village. Woken at 5.30 by the call to prayer, and then at 7.00 by Kate telling us it was time to go. The owner would not take any money from us to thank him for our stay.
We were told that during the night two police boats had come out to our boat. They had still been expecting us to arrive at the destination. They wanted us to continue with the trip.
