Over the past week Nils and I have been running around Bombay preparing things for our kayak trip to Goa. Finally nearly everything is organised with only packing left to do and finally transporting the boats to the launch site.
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When we decided we would come to India a few months ago we had no idea we would be bringing two sea kayaks and 60kg of fishing equipment with us. One evening, maybe after too many beers ,I had the idea of trying to paddle the Indian coast from Bombay to Goa. At first Nils didn't seem convinced but after some gentle persuasion along with stories of the giant fish we would catch he agreed to go for it.
It got a bit hectic with only a month to sort everything out but as planned we landed in Mumbai on schedule with the kayaks on board with us. As we waited for our baggage we began to wonder where the boats would appear, when all of a sudden the conveyor belt ground to a halt as an India began to heave a big yellow kayak through the plastic covered door. We left the airport and narrowly avoided paying "dodgy duty " of £400 per boat.
Angler Ali from IndianAngler.com very kindly let us store the boats at Powai Lake, which is located in central Mumbai (see google earth). We also met another fisherman, Allan, while attending India's first ever sea fishing competition. Allan has very kindly let us store our mound of equipment in his flat near the lake.
Tomorrow we plan to truck the boats down to south Mumbai and then get them on a ferry across Back Bay before we start paddling and fishing. This ferry trip will hopefully save us a lot of hassle with harbour authorities and lower the potential of getting run down by an oil tanker!
We are planning to reach Goa for Christmas, at which time I will do a full write up of the trip giving all the details and photos of any fish we have been lucky enough to catch.
until then Adios, Scott
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When we decided we would come to India a few months ago we had no idea we would be bringing two sea kayaks and 60kg of fishing equipment with us. One evening, maybe after too many beers ,I had the idea of trying to paddle the Indian coast from Bombay to Goa. At first Nils didn't seem convinced but after some gentle persuasion along with stories of the giant fish we would catch he agreed to go for it.
It got a bit hectic with only a month to sort everything out but as planned we landed in Mumbai on schedule with the kayaks on board with us. As we waited for our baggage we began to wonder where the boats would appear, when all of a sudden the conveyor belt ground to a halt as an India began to heave a big yellow kayak through the plastic covered door. We left the airport and narrowly avoided paying "dodgy duty " of £400 per boat.
Angler Ali from IndianAngler.com very kindly let us store the boats at Powai Lake, which is located in central Mumbai (see google earth). We also met another fisherman, Allan, while attending India's first ever sea fishing competition. Allan has very kindly let us store our mound of equipment in his flat near the lake.
Tomorrow we plan to truck the boats down to south Mumbai and then get them on a ferry across Back Bay before we start paddling and fishing. This ferry trip will hopefully save us a lot of hassle with harbour authorities and lower the potential of getting run down by an oil tanker!
We are planning to reach Goa for Christmas, at which time I will do a full write up of the trip giving all the details and photos of any fish we have been lucky enough to catch.
until then Adios, Scott
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