Why the silence?

Yes, much has transpired since my last post. The peculiar unraveling of my access to the net forces me to reflect on the fragility of the information age. Even so, here is what happened: We ran out of internet access time from the ship, and opted not to purchase another block of time (sadly we could not purchase a small amount of time.) Being resourceful, I had decided to find an internet café in India in Cochin, Mumbai and Pune. Unfortunately in each location in India it was not feasible to stop for an update, either because of the needs and interests of others we were traveling with, power outages or internet café owners on strike.