Sunday, April 21, 2013

Travel Blogging IX

The Indian Ocean: We had an interesting experience this afternoon. We were buzzed by a fighter jet, down low and going like stink. A real Top Gun/Maverick experience.

I suspect it was a Navy carrier jet letting us know that we've got air cover, that's what I want it to have been. This isn't the best geopolitical neighborhood; having that plane do a fly-by is reassuring.

The sea here is absolutely flat, no waves, merely ripples. We glide along as smooth as anything. That jet blasting by really got our attention