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Call Lassie, we found the well (#1) but Timmy's nowhere to be seen...  One of the exciting things about wells in India and Nepal is that they really don't advertise that they're there.  Like we walked right up to the edge of this well and found ourselves wondering how many people fall into this abyss on a regular basis...

Wind and tide are still playing games with us this week.  10 miles visibility this morning under hazy skies.  Winds wee onshore by 5 to 7kts and the sea surface was bumped.  The air temperature was 53.8 and the water is 56.3.  High tide was at 7:37am +5.3' and low tide will be at 2:08pm -0.6'.  We have a WSW swell out of 252º at 3.0', but the tide and wind knocked it down all morning...

(#2 & #3) This was absolutely intriguing!  This is a step well and is probably almost a hundred yards across and at least that deep.  It looked like an Escher drawing in real life!  During the monsoon season it fills to about the third level from the bottom, so there's still a long walk to the water.  Of course you have to bring the water back up, which no matter which route you take, is still a slog.  The fact that there are no handrails doesn't exactly inspire confidence either...  This could be why gin became so popular...

#4 is in Kathmandu Nepal and is the oldest known well in continuous use.  A couple of years ago they had a huge earthquake (and hundreds of aftershocks) and this was one of the places you could get fresh water...

Of course earthquakes strike capriciously and the well in #5 used to have a rather abundant stream of water issuing forth.  After the quake it was reduced to a dribble and the well is mostly a tourist attraction these days...  Rather ornate, as wells go though...

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The Professor!!





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