Amazed that it didn't rain solid for days as the forecast seemed to indicate, we went for a late afternoon walk to Ogden Point this past Wednesday. It wasn't as cold out as it looks.
Mid October last year this freighter 'Ocean Lady' (or the MV Easwary - whichever name it goes by) showed up in Victoria with 76 Sri Lankan Tamils smuggled on board. The newspaper reported then that moorage costs were $550 per day. Well, nearly $70,000 later, the ship is still sitting there. I never heard what happened to the people on board but the ship will probably have to go by the time the cruise ship season starts.
Amazed that it didn't rain solid for days as the forecast seemed to indicate, we went for a late afternoon walk to Ogden Point this past Wednesday. It wasn't as cold out as it looks.
Mid October last year this freighter 'Ocean Lady' (or the MV Easwary - whichever name it goes by) showed up in Victoria with 76 Sri Lankan Tamils smuggled on board. The newspaper reported then that moorage costs were $550 per day. Well, nearly $70,000 later, the ship is still sitting there. I never heard what happened to the people on board but the ship will probably have to go by the time the cruise ship season starts.
There was a ship run aground in Istanbul a few years back. The locals dubbed it "Titanic". I took photos of it when I was a tourist, a few years later I took pictures of it again as a resident. The last time they were cutting it up and selling it for scrap.
ReplyDeleteI wonder who covers the bill if nobody can be found to pay and I wonder where the ship will go if it has to be moved. Perhaps they (whoever they are) could run it up the coast and sink it for divers.
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