Tomini Victory. May 06, The water melon was the last thing I had to pick up. Having done that - with a few chickoos and a bunch of bananas for good measure β I placed them in my car. Nevertheless, my feet were drawn to the tantalizing shape of a ship in my eye of vision as I looked across the Mormugao bay.
Much as I tried, I could not see the flag she was carrying. I went closer and though the flag was still mysteriously absent, the name was clear enough. Tomini Victory is one of the ships of tominishipping.
She is a bulk carrier with a gross tonnage of Length The port with the foghorns of the ships is one of the things I miss in Porvorim. The clatter of the trains leaving with unerring precision at their appointed times, and the almost ear-splitting sound of the fighter jets doing their manoeuvres high in the sky are part of a soundscape which only Vasco can boast of. And then there are the familiar places I used to haunt. Nowadays when I visit the port town I feel I belong yet do not belong.
There was also a request for the squiggles of bread. So I bought them too. His beef samosas were legendary then. They still are. Nosing down from Mangor hill.
The memories rushed at me. Over the dust on the table top. The rooms. Mangor Hill, Tomini Victory was built in and sails under the flag of Marshall Islands. Ever onward, on its restless voyage, Tomini Victory has since left the shores of Goa and has travelled across the Indian ocean, through the Red Sea, to the Suez canal. She is now in port Suez South Anchorage, Egypt. For life and death are one. Even as the river and the sea are one. Photo courtesy vesselfinder. Post a Comment.
