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Volvo Ocean Race Cochin Stopover, India
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Volvo Ocean Race, will touch the shores of Cochin (Kochi), Kerala, India for the first time in Asia, in the race's 35 year old history.
The blog covers news and comments on Volvo Ocean Race and specially covers news and images related to Cochin Stopover. The blog is written by a freelance writer, Resmi Jaimon (www.resmijaimon.com), who resides in Cochin and writes for publications in India and other countries.
- Author: Resmi Jaimon
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Recent Posts
Volvo Ocean Race story for children in The Hindu - Young World
A story from the viewpoint of children about Volvo Ocean Race, titled "Sea sray in your hair" was published in The Hindu's Young World (Kochi edition) dated December 23, 2008. ...
An overview: Volvo Ocean Race Cochin Stopover
The departure ceremony of Volvo Ocean Race is only six hours away. The 10-day long stopover (14 days for the first team, Ericsson 4 and Telefonica Blue; 13 days for Ericsson 3, Telefonica Black, Puma, Green Dragon and Delta Lyold & for Team Russi...
Crew list for leg 3 (Cochin to Singapore) of Volvo Ocean Race
The crew list for leg 3 was released today. DELTA LLOYD1. Roberto Bérmudez de Castero/ESP – skipper2. Matthew Gregory/USA - navigator3. Sander Pluijm/NED -MCM4. Stuart Wilson/NZL – watch captain5. Ryan Houston/NZL – watch captain6. Edwin O’C...
Cochin Stopover is coming to an end on December 13, 2008
Cochin will witness the flag off cermony to mark the start of leg 3 of Volvo Ocean Race on December 13, 2008, 12 noon (locat time). A lot has been happening in the race village - several cultural events and the crowd too has been good over the past f...
Fishing vessels in festival mood
The picture was shot while fishing vessels took charge of the backwaters and were in a festival mood - an event on December 6th evening at the race village in Kochi.(Photo Credits: Resmi Jaimon; Date: December 6, 2008) ...
Mini Pooram at the Race Village
Fifteen (15) elephants march towards the Race Village at around 1705 hours (local time) today. The image shows what the organizers called as "Mini Pooram" (with reference to the original Thrissur Pooram), getting ready for the festive mood. (Photo Cr...
