dear Bernado, thanks for the news of the island.
we (my wife) use to anchor our floating home "Aum Gaia" near the beach, close to the chapel you mentioned. for weeks and for many years till the "sea bird" project prohibited to do so. many times we visited the chapel, cleaned up a bit in and outside and sat there thanking (what/who ever) for the luck we had to be on this island.
no matter of the real effort i had to do to carry two jerrycan filled with best water, this from the seaside. there in about 30 meter above the sea level a spring out of the rocks made it the sweating worth.
on the way up, facing the mainland, ruins of the Portuguese settlers testified there geniosity of rational and beautiful architecture.
a little inhabited house few meters above the previously mentioned beach housed two Goans. Mama, in his 60ties with his nephew Benjamin and accompanied by a dog, had a job on Anjadweep. the dog to chase the wild cattle of the vicinity and more so to bark loudly so the two would wake up (day and night :o)) in case a fishing boat would make approach.
those days Anjadweep use to belong to Goa, an enclave in karnataka. at night Goan fishing boat would discharge its cargo on the island and late afternoon karnataka boats would load the said cargo. not fish, nono, fenny it was. and that was the job of Mama and his nephew - fenny business.
all this ended 1988, two years after Rajiv Gandhi laid the foundation stone on october 1986. Goa (had to) gift Anjadweep to the navy and we been advised not to come close to our paradise island anymore.
p.s. an other detail you can read: see attachment Anjadweep-our paradise lost! (quarterdeck 2010) good wishes fidibus -- Rebellion against the norms is Love for the Creation skype: fidibee homepage: www.fidibus.info --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
