This weekend we were with Elaine and Mike in
Diu. Friday afternoon we left Mumbai on the (only) daily flight servicing Diu, and Sunday afternoon we came back. For more than four centuries Diu was Portuguese territory and it was with the
Battle of Diu (1509) that the Portuguese established control over their trade routes to and from Asia, which they maintained for around a century (then the Dutch took over after the
Dutch - Portuguese War between 1602-
1661).
Diu is still full of Portuguese memories: houses, churches, schools, Portuguese speaking people, fishing boats looking like small
caravelas, and a huge, very impressive fort. The city is not as nicely preserved as Macau, but has lots to see and we have spent quality time looking around, eating fresh fish, and drinking some Kingfishers!
2 comments:
Tudo muito lindo, quem me dera estar aí!!!!
Menino, gosto muito desse teu furor patriótico, a sublinhares as querelas perdidas pelos tugas aos holândicos. Mas enfim, acabas por fazer justiça, relatando os imensos vestígios SÓ TUGAS!!!!!
Muitos beijinhos!!
Claro, justiça tambem e uma boa tradicao Holandesa. Para os Tugas isso comecou com o Tradado de Haia em 1661 ...
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