August 13th 1663
Lakshadweep
Mwanga Sekate Kamegere and Ekema Lobuko a Mbongo, sat on a bench both shivering incessantly even while they were covered in a warm cotton-padded blanket.
Originally, the journey from Sokotra to Lakshadweep went very well without any incidents, but at the final stretch of the voyage, who could have expected the weather to suddenly get worse and it to start raining heavily? Even the waves started to turn turbulent. How could they, who had never been to sea, withstand the mental turmoil? Not to mention it was approaching 5:00 PM and the sunlight was already dimming. Fortunately, when the heavy rains started, they were only a few kilometres away from the Lakshadweep Islands. After a few hours of struggle, they somehow made it to the floating naval fortress of the Bharatiya Empire.
