| Looking out over the Indian Ocean, the sails of dhow fishing vessels are dwarfed by transoceanic cargo ships gliding into the port. |
| Night had fallen by the time the frigate reached the dhow, and the ship's boarding party was greeted by a very relieved crew of fishermen. |
| If you come in by air you land at nearby Manda Island, from where you take a dhow or ferry. |
| We were met by porters who carried our luggage on their heads and we took a shuttle boat, called a dhow, across to tiny Lamu Island. |
| The dhow exits the lagoon just after low tide, going against the now-incoming current but avoiding the tidal race that forms on an outgoing tide. |
| The dhow was sinking around 40 miles from land between Sumatra and Malaysia in the Malacca Strait. |
