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Then the splashes moved closer - - one to two hundred whales and bottlenose dolphins , spread over a large area . Ironically , Nikki had given him a spectacle safety strap , which he had not yet put on . Everyone knows not to travel around India without one , but this couple had broken the golden rule : they forgot - - got caught short , you might say . Of course our family felt pretty exposed at that tragic time , spread over Australia ( Anna ) , London ( Pam and Nikki ) and Canada ( Ian ) , with lots of travel plans , and ten weeks in the US ahead of us . Ian has also done much traveling that we have n't been able to document above . Greg is an inveterate sailor who shared many adventures with Ian in the old days , and although he owns a boat that he races in N. Ireland every week he has never been able to persuade Carol to sail - - not once .