Logos Hope, ship housing the world’s largest floating library, to visit Kochi!
The ship is scheduled to arrive on 25th of May (2011). If everything goes as
per the plan, she would be departing on 21st June, covering a period of almost
one month’s stay here in Kochi. The ship is big enough to hold up to 1,000 visitors
at any time. The vision of the trip is to bring knowledge, help and hope to the world.
Its now anchored at Colombo (Sri Lanka) after which she would travel to
Tuticorin and then to Kochi.
Almost exactly 40 years after her sister ship Logos sailed into Kochi,
then called Cochin, Logos Hope had her Official Opening in the city.
To mark the occasion, crewmembers wore their national costumes for
a ‘Parade of Nations’ in front of guest of honour Mrs Bhadra B,
deputy mayor of Kochi, other distinguished guests and members of the
press. Mrs Bhadra commented that crewmembers looked beautiful.
She urged local people to bring their families to the ship and declared
her own love of books, saying: “As the granddaughter of a poet, I have
a literature background. I grew up on books and am a voracious reader.
” Captain Pat Tracy (USA) presented Mrs Bhadra with a plaque before
she cut a ribbon to officially open the ship and toured the book fair.
