At the peak of their careers, Anne Brevig and Martin Vennesland
made the decision of their lives: they chose freedom and a highly
uncertain future on the high seas instead of secure jobs and the
safety and comfort of life ashore.In order to finance their dream,
they sold their house and most of their belongings and moved
onboard their 40-foot sailboat, "Nor Siglar." She became their one
and only home for 15 years. Neither imagined that they were going
to spend 9 years on the 7 seas and sail more than 56,000 nautical
miles around the world Anne and Martin's bluewater adventure was
not about breaking any records. Its main focus was meeting people
from different backgrounds and cultures - encounters that take on
entirely different dimensions when sailing off the beaten track far
away from the traditional tourist routes. Their 9-years on the 7
Seas circumnavigation onboard "Nor Siglar," which is truly a
once-in-a-lifetime adventure packed with drama and excitement, has
been documented in books and magazine articles and is now available
in the "Seven Seas Adventures Series." In this second book of the
Series, the adventurous couple sail in the wake of pirates and
buccaneers, explore San Blas, the realm of the Kunas, where "Nor
Siglar" becomes a virtual hearse transporting a dead man to his
burial. They ply the isolated waters of Isla Providencia, remote
Vivarillo Cays and treacherous Cayo Media Luna, where they come
within inches of disaster. While in the hurricane hole, Rio Dulce,
they deal with a cholera scare and thieves in the night, primitive
dentistry and missing mail, crime and pollution, armed guards and
money in shoes, but also enjoy land travels with locals on packed
"chicken buses" to spectacular Guatemala Highlands with its
stunning nature, bustling markets, violence and rapes at gunpoint.
Back to the joys of cruising, Anne and Martin brave wet dinghy
rides, cockroaches and hook worms, spectacular diving in the
reef-strewn waters of Belize and snorkelling with local free divers
to trade and feast on lobster and friendship. Next it's on to the
Yucatan Peninsula to finish off this part of the voyage in Castro's
Cuba, where new and fascinating experiences await. On our way from
Panama to Cuba we sail the historic Spanish Main, once patrolled by
the famous pirates and buccaneers, Sir Francis Drake and Henry
Morgan in search of the precious Inca gold. We visit the unique
islands of San Blas, realm of the Kuna Indians, where we purchase
exquisitely hand crafted Molas in exchange for seeing a dead man in
a hammock, whom we end up taking to his funeral, using Nor Siglar
as a virtual hearse. We move on to Colombia's isolated Isla
Providencia, remote Vivarillo Cays and treacherous Cayo Media Luna,
where we come within inches of disaster. We marvel at the hidden
Eldorado of the Bay of Honduras with its beautiful islands of
Guanaja, Roatan and Utila before seeking refuge from the hurricane
season on Rio Dulce in the midst of the jungle, while exploring the
fascinating Highlands of Guatemala, the realm of the Maya Indians.
We admire spectacular lakes and bustling markets with impossible
names like Chichicastenango, stay at family hotels and enjoy
gourmet meals at bargain basement prices, hear of rapes at
gunpoint, robberies, street patrols and money in shoes, crime,
pollution and such. We marvel at archaeological wonders in the
early morning jungle sunrise and learn about medicine doctors and
nature's remedies before heading back to the joy of cruising, wet
dinghy rides and a boat full of cockroaches. Then we are off to the
dangerous and shallow reef-strewn waters of Belize, one of the most
fantastic diving areas in the world and home to the famous
Lighthouse Reef and Jacques Cousteau's Blue Hole, where we snorkel
with local free divers, trade and feast on lobster and friendship.
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