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Our South-East Asia Adventures - Highs and Lows of our Voyage from Australia to the Maldives (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 3 760
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Our South-East Asia Adventures - Highs and Lows of our Voyage from Australia to the Maldives (Paperback)
Series: Seven Seas Adventures, 6
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Loot Price R376
Discovery Miles 3 760
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In this sixth book of the Series, Anne and Martin follow the wake
of Captain Bligh through the Great Barrier Reef, one of their
toughest passages in their eight years of cruising. In South East
Asia, they face the threats of crocodiles, deadly jellyfish and
blood thirsty Komodo dragons, piracy and unpredictable fishing
boats, electrolysis and petty thefts. The modern day explorers sail
to the famed Spice Islands, bypass unsafe Timor and cruise southern
Indonesia with its live volcanoes and mountain villages renowned
for their ikat weavers, colourful markets and traditional dances.
In Bali, they learn about rituals, rites and reality and attend an
outdoor Hindu cremation. Near disaster strikes when they go hard
aground and almost lose "Nor Siglar" and transit the heavily
trafficked and infamous Strait of Malacca. After touring Malaysia
and Thailand by land, they spend Christmas in picturesque Phang Nga
Bay and explore a "hong" by dinghy, while thieves break into "Nor
Siglar." More trouble looms on the horizon as they encounter
thunder and lightning squalls on their way across the Indian Ocean
to the remote Maldives - the last paradise on earth. 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." The books in the Seven Seas
Adventures Series are not just any old travelogues for adventurers.
Rather, it is a collection of highlights from encounters with
"ordinary" people from different cultures and backgrounds who live
a life much different from what most of us are used to. Anne and
Martin certainly learned that what we take for granted is an
elusive dream for others. The books "answer" a multitude of
questions posed by travellers in general as well as prospective
offshore sailors.
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