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1980s: Escaping the rat race in search of freedom and adventure in the fabled South Pacific
Far Out
What you need to know before your trail
Tired of their careers in the oil industry, Corinna Weyreter and Gjalt van der Zee sailed away from the rat race in search of freedom and adventure in the fabled South Pacific. Taking only what could justify its space on their 41-foot yacht, they abandoned materialism to discover how little a person really needs in order to be content. Trading with fishermen in Belize, learning desert island survival from the lone inhabitant of a Polynesian atoll, swimming with humpback whales beside the coral island of Niue, attending the wedding of a Chief’s son in Vanuatu … they entered an enchanting new world.
Locations
Reset- Gul of Mexico - Pacific Ocean
- A: Gulf of Mexico - Kemah
- B: Gulf of Mexico - Isla Mujeres
- C: Gulf Mexico - Banco Chinchorro
- D: Caribbean Sea - Belize - San Pedro
- E: Caribbean Sea - Bay Islands
- F: Caribbean sea- Isla de Providencia
- G: Caribbean Sea - Colón
- H: Pacific Ocean - San Cristóbal
- I: Pacific Ocean - Tonga
- J: Pacific Ocean - Australia
Travel Guide
Travel BookTrail style from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean
What a journey!
“Trading with fishermen in Belize, learning desert island survival from the lone inhabitant of a Polynesian atoll, swimming with humpback whales beside the coral island of Niue, attending the wedding of a Chief’s son in Vanuatu … they entered an enchanting new world. But Earth is under threat from humanity. During a period when the human population doubled, animal species plummeted by more than a quarter. 41% of all oceans have been strongly affected by Man’s activities, 19% of our coral reefs have died, and 29% of fisheries have collapsed. The young couple found a beautiful world beyond the urban sprawl and rampant consumerism of mankind, but its future is fragile. In Far Out, Corinna takes us into that disappearing world and shows us its fragility with sensitive first-hand knowledge.”
Kemah
Isla Mujeres
Chinchorro Bank
San Pedro
The Bay Islands
Vivarillo Cays
Isla de Providencia
Colon
Galapagos Islands – San Cristobal
Through the Galapagos islands through the Western Cairbbean and the Panama Canal, French Polynesia, the society islands and finally across to Australia
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Far Out: Sailing into a Disappearing World
Destination : Pacific Ocean Author/Guide: Corinna Weyreter Departure Time: 1980s
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