Double Trouble at Sea by Holger Jacobsen

Author:Holger Jacobsen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 8, 2011)
Published: 2011-06-12T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Later on they sat in the cockpit again. The sun was already fairly close to the horizon and had lost most of its glare. It would be dark in a very short time, so quick that it was hard to believe.

“I don't think I'd like to just go sailing on and on, what's the point?” Su-yi said, swirling the Tattuzinho-Caipirinha in her glass.

“To sail around the world,” Klaus said.

“What for?” Su-yi asked again.

“It's been my dream for a long time. To start at one point and circle the whole planet just relying on myself, to see as much of the globe as is possible on the way, and to come back to the point where I started the trip. I have barely begun.”

“But you have already proved that you can do it. You sailed across an ocean and every other one will just be a repetition of this one,” said Su-yi, while looking straight at him.

“Not so. Every ocean is different and there are all kinds of different countries and people on the way. And I want to sail around it. I want to be able to take an ordinary globe into both my hands and look at the different places and remember the scenery there and the people I have talked to. Not just from 126

Double Trouble at Sea watching TV and reading books. I want to go there myself, in person,” Klaus said. He was aware of the fact that he was getting irritated again and he wanted to avoid getting angry.

Especially now. Why spoil such a beautiful evening?

Su-yi took another sip of her sundowner and said, “Sure, but why does it have to be on a sailing boat? What was that saying?

The most expensive way to get somewhere most slowly and uncomfortably?”

“How can you really get a sense of the place if you just fly there and get thrown out of a jumbo jet? Let's say you fly to India. One day in Plymouth, next day New Delhi. The most profound experience you are going to have is one of culture shock. Interesting, too, but only once. Whereas, if you made your way slowly over there, let's say by magic bus from Amsterdam, through Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, you'd really get a feel for the place.”

“Ah, I don't know. I am getting pretty tired of all the disasters and emergencies. It all sounded very romantic in the beginning, but at the moment I only see discomfort, fatigue, anxiety, and danger. And the boat costs too much money. With all those dollars you spend on the boat, you could travel around the world in luxury,” Su-yi said. She sounded tired to Klaus and when she leaned her head against him, he put his arm around her. He said, “But I don't want luxury. I want an intense experience, not something cushioned by all that money and technology can provide.”

“Why not? Why not see the world in comfort and without constant fear and hassle? I

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