*** A CHRONOLOGY OF TRAVELS INTERSPERSED WITH HISTORICAL ANECDOTES ABOUT THE DESTINATIONS ***This multiple award-winning travelogue, takes the reader on the first leg of an around-the-world adventure. Written to entertain and inform, readers will visit European castles, Mediterranean palaces, historic cities, Caribbean isles, and exotic French Polynesia islands: the Tuamotus Atolls, Tahiti and Bora Bora, origin to the world's finest black pearls. * * * * * * * * *Transit the Panama Canal, walk the shores of the Galápagos Islands, scuba dive Rangiora, the shark capital of the world. Visit the Cook Islands, witnessing rhythmic drums, the wiggle and writhe of island dance. Tour Tonga in a broken-down van, experience Fiji's friendly culture. Jump off a roof in New Zealand! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Exploring land-based destinations was as exciting to the author as sailing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. * * * * * * * * * * *How do sailors prepare for 19 days at sea? How stressful is it to keep watch 24/7? How are emergencies handled? How are meals prepared when a seaman can barely stand vertical? Life's simplest tasks become mountainous when shaken and rolled in unruly sea conditions. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Immersed in adventure, enlivened by fascinating stories, the author writes with compassion, wit, and humour. Yes, the World is Round, is a story of incredible challenge and perseverance.