And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because
It's a heightened state of awareness, in which we are
Mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity
And ready to be transformed.
That is why the best trips, like the best
Love affairs, never really end.
Pico Iyer
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One of the immaculate parks in Papeete |
Arriving in Tahiti we go to our first pension and, by happenstance, we meet a fellow sailor and his wife. He is from Turkey, she is from Thailand. He was on his second circumnavigation, it was her first. She was fit and only 37 years old when she had 2 heart attacks in the Marquesas. She was lucky they weren’t in the middle of the ocean when it happened. She was treated in Tahiti and recovering at the pension. They still have plans to follow through to Thailand once she gets better. This, once again, reminded us why we have to do what we are doing now - - - life is so unpredictable.