Sailing was a family passion, and we planned and saved for 10 years to get a 'year off'. The countries we planned to visit had a confusing mish-mash of regulations and restrictions, with contradictory and illogical information coming from various agencies, and even from within the same agency. We went anyway, knowing full well we were not in compliance. After all, no-one could be in compliance. Still not a decision to be taken lightly, with 2 kids under 11. We knew the country was rife with corruption, violence, mismanagement and greed.
What we found were individuals overwhelming in their generosity, understanding in attitude, and thoughtful beyond measure to the needs of young kids far from home. The dangers we 'knew' from media reports only existed in media reports, as far as we could tell. We never locked the boat. We had some mechanical failure that involved organizing a crane, a tractor trailer, and sourcing parts from the middle of nowhere. As they say, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. And we were very fortunate to have found skilled professionals who really had no concept of 'impossible'. So, the bottom line? No idea. But we learned Americans weren't so bad, eh? Steve _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
