Very much the experience others have had traveling overseas with the right attitude.
Fair winds, CT >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] [mailto:liveaboard- >>[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Wight >>Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 7:31 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [Liveaboard] Going Foreign, was ... radio permit. >> >> >>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 _______________________________________________ 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
