I have reached Nuku Hiva on 23rd of September. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuku_Hiva I'll write more as soon as I get orginized here.

13th of September 686 miles left, 20 zulu pos. 09 45S, 126 58 I have hard nights  occasionally, so I try to sleep during the day. But there are more and more ships around, so I have to be careful. Motto for today? Hmm, let me think...ok, something like this for example: you cannot do great things every day but you can certainly do good things. How do you like it?

12th of September 2300 zulu, pos. 09 34 S, 125 53 W, In the night, I woke up from some bad dreams, the sky looked kind of strange, and the sea was weird too. It's hard to explain. I mean, the feelings when you are on the ocean – no matter if good or bad, they are always extremely intense, undisturbed... What do I do in such moments? I turn my thoughts to the other world, to the times when  I felt safe. I tell myself that everything is all right, that my situation is not as bad as our Pawel's for example...He was really unlucky sometimes. But thinking about such feats as his (he sailed the Atlantic in a rubber dinghy), one must realize that people who are on the ocean do want to be there... It's just one of those nights that I feel like having someone to give me a hug. After some time, the yacht started to roll on the waves somehow differently, in a way that reminded me of the times when I was a small girl and my mother used to lull me to sleep...

11th September 1900 The Zulu, 09 03S, 124 05W Something absolutely incredible happened. When the sun was shining,  a dark rain cloud appeared on the sky, creating a rainbow. ‘Tanasza Polska Ustka’ was right beside, or rather inside, its colours! I felt like I was touching the rainbow. Yes, I think I did! Rainbows always bring smiles on the faces, even though they are made of the rain. Like the God smiling through his tears, totally. The same rain filled up my cup of coffee that I’d left outside (I have one with a special handle that makes my cup stand still). It’s not very common for me to drink coffee with the rain that created a rainbow that I was in...

10th September 2100 The Zulu, 08 42S, 122 47W, 940 miles left Three weeks have passed since I am off the coast. Can you imagine? 21 days, all along, only me and the ocean. My red ‘Tanasza’ would look just great against the blue ocean if you looked from the above, don’t you think? It was extremely dark yesterday, and before the moon appeared I couldn’t distinguish between the sea and the sky, no stars, perfect darkness. I felt like I was sailing in a pitch-black hole, not very nice. But, as Horace said, "patience makes lighter what sorrow may not heal.”. During the day, though, in the sun warming the foamed waves, water is perfectly turquoise. It is the most beautiful turquoise in the whole world. I’ve received the weather forecast from the ship heading for Tahiti.

2300 zulu, pos. 08 20S, 121 29 W 9.09.09 What a nice date! And it's the name day of Sergiusz! All the best! The waves are incomparable with the wind. Sometimes they carry me for so loooong and when there is one bigger than others , it makes a noise and the water flows through the yacht. Not bad, not bad, at least something is going on. Now, I'm waiting for the squalls to go away - uhm, it is a bit windy and it's raining. I've had a reaaaaly long night, I made myself some coffee… I can't go to sleep yet.

1000 zulu, poz. 08 05S, 119 38W,  1174 miles to go 8.09.2009 Two years ago I was on  Vanuatu (my first stopover), and a year ago I reached the Cocos Islands and I picked up Karolina and Eliza from the airport. What a beautiful moment of my expedition it was! One year ago, one year ago... it's already been a year... I remember each day of this year. The Indian Ocean, La Reunion and the Republic of South Africa…  and most of all the people whom I met on my way... Well, I'd like to have it all ahead of me, actually. Would I change anything? (a long time of thinking ) but no! I'm smiling. You should never regret things that make you smile...

7th of September, 2009  New sights today. When I see clouds which seem strange to me, I always feel it is a bad omen... I did not know what to think about them... The wind became very strong with time... I nearly lost my nerves when Tanasza started to roam through the waves so fast that the mast wavered. I thought it would pass, that it was a temporary squall, but then I realised that it was not and that I have to reef the sails while the waves are not small at all. I don’t have windmeter but it does blows a lot... In the night, I noticed a bird a couple of times (was it always the same one?). It was strange, for whenever I went out to look around, it would come from behind the stern, fly towards the bow and then continue in front of Tanasza, just like a figurehead... weird... generally, my new reality is rather weird... Night time. What will a day bring? It brought sailing exercises focused on how to find a compromise between sailing towards the wind and avoiding to...

1900 zulu, pos.07 24S, 117 11W; the wind has subsided 6th of September, 2009 I was a shovel-girl today (actually, I was doing quite well). I spend the whole days admiring dolphin-fish (mahi -mahi) that love flying fish and chase them around Tanasza. Running away, the scared flying fish, get on the deck and then I, with a small blue shovel in my hand, run around and rescue (?) the flying creatures by throwing them back into the water. I also got myself a bump on the head. When it rains I close the companionway door and this time I somehow forgot to open it after the sun came out (or I rather forgot that it was closed). I was visited by a school of dolphins, the young ones were jumping out of the water...there is so much blue around, it's nice here. Oh, a turtle is swimming after our stern...it bobs up its head every now and then...Golly, are the turtles catching up with me!? Incredible.

czulu 0200, pos. 07 04S, 114 53W; 5th of September, 2009 I spent a very romantic evening thinking about the future... when the sun was setting, I went up onto the deck to watch the sea. I saw a dolphin – just one, it surfaced just once to let me look  at it. And then there was a full moon... the music was playing the shanty song Three Waves (Trzy Fale): (…) the first one went where the future was the second one embraced her memories the third one greeted gales and danced with them three waves went by...

06 58S, 114 23 W, 1448 miles to go 4th of September, 2009 When you want to achieve something, take a look around, and think carefully what you want. Nobody can reach the destination with his/her eyes closed... And remember – each day is different, there is a miracle, a magic moment hidden in each morning. When the old world is destroyed, a new world takes its place (…) and there is a treasure waiting for every person! I don't know who wrote or said this, but I know at least one person who should read it today.

0500 zulu, pos. 06 33S, 112 13W; 1583 miles to go 3rd of September, 2009 the sky is covered with clouds... sometimes the sun leans out, sometimes it rains, my laundry is drying up very slowly... if it does dry up at all:) the wind after the squalls is slowly passing away. Tanasza Polska Ustka is swinging on the waves with its round stern, everything is flying about inside, including me :) I've sewn the sleeping bag and probably because of those waves the sewing is not too neat. I won't lie to myself – I've got bored with the yacht food. And I think my finger is dislocated because it fails me. Since the wind started blowing from behind, it’s been blowing inside, under the deck and it literally strokes my face when I'm falling asleep... it's an amazing feeling –the Pacific wind is lulling me...

1700 zulu, pos. 06 21S, 111 31 W. 2nd of Septer, 2009 the night watch is over. I did my best to save all the flying fish that got on my board, I watched the stars, the moon... I listened to the waves, squall clouds didn't have mercy on me and they poured lots of rain and blew a lot... when I'm on the land,  how am I going to fall asleep without all these attractions?

1st of September, 2009 zulu 1700, pos. 05 57S, 109 47W it's cloudy and rainy. I have a sore throat, I'm sipping tea with lemon. The wind has changed its direction and its more behind the stern now. I had to rearrange my things so that they don't make noise under the deck because the yacht is swinging a lot...  I've felt so sad today... haven't I felt so much longing in my life that would be enough for the next nine lives? I hope I'm not one of those terminally ill people suffering from this special kind of sea sickness, which makes them miss their homes when they are on the sea but when they're on the land they miss... the sea?!  

2000 zulu pos. 05 35S, 108 22W 31st of August, 2009 You look right, you look left, nothing is going on... everything's just fine  

 zulu 1800, position 05 08S, 106 32 W 30th of August, 2009 at night (such things always happen at night), 2000 miles from one piece of land and 1000 miles from another one, a fishing boat went by very close to me. The boys must have been very bored because they played songs for me on the channel 16. and that's all when it comes to good marine practice concerning whom I've met, his/her position, where he/she is heading... the summer holidays are ending and a school uniform can be put on again. To all of you, my dear students, I wish you a short speech at the inauguration of the school year and nice teachers. And to teachers I wish … you already have nice students so I can only wish passion and patience.  I guess the giant flying fish and the squids must have got everything up and they think that Tanasza is the fishing boat and they've decided to stay on my board. It means a dustpan needs to be set in motion. The sky is covered with clouds... I miss the blue sky...

2300 zulu, position: 04 54S, 105 21 W 29th of August, 2009 number one at the front! What? But how? So soon? It was 3100. well, behind the 1 there are still extra 999 miles:) but still, there is number 1, you can't deny it. It’s passed as if it was one day, really. Will all life pass by so quickly? I don't know...   I know that it's not my day. My coffee was too strong, when I was setting the autopilot, I hit myself hard in my leg, at night after setting the sails, I forgot to turn off the lights at the crosstrees and the batteries lost a lot of energy, and so on. I need to be careful today, I'm so absent-minded. Even my gym comes to nothing because on the Galapagos Islands (after two years of sailing on Tanasza, congrats!) I greased the slot in the mast where the edge of a sail goes, and now the mainsail goes up and down so well that not much effort is needed – and it used to be my exercise. So for a few days, I have been stretching because I'm becoming a stagnant...

1700 zulu, pos. 04 23S, 103 03W 28th of August, 2009   When I was on the Galapagos Islands, I got an e-mail from my friends who are also at sea saying that they had a 16-24 knots of constant wind and everything is splendid. So I'm wondering where it blows so well because here I feel like under a metal lid... as if this covering made of clouds was hugging my little Tanasza and me and it didn't want to let me  have such splendid sailing. I'm not complaining, oh no. Although it's a bit slow and lazy, I'm not turning the engine on because it's so beautiful and quiet. (P.S. I know you should be careful what you are asking for, but a couple of knots more would be of some use.) Two giant mahi-mahi swam by the sides of Tanasza for a long time. They sparkle so nice in the Sun. I threw them some bread and they ate it, good for them! And imagine that people fish and kill them. No! It's the same with a carp for Christmas -first, you play with it when it lives in your bathtub, you...

1400 zulu, position: 03 51S, 101 06W 27th of August, 2009 I didn’t manage to wake up and I missed the Hawaiian radio... but I often listen to people talking on the radio. It's always a different human voice than mine :) I've heard that there was a hurricane near the Hawaiian Islands... good that I've changed my route. Is the current good? Impossible! I always have a nose for currents in opposite directions... even if they say there are no currents! :) someone from TVN „Facts” called me to ask if a thirteen-year-old girl can sail alone around the world? Does she want to? Then she can, sailing is for everyone, but personally I think that childhood is priceless and when she comes back, she won't be a child anymore... there must be a reason why there are no Guinness records of the youngest... I must have made a terrible mistake... I have only two milky way bars and one chocolate left until the Marquesas Islands. The tragedy is even more serious as the milky ways...

26th of August, 2009  1500 zulu, position: 03 30S,099 31 W I totally freaked out... it happens to me once in a while, and to you? I'm singing, dancing, prattling to myself and making up new words. When I saw fish jumping out of  water, I realized that I tried to call them using the same sound like we do when we want to little chickens to come closer. I'm happy because of everything. I don't know what happened to me but it's a nice rapture... about happiness I think. I feel such FREEDOM, far away from currents, reefs... I'm FREE, FREE, FREE! Yes, my dear, you can smell freedom here. Freeeeedoooom... what a space... it's beautiful here! Even eating a rotten tomato doesn't stop me from relishing the freedom. And it doesn't matter that the wind stops all the time, who cares? Later: I'm watching those amazing birds! They're so far away from the land and there are so many of them... and it turned out they were flying fish :) they were such fliers that I was shocked!...