I have been sitting at my desk for several minutes, trying to gather my thoughts and write a summary of ‘Our cruise’...  but it seems I'm not ready yet. As if the fact that it's over still hasn't sunk in – but how come it ended, when? Gosh, I'm not being very sharp these days :) For me, this cruise hasn't finished yet and it will last forever. All those experiences  I have gained during this cruise will remind me of it. In your letters you ask me if I have changed. I'd say: ‘yes!’ Someone told me that such a cruise is like a crash course of life. Today, I know that he was right. When you see so much beauty around the world , your 'perspective' and attitude to many things change.  And this pensive mood (nostalgy?) is incessantly creeping into my life... so please forgive me if I muse over something  when we speak, or if my eyes wander somewhere in the distance, searching for the remote views and situations which I carefully cherish in my memory: the blue sky,...

This coming Wednesday, 16th of December, at 18:30 at Hawaii Yacht Club – Honolulu, Hawaii Natasza will held a slide show sharing with you with her memories of her solo around the world trip. You are all welcome to join us!

at 17:00 local time Natasza arrived to Hawaii Yacht Club! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNp5Nd3Zqvk video: Bill Emmerson Aarts@Hawaii.rr.com

12.2009 Honolulu, Hawaii. The end of my solitary cruise around the world. Have I really done it? How did I manage? Probably, I'll be wondering about it for a long long time. It's full moon and the wind is weak, the waves are gently pushing me towards the harbour. There are still about 10 miles left, I can see the glow of Honolulu, illuminated skyscrapers, a lot of airplanes, ships, the stars. It's a bit chilly but it's beautiful! It's incredible – yesterday it was hell on Earth, but today I have a motive for sailing. I don't know what emotions I'm feeling. I'm happy, but at the same time a bit sorry that the cruise has finished so quickly – I set off from Honolulu at the end of July, 2007. Time flies, doesn't it? I know that my friends and some relatives will be waiting for me on the seashore. I just can't wait to meet them and eat something different than my canned food :) I'd like to thank all those people...