" "Crocodile. Help me! Help me!"

There was a violent splashing.  She saw a large crocodile thrashing her husband's body….."

"The unhappy survivors called Ndende "a corner of hell in the claws of the devil" Even today...it is not safe to go wandering on your own in those mountains. Rumor has it that strangers are killed…."

"Didn't we sail thousands of miles to find the most perfect waterfall in the world so we could lug our laundry ashore and wash it?"

"Noiselessly we slipped through the water. The clear high gave way to low clouds. Though barely moving we were determined to sail….The southwesterly swell gradually shifted west. We tacked, we drifted, we set the spinnaker. We even motored a little until Michael sang out, "Land Ahoy!" Kia oras, Aotearoa---Greetings, Land of the Long White Cloud."

Armchair cruisers and serious sailors will enjoy Tere's vivid and colorful accounts of exotic places, people and cultures and at the same time will be thrilled by her gripping stories of dancers and navigational challenges overcome.

Tere Batham is an experienced seafarer. She and her husband Michael have written many articles for Cruising World, Ocean Navigator, Practical Boat Owner and Cruising Helmsman. Born in the United States, when not sailing, she now lives with her British husband in New Zealand.

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