Jack Binder, Judith Binder
Danger Awaits the Unwary: Four J's Around the World Trilogy
(Tujays April 26, 2020)
Four J's Around the World is a trilogy comprising: Sailors on Safari + Danger Awaits the Unwary + Moai Magic Home
The great Marco Polo travelled without family, Stanley and Livingstone did the same, as did Columbus, Cortês, and the well-travelled Captain Cook. In this one respect, none of those men was as fortunate as we have been. For like them, we have travelled vast distances upon Earth, but of all we have seen of her beauty and treasures, we have been most fortunate to have shared them all with our children.
We wonder if another family has ever sailed so far, or for so long. One boat, two sons, a mum and a dad, sailing thousands of miles across seas and oceans, touching more than a hundred countries. Together we accomplished so much aboard our precious Banyandah.
When our boys were infants, our first voyage circumnavigated the islands bordering the Coral Sea, and a lifestyle evolved. Then during their early childhood, we meandered through Asia, exploring Indian Ocean countries on "Voyages of Education." Going to places to teach our children something about the diverse people, cultures, and lands of Earth. Following that, we set off to leisurely explore Japan and about every other island on both sides of the Pacific. Our sons' ages clicked into double digits doing that. And here in Europe, still aboard our fabulous floating home, both sons became teenagers; sharp, energetic, eager to take the lead with mum and dad only too pleased to let them test their wings.
The great Marco Polo travelled without family, Stanley and Livingstone did the same, as did Columbus, Cortês, and the well-travelled Captain Cook. In this one respect, none of those men was as fortunate as we have been. For like them, we have travelled vast distances upon Earth, but of all we have seen of her beauty and treasures, we have been most fortunate to have shared them all with our children.
We wonder if another family has ever sailed so far, or for so long. One boat, two sons, a mum and a dad, sailing thousands of miles across seas and oceans, touching more than a hundred countries. Together we accomplished so much aboard our precious Banyandah.
When our boys were infants, our first voyage circumnavigated the islands bordering the Coral Sea, and a lifestyle evolved. Then during their early childhood, we meandered through Asia, exploring Indian Ocean countries on "Voyages of Education." Going to places to teach our children something about the diverse people, cultures, and lands of Earth. Following that, we set off to leisurely explore Japan and about every other island on both sides of the Pacific. Our sons' ages clicked into double digits doing that. And here in Europe, still aboard our fabulous floating home, both sons became teenagers; sharp, energetic, eager to take the lead with mum and dad only too pleased to let them test their wings.