community weblog - [ Favorite Stops Around the World, Part One ]

June 18, 2004 had our family of four sailing our 33-foot catamaran, inbound under the Golden Gate Bridge, hugging and kissing each other, our hearts filled to the brim with all we had seen and done. Our circumnavigation was over. Once tied to the dock, four and a half years to round the globe suddenly shifted into the day-to-day of being back home, still living aboard, but back among community and friends. Since our return, the question we are most often asked is: What was the best place in the world that you visited? That answer is never easy—"Do you mean favorite city, best lonely beach, great people, or eye-popping scenery? For the Imani crew "one" best place does not exist, but we do have a favorite 11, which we will share with you in the order of our journey.    more...