In life, you never know what a fifteen minute chance encounter may lead to...
From the first Turkish woman to have done a round-the-world tour by land comes another adventure of a lifetime. The 39 year-old is once again caught in the trappings of society, stuck in a second marriage, worse than the first. Finally, life cannot bear the torture she’s going through and throws her to the seas this time. Where she will be meeting the man who will be changing her life forever.
A fifteen minute chance encounter leads to such an incredible change of fate. The man she has met will be following her tail first to Phuket at Christmas, then to the other far end of the world to Merida in Mexico, only to pick her up from Barcelona to take her home to Italy, introducing her to his mother the very next day.
After many adversities, being kicked out of the boat she found after three days of sailing, braving the storms in the Indian Ocean, travelling with a madman, being bitten by a dog in El Salvador and not being able to find rabies vaccine, being deported from Panama. After circumnavigating the world, eleven months of sailing the seven seas, hopping from a catamaran to a cargo ship, to a luxurious cruise liner, to a crowded ferry, and finally a caique, she finishes the trip she has started single as three. A man by her side and a baby in her womb.
An intimate memoir from a true world-traveller. Although it has similar elements with “Eat, Love and Pray”, this book is nothing like it. The tale of Virazon will take you much further, both in romance and in adventure. Told in a fresh imaginative style, stories of heroes from different ages, world traditions and art history are interwoven with reflections about life.
Sometimes terrifying, sometimes hilarious, other times poignant, always true to the human experience. A political and philosophical travelogue blend in a personal story.
This is the first volume of an epic tale.
Gülin has now done a third round-the-world tour with her husband and their then 4 years-old daughter, and has been to 152 countries in her goal to go to every country to burn her passports to protest the injustice of visas, the insignias of birthplace racism and global apartheid.
To learn more, visit www.gulin.world
