CONTENTS

Map of the route

Foreword by Jessica Watson

  1. Finding the magic

  2. A passion and a goal

  3. Closer to the dream

  4. Small steps

  5. Starting to sharpen the axe

  6. In the good old USA

  7. Logistics

  8. Caught in the hype

  9. Nearly there

10. On the way

11. Pacific interlude

12. One leg at a time

13. The longest leg

14. The romance of Van Nuys

15. Southern hospitality

16. Oshkosh and beyond

17. The phantom menace

18. Highs and lows

19. Around the Mediterranean

20. On to Jordan

21. The mysterious East

22. Across the Indian Ocean

23. To Malaysia

24. Back home

25. Back to destination A

Epilogue

Acknowledgements