Nina and Adrian are in their late twenties and already feel stuck in the rat race of every day German life. The young couple searches for a way out that unites their longing for adventure, togetherness and unconventionality and finds: the perfect solitary island in the South Pacific! Without further ado, Nina and Adrian quit their jobs (a very liberating feeling by the way) and set off for paradise. Once there, the two live their dream. They harvest bananas and papayas, hang a hammock on the white sandy beach, grill freshly caught fish at the campfire at sunset and sleep under the most beautiful starry sky in the world. But soon reality breaks into their little paradise …
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Nina Hoffmann. Wanderlust: A Solitary Island in the South Pacific
Table of Contents
Foreword
1. The Island
2. Germany
3. Ferry Trip
4. At the Ministry
5. In the Village
6. Island Exploration
7. Shopping
8. Arrival
9. Beginnings of a Garden
10. First Visitors
11. Cyclone
12. A Visit from the Americans
13. Fishing
14. Bubonic Plague
15. Foraging
16. Surprises
17. Resupply
18. Self-sufficiency
19. Sailors
20. Barracuda Trauma
21. Sea Cucumber Camp
22. Everyday Life
23. Grilled Chicken
24. Whales
25. Petroglyphs
26. Déjà-vu
27. Melancholy
28. Farewell
A thousand thanks to ..
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1 The Island
2 Germany
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My boss still shakes his head, drinks another sip. Then he nods too. “I'll be happy to have you back when you return,” he says.
"Thank you," I reply kindly and rejoice like a honey pie horse. The idea of being eligible for a job again after our year of withdrawal gives me security. Despite our project, which in the eyes of most people is pure adventure, Nina and I attach great importance to security. It is not the desire to take risks that drives us to a deserted island, but the knowledge that we are better off there, that this is what we need right now. Still, it's nice to be able to go back in case it gets too much.