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hello ...my name is Claudio from italy just Naples .... after six years i look your video around the word ...and i'm very happy for you ... bye ... Claudio
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Love the story. Where are you guys now? Back home or still sailing?
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that is a wonderful experience,i hope and pray to do exactly that later in life with my family
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what's the most incredible thing you have ever seen?
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How was the rest of the trip.??? How about any up date
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That is awesome! Your are amazing parents! Your kids will have a lifetime of memories before they become teenagers! Good luck in your travels. Jim Canada
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Ethen/Runne. You are so wonderful for sharing your adventure. Thank you. I hold the same views about us all being brothers and sisters, regardless of our origin, religion and our skin color. Social tolerance is something much of the US is obviously having difficulty embracing in 2016 but your kids are so lucky to have great role models and planners. What an experience. I agree that there is nothing better than introducing kids to the real world and you certainly did that ! You posted 3.5 years into your experience and 5 years have passed. So, I expect you both resumed your careers. What you left is a great model for others to consider. From the # of views, alot of people like the idea. Bless your family.
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You have my sincere admiration and respect. Your livestyl is beautiful and very interesting .The most beautiful is the freedom . I wish you helt and happiness in the New year 2016. Greetings from Czech republic ☺
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God Bless You Guys , keep safety... --- From INDONESIA
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That is awesome. God bless you!
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Boat kids can be some of the most well rounded especially when it comes to dealing with unusual situations and different people.
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Great job guy's, your children are priveledge to have parents who show and teach them about other cultures. So far I know people who travel around the world are the most easygoing and nice people to deal with.
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Dear Runne and Ethen, thank you for posting your life and your family. Please take no notice of those comments that are negative and show jealousy or envy. I first planned my off shore trip from NZ to the Pacific Islands in 1979. I see that happening in 2017. So 11 years is a 100m sprint for me. I am so thrilled you made it to Godzone. I hope you can make it back again, even by air...may God bless you and keep you safe...Best Regards. Bruce
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happy family
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I've been all around the world and was very open to other cultures, now I can't stand most 3 rd world people.
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Love to see how other families travel the world with their children - so inspiring!
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WOW!!!!!!! I wish I could do that
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Runne, great video and thank you for sharing a moment of your adventure and I would like to thank your wife for her discussion about meeting other cultures. We are planning a similar trip with our two young kids and this video and her comments will be of great benefit to my wife. Safe travels and Servus from southern Bavaria ;-)
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Wish more people were like these guys.
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Great story: may God/nature make your passage safe. Seeing other people and culture indeed widens our horizon.
Hello there, My name is Runne. We are from Norway, I have been sailing with my family since 3 and a half years, This is my wife Ethen and these are my two twin daughters Heather and Maritta, they are both 9 years old. We started our sail from Norway to the Canary Islands across to the Caribbean thru the Panama Canal thru the South Pacific Islands to New Zealand back up to Fiji then down to Australia then to Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and now in India. First time in Kochi and will be making an Inland trip for 3-4 days and we are eagerly looking forward to it. Hi this is Ethen, Of course it's worth to travel with Children. They have special needs that we need to teach them. Runne and I spend a couple of hours daily to teach them something new. When we came to South Pacific, they said Mama you have to teach us English. Only if we know English we can play with all the kids and that was so right and in a couple of months they could understand most of the English words. Runne and I like to explore different cultures and like to meet people. We would like to share this with our children. There is no difference in humans around the world. They are all the same. The skin color is no matter. We are all brothers and sisters around the world. I had an attraction for sailing as I wanted to sail around the world but on the other hand I knew it was very expensive and had to save lot of money. I didn't want to buy a boat as I didn't want to spend so much money to gain experience. So we didn't have much experience when we left. Norway has a lot of coastlines and Islands to visit. It is really common to sail in Norway. So we have a long relationship with the people who are already into sailing in Norway. Those friends of ours could guide us. During our sail around the world we saw many things that we don't like. Some were piracy, thefts from the boat big seas and things we cannot handle. So far we were so lucky. There were no strong winds that could be dangerous to the boat and the crew and so far we did not meet with any accidents. It is fun on the boat. I think the biggest threat for the sailors is sailing through the Gulf of Aden. One of the reasons is Somalian Piracy situation and because of this we joined the Vasco Di Gama rally so that we stay in a group of about 20 boats and so we got more security and the chance for one boat being caught was much less. I didn't really want to travel through the place with my children on the boat. We could have easily sold the boat and fly back home. It would be a bit dramatic in that case as well. That was the biggest challenge we faced so far. Before we left we knew that we should work around 40 years from graduation to retirement. To take some years off from that we knew we need to plan things well and prepare well. We knew we liked to sail. We took it as a project and it took eleven years from a graduation to start sailing. We had a pleasant trip so far. It would be great if more people do the same. This is best thing I could do for my family. As far as everyone has a long term goal this is possible.