He arrived in the summer of 2008 on the first boat of activists that sailed here to protest a blockade imposed by Israel with Egyptian help.
But much has changed since the first tourists sailed here.
Assuming that the don't-leak boat has already sailed, here's another suggestion.
Until Captain Cook sailed here in the late 1700's, islanders had lived in self-governing tribes for thousands of years.
Batumi's wealth is the stuff of legends: back when it was known as Colchis, Jason and his Argonauts supposedly sailed here to steal the golden fleece.
The words bring to mind the first men who sailed here in their wooden ships, spending years cut off from the outside world.
At the idyllic Home Bay resort, we reconvene with two of our group who sailed here earlier (the "Ozzie Blondes"), but alas, a couple planning to fly here from Bangkok don't make it due to a dangerously slippy runway.
The first Britons, the Celts, sailed here across the sea and established a culture and a society many modern Britons still venerate for its connection to a mythic past.
Rocks protruding from the Danube's riverbed once stretched the nerves and navigating skills of all who sailed here.
Japanese, Chinese and European merchants sailed here in the 17th and 18th centuries, trading in silks and ceramics and making off with sacks of spices, tea and sugar.
