Elena and Meg

Elena in her room in Ivanovo. Having no clue what's ahead. Dreaming only of freedom, November 2005

Meg's and Elena's tickets to Kiev

Elena (second from the right) with her mother, father and McDonald's security guard, in Kiev, Ukraine

Elena's phone was nearly lost when Elena's mother took it from her by force during the attack. Today, it still has 42 SMS messages that Meg sent Elena.

Elena getting used to her new, free, self, in her and Meg's flat in Kiev, Ukraine

If you read Talking to the Moon you know what this is. Elena and Meg made a copy of Meg's ring for Elena in Victoria

Meg likes what she sees while examining Boadicea she considers buying, Marmaris, Turkey

Elena revels in her newly found freedom to do what she likes, unknown to her in Russia, Marmaris, Turkey

Toy rabbit Elena brought to Kiev for Meg. Pictured here in Boadicea's cabin

Elena's first time at the helm, Marmaris bay, Turkey

Approaching Canary islands, Elena wonders if she will be admitted, Atlantic ocean

Meg fixes the spinnaker, middle of Atlantic

Elena makes an entry in the boat's journal, crossing Atlantic

Meg marks Boadicea's position on the chart, Atlantic

The left cork marks Elena and Meg's 8 months together. The one on the right, them making half the distance across the Atlantic. Photographed years later

Elena's watch, crossing the Caribbean

Meg attempts to resurrect the watermaker, North Pacific

Elena during one of the winter storms, North Pacific

Meg makes a report via satellite, North Pacific

Elena, exhausted, North Pacific

Elena points at her and Meg's position on the chart, only several hundred nautical miles left to Vancouver island!