Did you know that Oskar Speck, a 25 year old kayaker. took part in a 7.5 year journey, starting May 13, 1932, ending in 1939? The journey took him to many places between Germany and Australia. He took this long journey to get away from the country of Germany, because it was rattled by World War I and the Great Depression. He also wanted to leave Germany to go to Cyprus and start a career in mining, but he ended up going further than that. By the time he reached India, he had already started to become famous for his kayak journey from Germany to Australia. While he stopped over in India, his family reached out to him with barrages of letters that just showed different ways of saying "come back." He only responded with "Now listen to me! Do you
