Land!
Now Alvarenga had been keeping track of time as he counted the phases of the moon. Thus after his 15th lunar cycle, eureka! He spotted land ahead. Some tiny island, which actually turned out to be a small sliver of the Marshall Islands.
Land!
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Hope.
On the date of January 30th of 2014, Alvarenga abandons his boat and swims to shore. It’s on the shore that he finds a beach house which is owned by a local couple, Emi Libokmeto and Russel Laikidrik.
Hope
