Journey of Sea, Heart, and Land

Jaime Enrique Gutierrez Perez

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Elias Gomez is a young man living a simple life in San Andrés, Colombia, along with his legal guardian, Lina Vespucio; despite being happy, Elias longs for travel around the world, just like in his early childhood. One day, he meets a very old captain and traveller, called Ludwig Bineo; after some time, both realise they have a lot of things in common and create a powerful friendship. Immediately, Ludwig makes Elias an offer he cannot refuse, a lifetime opportunity, become a member of his crew in his beloved ship, called El Valhalla. As expected, Elias accepts, and goes in adventure through many countries.
From there, the new life of Elias starts; However, he will soon find out that his job will take to discover more than he expected, including love, friendship, dreams, adulthood, family and feelings, in a journey full of sea, heart and land.

Sujets

• Romance
• Fiction

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• Publié par: Xlibris AU
• Date de parution: 30 mai 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798369491904
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Journey of Sea, Heart, and Land
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JAIME ENRIQUE GUTIERREZ PEREZ
 
Copyright © 2023 by Jaime Enrique Gutierrez Perez.
 
Library of Congress Control Number:
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
 
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Rev. date: 05/23/2023
 
 
 
 
 
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CHARACTERS
Elías F. Gómez: Colombian, 18, boy of Colombian father and Argentine mother, fond of the sea and the oceans, protagonist and narrator of the story.
One of his most precious possessions is a ring, a gift from his father.
Ludwig Bineo: 62-year-old sailor, spends most of his free time on his boat with his crew, likes noodles, commander of the Valhalla .
Helena Bineo: Niece of the previous one, 18 years old.
Eymen Bozgüney: Young man from Izmir, almost 20 years old.
Mustafa Bozgüney: Doctor specialising in muscles and bones, runs a clinic in Izmir. Eymen’s cousin.
Rodrigo Cunha: First navigator of Ludwig Bineo during the sixties.
Marcelo Quiñones: Harpooner of Latin American descent, part of Bineo’s crew. Approximately early thirties.
Heikki Hirvonen: Finnish boat manufacturer in Helsinki and old friend of the captain.
Nissa Hirvonen : Heikki’s wife and Kia’s mother.
Kia Hirvonen: Daughter of the previous and friend of Helena, 18 years old.
Leena Mäkipää: Kia and Helena’s childhood friend. 19 years old.
Leena Mäkipää: Kia and Helena’s childhood friend. Eighteen years old.
Stig Mäkipää: Leena’s father.
Kielo Mäkipää : Leena’s mother.
Aatami Mäkipää : Leena’s older brother
Jorki . Mäkipää: Leena’s younger brother.
Ingria . Mäkipää: Leena’s younger sister.
Lupita Rosales: Inhabitant of Dominica and stepdaughter of Roland Wyler.
Harrison McGinley : American businessman, living in Fulgencio Batista’s Cuba.
Mackenzie : One of McGinley’s trusted men.
Benno Toscanelli: Former Italian captain in his seventies and friend of Bineo.
Max Vergara : Childhood friend of Ludwig Bineo from Cuba.
Teodora Polanco : Childhood friend of Ludwig Bineo from Cuba.
Sonia Toscanelli: Toscanelli’s 25-year-old niece, an acquaintance of Quiñones.
Duccia Vaccarini: Secretary of the Toscanellis, 40-year-old woman.
Mariela Vittorini: Wife of Ludwig Bineo.
Lina Vespucio: Honest woman, Gómez’s tutor legal and guardian.
Roland Wyler: Fisherman, friend of the captain, and owner of a business in Dominica
Rómulo Valdés: Wyler’s 25-year-old apprentice, stepson and Lupita’s Stepbrother, competes with Gómez in a fishing test.
Sofia Quevedo: Ludwig Bineo’s mother.
Baltasar Bineo: Father of Ludwig Bineo, with a mysterious past.
Mariana Lamborghini: Educated woman, mother of Gómez.
Chalo: Sailor from Valhalla . His real name is Gonzalo Mejía.
Stanfeld: Another sailor from Valhalla .
Kumiko: The representation of the fiercest dreams and deepest desires of Elias, sometimes with the figure of Leena as a succubus, or she is a kind of nymph.
Alcazar, de Montevideo.
Helmi Virtanen, as well as other boyfriends and girlfriends.
I also want to mention another character, whose name is Hector Vespucio.
Other Italian and Turkish characters.
 
Sometimes the sea and the ocean are the most mystical places. Because of the themes of romance and personal and intimate discovery, there are some romantic scenes, both explicit and subtle, so I recommend you keep that in mind.
 
San Andres, Colombia
CONTENTS
Chapter 1     Elias Gomez, a Boy Like No Other
Chapter 2     Captain Ludwig Bineo
Chapter 3     A Transcendental Decision
Chapter 4     The Valhalla
Chapter 5     Helena Bineo and Kia Hirvonen
Chapter 6     The Hirvonen Family and the Beautiful Helsinki
Chapter 7     Leena Mäkipää
Chapter 8     The bond of Elias and the Mäkipää family grow closer
Chapter 9     Helena Bineo, part of her past… and her heart
Chapter 10     A True Welcome Back to the Sea
Chapter 11     Friendships Born from the Baltic and Atlantic
Chapter 12     The Valhalla and Its New Life
Chapter 13     A Storm in the Atlantic Ocean
Chapter 14     Repairing Valhalla, As Well As Leena
Chapter 15     The Memory of Two Beauties in Rio de Janeiro
Chapter 16     Souvenirs From Rio De Janeiro—the Walk
Chapter 17     The Departure towards a New Adventure—Sicily
Chapter 18     The Confession of a Deep Friendship that Overcame Frustration
Chapter 19     The New Page of Promises and Revelations
Chapter 20     The Childhood of Ludwig Bineo
Chapter 21     The Path of Friendship and the Revolution
Chapter 22     The Three Friends and That Strange Businessman
Chapter 23     The Path to the Revolution
Chapter 24     The Days after the Revolution
Chapter 25     A Nice Date between Two Girls in Italy
Chapter 26     Kumiko and the Strange Dreams in Palermo
Chapter 27     An old captain that finally reveals and accepts his past.
Chapter 28     A Brand New Day, And A Brand New Crew Member
Chapter 29     Back to the Atlantic and the 1960s
Chapter 30     Mariela Vittorini
Chapter 31     All Back in San Andres
Chapter 32     November Rain
Chapter 33     Welcome to the Jungle of Two Lovers in the Sea –Experiments, but also Joy
Chapter 34     A Girl called Helena Bineo has Fun in Dominica
Chapter 35     A Long Honeymoon and a Return to Cuba
Chapter 36     Birthdays and Wishes revealed in Türkiye
Chapter 37     The Good Doctor of Izmir
Chapter 38     Elias Revives His Old Passion: Football
Chapter 39     A Party of Defined Hearts and Future
Chapter 39.5     1999 - Helena and Leena one night stand
 
Epilogue
25 April 1974
2001 NEW LIFE, BIG FAMILY

CHAPTER 1
Elias Gomez, a Boy Like No Other
It is said that if you dream of the woman you like, being in different forms, and in idyllic environments, then you managed to find the love of your life.
—Elias Federico Gomez Lamborghini
This is a common story that could happen to anyone. Or so I thought. At least, I want to believe that. And yet I can’t wait to narrate it.
Every night, I have the same vision.
It’s always that cloudy and implacable dream, to which, however, I’ve gotten used to it. I find myself swimming in the middle of the ocean; smiling to the point of spasm; kicking with arms and legs without thinking if that was really possible; and feeling how the strange tickles of the saltwater reached my face and even the inside of my nails and how I could see the little blessed fish in the water through the glass of my lens and my small pupils.
What a feeling of freedom! Only the burning power of the omnipresent sun on your skin can compare to this euphoria. And all the water falling on my arms and legs with the softness of a pillow. But before you activate your precious imagination, dear reader, they were not as big as I thought. Was a kid.
And in front, there were a couple of people I didn’t even have time to recognise—immediately.
And then it’s time to wake up! And getting up, obviously.
Without still waiting for breakfast, I went to the window to contemplate the sun with great care, that beautiful Saturday morning; I was about to finish Herman Melville’s great work Moby Dick , although I admit that I have always preferred to travel by sea much more than read novels of sailors or, at least, read them in a conducive environment.
But that does not matter; I was soon going to find out that. With a single visit to a port, my life was going to change, and it would never be the same again—never.
Forgive the redundancy!
What year is this? you ask.
Well, it’s 2001.
To put it more simply, a lot had happened since my father was killed by a huge white shark—or that great-destroyer shark, as I prefer to call it (you decide). Whatever! Since then, my dearest boss—Mrs Lina Vespucio, a friend of my mother, Mariana Lamborghini—takes care of me and raises me; but before coming to that life, I lived with my parents.
Dad taught me a lot about the sea and fish. He took me on great adventures across the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, the Atlantic, and even the Arctic; so many stories about sirens of Odysseus, the hero of Iliad and Odyssey , had to travel a long time to reach Ithaca. I always knew they were fantasy from Ancient Greece. Despite this, it was wonderful to listen to, especially because of the voice so strong