To South America- part two; Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl, Concrete Details

"...we were thoroughly tired of stone and solid earth and wanted to sail out and get to know the sea."
This quote more blatantly shows how eager Heyerdahl was to begin his expedition.

Beaches can be crowded. Between the lengths of boats and shipyards to the sun bathers and beach goers, the beach seemed to be an unsuitable place for Heyerdahl to build his raft. With this in mind, Heyerdahl asked and received permission from the President of Peru, Don Jose Bustamante y Rivero, to build his raft in the Naval Harbor. Heyerdahl and his crew were frequently having trouble with the aspect of legalities and the paperwork to go along with their expedition; however, the crew was able to build their raft as a faithful copy of the old vessel. Heyerdahl asked people to take a look at his raft, and the results were not what he expected. After listening to multiple people's words of discouragement, one can feel doubt in the adventure he is about to partake in. Heyerdahl must have felt doubt about his expedition after listening to person after person telling him that his expedition would fail. Each person came up with different reasons why a primitive balsa-wood raft would fail. Heyerdahl was even begged not to go on his expedition, but he continued his journey anyway.
Heyerdahl and his crew finished some of the final touches to the raft such as making space for personal items and loading the food rations onto the raft. Before the crew set sail, they christened their raft with coconut milk as Kon-Tiki after the story of the sun-king who sailed from Peru to Polynesia 1,500 years ago. Heyerdahl and his crew were ready to begin their journey.


When describing the building of the raft, Kon-Tiki, Heyerdahl used concrete details.