Most newlyweds are in search of relaxation for their honeymoons – margaritas, sunbathing and white sandy beaches. The more adventurous might choose to walk the romantic streets of Paris or indulge in a wine tour of Tuscany.

Not Colin and Julie Angus. Jointly named National Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year in 2007, you just knew their honeymoon would be anything but traditional.

Their plans took form on sunny day in 2006. The couple was talking about the future, as newly engaged couples do. At the time, they were travelling from Moscow to Vancouver by human power – by boat, bike, and foot (including rowing across the Atlantic).

Examining a road atlas, Julie traced a route of interconnected canals, rivers, and coastlines that led from Colin’s parents’ homeland of Scotland past her mother’s homeland, Germany, and on to her father’s, Syria.

She said, half-seriously: We could row all the way from Scotland to Syria to visit our relatives. It was a reckless sort of joke to make, given the couple’s apparent addiction to extraordinary, daredevil journeys.

Julie Angus (née Wafaei) is the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean from mainland to mainland, which she chronicled in her national bestselling book Rowboat in a Huricane. Colin Angus completed the first human-powered circumnavigation of the world, the first descent of the Yenisey River and the third descent of the Amazon River.

Their latest adventure is Rowed Trip, an odyssey from Caithness, Scotland, to the Middle East using rowboats specially designed and constructed for the purpose, each fitted with a bicycle and trailer, allowing it to travel on both water and land.

Julie and Colin Angus share their Rowed Trip Saturday (Oct. 17), 7:30 p.m., at the Nanaimo District Museum. Tickets $14/advance; $12/students and seniors at Valhalla Pure Outfitters or the museum. Tickets are $16 and $14 at the door.