Sydney celebrates the arrival of Jessica Watson. Picture courtesy of Flickr user Pavel Sigarteu.

A 16-year-old Australian girl sailed around the world in just 210 days. Jessica Watson, the sailor, went around the world on her own and unassisted circumnavigation of the entire globe, a big feat for a small and young girl. In fact, Watson is the youngest person to ever make it around the globe sailing.

After her trip around the world, Watson said, “I don’t consider myself a hero, I’m just an ordinary girl. You just have to have a dream, believe in it and work hard.”

However, that is not what everyone thinks. People in Australia are proud to have such talent in their country. Many people came to the Sydney Opera House to celebrate the arrival of the teen that had been gone for over 7 months.

Twitter users showed their enthusiasm for the 16-year-old girl as well:

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   nichelady so excited for Jessica Watson — 7 months out at sea, 16 years old and circling the globe by sail — get it girl!!!!! 14 May 2010 from web
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   thankgodisurf Congrats Jessica Watson- 210 days at sea crossing the globe at only 16 yrs old! welcome back to sydney http://bit.ly/bN3×5p 14 May 2010 from bit.ly
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   OceanChampions Congrats to Jessica Watson – at 16, the youngest person to sail around the world! http://bit.ly/b0dmgp 15 May 2010 from TweetDeck

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Joshua Slocum was the first person to ever single-handily circumnavigate around the globe. Slocum achieved this in the 1895 at the age of 51, departing from Boston.  Later Slocum wrote a book about his adventures entitled Sailing Alone Around the World.

It looks as though Ms. Watson will have many stories of her own to tell. Watson already created a blog that helped readers to follow her journey.