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Made it to Mexicocity after cutting the Gordian knot of how to progress to mainland America from St Maarten in the Caribbeans. This was a bittersweet decision to make, because I was conflicted with the idea of trying to progress without fly from the Caribbeans via boat, but as 1. I have found myself inContinue reading “Day 231: Cutting the Gordian knot by flying over to Mexico and the next itinerary to progress down south to Guatemala touching key sights in some Mexican states”

Coming back to St Maarten I had to realize that I came back to the island in the right middle of the hurricane season. After I looked up Beryl’s work last year on the southern islands, especially in Carriacou, it made me second guess if I want to be out on the open sea, whileContinue reading “Day 220: Casually chatting with sailors and ChatGPT about hurricanes aka creating the possible route to reach Panama or Colombia from St Maarten by boat with the current conditions. A blog post with an easter egg.”

Back in St Maarten completing the STCW boat course this week. First things first, back in the US, I have realized, that I don’t want to buy my own boat. It’s important to highlight this one, because in “The Dilemma” post, I have extensively talked about the option of buying my own boat. Maybe onceContinue reading “Day 214: Planning the next steps on high level, aka how to exit St Maarten in a strategic fashion”

It’s time to stop for a bit and look back how this travel looks so far in numbers. Btw, I think I screwed up counting the days. Anywho. I started to draft down the number of countries (10+1 territory), islands (4), continents (3) I’ve touched during this trip so far. Also did some calculations ofContinue reading “Day 193: Reflections, aka over half year on the road from Hungary to Patagonia… Are you still sure about that?”

Yesterday I was on my way to Bermuda from Miami approx 10.000 meters above the sea, and had some confused, tangled thoughts around this trip. Erik taught me the indian phrase, that he learned while hitchhiking through Mexico in his earlier days: ‘don’t travel faster, than your soul could follow.’ I feel, now I’ve beenContinue reading “Day 160: Ikigai, aka the reason why I have hi-jacked my ‘no-fly’ travel project”

Feeling a bit overwhelmed with some inevitable changes already happening or coming up soon, so I feel I have to write about them. When traveling long-term, one has to accept the either expected or unexpected turn of events that can shape the outlook of the experience. The end of the triumvirate aka the wet buttContinue reading “Day 144: Follow the flow”

In the hostel we’ve met a seasoned captain, who is doing boat deliveries, with heavy sea-miles under his belt. Boat deliveries are a well-running business in the sea-captain scene; that’s when boats are being delivered from A to B all over the world. He’s a great talking buddy and just about to cross the oceanContinue reading “Day 128: The best story from the travel so far”

This is the first rest day, since I started working on the island of St Martin/Maarten and I’m having a hard time getting a feel for it. Surely I’m on the Caribbeans, but instead of going to snorkel or just chilling on the beach, having a lot of time makes me feel anxious as myContinue reading “Day 126: The Dilemma”

Okay this might be a clickbait overkill title. You can tell after reading. Moving into the cheapest possible room in a hostel today on the island, next to the Marigot anchorage in San Martin with 5 sqms and no windows. 55EUR for a night for two, apparently, the best deal you can make on thisContinue reading “Day 101: Richard Branson, the gates of Narnia and plastic orgy”

Of what? And why there is no day one? What happened with the rest of the days? You may ask. So let me guide you through. I’m 100 days in on my travel project to get from Hungary to Patagonia without a commercial flight. I even gave it a name, Destination: Journey aka Project Patagonia.Continue reading “100 days”