Adventures

  Can't believe this! Already twice I tried to fly out from Somalia, but every time there was something wrong with the documents. Finally! The third time is the charm! While I was rowing the Ocean, sometimes when I saw a

The most important thing - KARLIS IS SAFE AND SOUND! OCEAN-SIZE THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!!! 🙂 🌊 Svarīgākā ziņa - KĀRLIS IR DROŠĀS ROKĀS! OKEĀNA IZMĒRA PATEICĪBA JUMS VISIEM!!! 🙂 🌊 Let’s not forget the Hospice charity we are raising fonds

At the moment the Ocean really is calmer. Wind speed is approximately 15 knots. And I'm much drier too 😃 99.3 nm until the closest point of the coast, but as there is that current in the middle, I would

This is the 6th full moon which I am watching from the boat. It's the 1st class rowing experience while that spotlight is right above me! Once the 7th full moon comes, I will be just out of the sauna,

I was just thinking that it's been a while since the last time I saw the King of the Ocean! The whale showed up for a moment, moved his back a bit in the Sun, 4 breaths and back in

Ahoi! Cleaned the deck, nothing else is missing! Tested a pot which I received as a gift from travel equipment store owner back in Brazil. Thanks, even if the time has done it’s job and it has a small hole,

FULL CAPSIZE! Some things are missing. I'm safe and sound. Something hit my nose, though, but nothing serious. It got us from the side. 360' and then straight back. Everything is a mess, but the most important things are still

Long time no see - hello turtle, my old friend 🙂 The distance until the shore -who knows! Kenya-Somalia border is in 220nm, but the course is not letting me that way, the Ocean has its own rules. The next

Can't believe this, but the Garmin navigation system shows 5036nm which is 9327km! That's the total distance from Malaysia including all the zigzags! I know it's just a number, but still that's a lot. 258nm /477km until the closest point

The Mother of Wind really got me further away from the Son of South, so the East guy became kind of the lead. The sweet cousin West Current visited as well, but I've heard that the visit won't be too

THE STEERING RUDDER!!! June has started, 6 months since I left Malaysia. Equipment and some parts of the body are starting a protest! 5 days ago a metal binding broke, which holds the steering rudder at the required angle. You

Huge waves and white tops!! 🌊🌊 The mother of Wind together with the Ocean is playing their best hits. It's going at full speed and I'm taking the night shifts now as well, so it doesn't take me straight to

It is my honour to announce that the last piece of an onion went to the digestion factory! 25.05. and I bought it on 1st January in the Langkawi island! That's why I can surely recommend those regular ones, with

RIGA TIME! Since May 2016, when this around the world trip started, the route was always going further away from LV time zone. In the Pacific Ocean, when I was crossing the International Date Line, I started to come closer

The good news - during the day it's not that hot anymore, like it was before - 38-37 degrees. Now it's around 33-34 un that changes a lot! During the night, it's 28 degrees and when sleeping only in a

Aprīļa laikā mani aizstūma prom no Āfrikas apmēram 400jj, tagad jau mazliet vairā kā nedēļu kustos uz rietumiem. Vēl ap 70jj un būšu atpakaļ 57. austrumu meridiānā, no kura sākās airējiens pāri pretstraumei! YEE! Seišelu salas un Maurīciju zem ūdens

3:30AM and I made it to the 6th parallel. Got a message that there is the current to Africa. The wind was blowing from northwest, but in the morning it turned from southwest. If I would have slept, it would

The pig wants some orange! I guess that's how we could call the situation right now and the progress to west. Let's not forget the pig's head in profile, which I already drew on the map! Seems like there will

15 days I've been rowing to south, crossing current, which was taking me back to the Maldives/west. To me, the route line kind of looks like a pig's head in profile, but perhaps it's something else? Drop a comment with

Vakar mans Tētis devās bezgalīgā ceļojumā. Zinot viņa idejas, tas varētu būt arī uz citu planētu! Fonā viņam skan Manu Chao - King of The Bongo. Kad vienreiz prasīju - kāpēc viņam tā patīk? -“Jo tur ir tāds dzhuba-dzhuba-dzhuba un viss kustās!” Viņam

April Fools’ and the ocean gave me some jokes! Okay, not that it was something unexpected - from where I am now, I can’t make it straight to the west. At the beginning of May the equatorial countercurrent will strengthen

A few days ago I saw a swordfish, it was huge like a wild boar!!!!🌳🐖 What else to do, the only place I can cool down during the heat is in the water! The sun is here from all the

Greetings from the equator!! Just hit the Southern Hemisphere! Imagine, 40km long belt around our blue planet, without any road signs! No border guards, no safety poles Freedom and water all around! 2369k until Tanzania. Sveicieni visiem no ekvatora!!

Very close person sent me a quote from the book THE JOURNEY OF SOUL INITIATION. "Descent to soul is an epic personal odyssey, a spiritual adventure that has been metaphorically compared with a solo sea crossing in a rowboat" 🙂

THERE IS A TURN! I'm not rowing to west anymore! As you can see on the location map, the current pushed me up, the day before yesterday the wind turned from northwest. Now I'm rowing down the stream, to the

ENG: The current is pushing me to Oman! At least right now. I keep rowing. 2629km until Tanzania. In case you missed my call with radio SWH, you can listen to here ( it's in Latvian, though 🙂 ) LAT: Straume stumj

In the West part of Maldives there are more fishes and therefore also more birds, which make the overall feeling more lively. 1 flying fish got into the boat, but I managed to throw it back in the water before

The day before yesterday, saying goodbye to the atolls and riffs in Maldives, I had to cut the anchor rope and leave the anchor in the depth. High tide didn't let me go from the atoll. After some hours and

The Maldives don't let me go!! 50nm already gone, but now I've stopped on anchor, waiting for the tidal current to calm down. I am hooked on a reef and an uninhabited mini-island. Behind it, the Ocean becomes deeper and

Today I'm restarting to row west towards Africa.🚣‍♂️ I'm gratefull, that Dimitri took time off his own circumnavigation and joined me for this leg from SriLanka to Maldives! I shared my home (the boat) and experiences gained so far. I've learned

Arrived in the lagoon of Maldives on 21.02.2022. We have a bit of a rollercoaster with the clearence process, but we are in good hands now. Although it is only 9 days since we left Sri Lanka and civilization it is weird

As the island gets closer, some dolphins also joined in 🐬🙂A bit odd, however still nice, that 32nm or 60km from the island we don't see any sign of civilization! Vakar arī delfīni bija panākuši pretī tuvojoties salai 🐬🙂 Mazliet dīvaini,

87.8 nm till the Maldives. Can't believe it, because unlike it was around Sri Lanka or other islands, we haven't seen any local fishermen around us. The turtle is still checking on us every day, though. 🙂 Keeping an eye,

The weather is really hot, so Dimitri went for a swim today, and while in the water, he also took care of the algae. 🧜🧹Meanwhile I was on the duty to look out for the sharks! We saw one yesterday.

Yesterday in the evening our friend turtle came around again - by hitting the boat and greeting us 😀 A little bird used the boat to do some nap time 🙂 Flew away only in the morning. We are slowly

During the night someone started to hit the boat and that sounded like it's someone big! Turns out it was a curious turtle 🐢 🙃 Everything's alright! 265mn till Maldives. Naktī kāds sāka buktēt laivu un pēc skaņas likās, ka tas

Already 163 km from GALLE port! The stream helps, but the fact that someone is rowing all the time has long been forgotten! It has been 5.5 years since the Atlantic Ocean. We divide a day by 3. We change

The stage to the Maldives has started on the 12th of February 2022 at 5 PM! 🌊🌊🌊 Let’s not forget the Hospice charity we are raising fonds to, please, take a look – airemaju.lv Stay tuned (on wednesdays at @radioSwh morning show, we

💥WE ARE A TEAM NOW! 💥 Dimitri Kieffer (France)🇲🇫 is taking a break from his own expedition (@nexusexpedition), also a circumnavigation around the world by human power, to join me from Galle, Sri Lanka to Maldives and then to Africa (Tanzania, I

🌴This then completes the bicycle dash to get anti-podes in the bag. Done! I'm back in the Galle port! The boat is safe and sound & I'm not surprised, because there was an order from Navy commander to have a

The morning started by finding anti-podal points no.3 and no.2. Both were located in fairly freely accessible places. Well, ok, to reach No. 2 I had to "dive" into a bit of a swampy jungle. While standing in the water

Colombo has busy traffic but also some very nice, huge trees and parks! A metal wire from tyre broke my steady pace. Air rushed out and I got flat tube :( Found repair place 1.5 km away and there guys worked

On the Independence day of Sri Lanka I started my 500+km bicycle ride! There is few things you do, when you do a Human powered circumnavigation of the world: 1. Do at least 40K km (I'm close to that ) 2. Cross all

The morning started early and at 4:30 I was already full speed. In the mornings, albeit a little, but there is coolness here as well. The jacket even had to be pulled on :) The boat sliced water smoothly and

For the last 2 days I slept only 3.5h each night. To row near the coast is, let's say, a bit harder, because I can't go to sleep as normally I would. In the middle of the ocean - no

Same week, same duties? #neverstopcomplaining :D In the morning, while brushing your teeth, ask yourself - what is the next task (to row!) and who is responsible for that (mhm, that's you!)!!! Have a productive week everyone! Here in the photos - Sri

The island was packed in a cloud, nothing visible, however I saw two cliff pieces in a distance. The island is on my fingertips!! 🌊 Sala bija sapakota mākonī, neko redzēt, bet divi klints pikuči man tālumā parādījās pirmie. Sala pirkstu

Just as many joined me in a boat yesterday for a name day party, so the Ocean joined me in trying to land in Sri Lanka! The wind has stopped and the current is going towards the island! 50 nm

Yesterday evening, together with the clouds came some nasty north winds. The waves were growing high and I had to take out the floating anchor. The island is still not visible. For those who didn't manage to donate yesterday - this

Hello! It's Kārlis name day tomorrow! For sure, we would like to give him some watermelons, right winds or a louder song, however, right now the best gift and party option is to virtually row with him some of

Probably the whale, seeing me not going well in the headwind, sorted things out! I'm on my way to Sri Lanka! Thanks :) Listen to radio SWH tomorrow about the meeting the whale. Laikam valis redzot, kā man pretvējā neiet, sakārtoja

Headwind for the last two days. Rowing that is no fun, trust me! Today it's getting better. WHALE! SO BIG AND SO NEAR !! Unreal! I thought I will need to give away my lunch, but in 4 minutes he waved

The pleasure was short, the wind turns from the N-NW, taking off course. If there was an engine, I would start now !! : D Ok, ok, joke! Prieki bija īsi, vējš iegriezies no ZZR, nes nost no kursa. Būtu motors,

The ocean today was calm, almost no wind. Took the opportunity to row more to the north. Succeeded! Current time 20:20, good night :) Okeāns šodien mierīgi pulsē, teju bezvējš. Izmantoju izdevību uzairet kaut cik uz ziemeļiem. Izdevās! Pareizs laiks 20:20,