The third time is the charm!
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
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
Beyond happy to see You all online and looking forward to meet everyone in Latvia soon! Got the full bag with new stories to be told.ššš PriecÄjos JÅ«s visus redzÄt onlainÄ un drÄ«z tie-kam-ies klÄtienÄ! Ir krietna uzlÄde notikusi, ko vÄlos
The most important thing - KARLIS IS SAFE AND SOUND! OCEAN-SIZE THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!!! š š SvarÄ«gÄkÄ ziÅa - KÄRLIS IR DROÅ ÄS ROKÄS! OKEÄNA IZMÄRA PATEICÄŖBA JUMS VISIEM!!! š š Letās 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 š 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 itās 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 š 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!! šš 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 laikÄ mani aizstÅ«ma prom no Äfrikas apmÄram 400jj, tagad jau mazliet vairÄ kÄ nedÄļu kustos uz rietumiem. VÄl ap 70jj un būŔu atpakaļ 57. austrumu meridiÄnÄ, no kura sÄkÄs airÄjiens pÄri pretstraumei! YEE! SeiÅ”elu salas un MaurÄ«ciju zem Å«dens
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 TÄtis devÄs bezgalÄ«gÄ ceļojumÄ. Zinot viÅa idejas, tas varÄtu bÅ«t arÄ« uz citu planÄtu! FonÄ viÅam skan Manu Chao - King of The Bongo. Kad vienreiz prasÄ«ju - kÄpÄc viÅam tÄ patÄ«k? -āJo tur ir tÄds dzhuba-dzhuba-dzhuba un viss kustÄs!ā ViÅam
April Foolsā and the ocean gave me some jokes! Okay, not that it was something unexpected - from where I am now, I canāt 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!!!!š³š 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" š
Sveicieni Pasaules ÅŖdens dienÄ, WATEX - TÄ«ram Å«denim ! š š¤ KÄ var dzert OkeÄna Å«deni? Tas taÄu sÄlsÅ«dens? Cik ilgi tu stÄvi zem duÅ”as katru dienu? KÄ var pietikt ar 5 litriem Å«dens 24h??? š¤ Letās not forget the Hospice charity
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 š ) 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.š£āāļø 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 š¬šA bit odd, however still nice, that 32nm or 60km from the island we don't see any sign of civilization! Vakar arÄ« delfÄ«ni bija panÄkuÅ”i pretÄ« tuvojoties salai š¬š Mazliet dÄ«vaini,
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. š 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. š§š§¹Meanwhile 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 š A little bird used the boat to do some nap time š 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 š¢ š Everything's alright! 265mn till Maldives. NaktÄ« kÄds sÄka buktÄt laivu un pÄc skaÅas likÄs, 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! ššš Letās not forget the Hospice charity we are raising fonds to, please, take a look āĀ airemaju.lv Stay tuned (on wednesdays at @radioSwh morning show, we
š„WE ARE A TEAM NOW! š„ Dimitri Kieffer (France)š²š« 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
š“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!! š Sala bija sapakota mÄkonÄ«, neko redzÄt, bet divi klints pikuÄi man tÄlumÄ parÄdÄ«jÄs 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 KÄrlis 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, kÄ man pretvÄjÄ neiet, sakÄrtoja
Headwind for the last two days. Rowing that is no fun, trust me! Today it's getting better.Ā 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 Ä«si, vÄjÅ” iegriezies no ZZR, nes nost no kursa. BÅ«tu 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 :) OkeÄns Å”odien mierÄ«gi pulsÄ, teju bezvÄjÅ”. Izmantoju izdevÄ«bu uzairet kaut cik uz ziemeļiem. IzdevÄs! Pareizs laiks 20:20,
If you look at that shiny ball these days / nights, then we are looking at the same thing! I watch it rolling in the waves and rumble pum pum pu rupm pum pu rumpum (2x)! Who can guess what
A surprise this morning! More than 800 km from the coast of Sri Lanka - a fishing boat with a crew of 6 people. We settled greetings, the guys took a photos with me and the boat, asked if I
As the wind stabilizes now, which in this region during January is blowing from the east, my rowing line now follows the west. I've been blown away from the tanker highway, which is good. Finally, in the last 48h, I
The good news is that the dolphins are honoring me with their presence even more often, and stay around for longer. Not so good news - after approx. 510mn flow, the conveyor is out of service. Hmm, now it's taking
The night before, the water was still and soft, like a snowdrift, so I swam to cool off. The last night was windy and stormy, but the force of the stream helps. Meridians are long, but break like spaghetti in
Yesterday someone turned on a large ventilator and somewhere around Africa took out the bathtub stopper for this pool!! The water literally run to the West! GPS registered 5.5 knot speed, which rowing boats don't see often. I was just
Sweet news! Virtually you have rowed with me 253 km. Thank you! š In total I've rowed approx. 611 km. Let's get together and support the first Hospiss LV house building in Latvia. For more information, please visit airemaju.lvĀ ! Feinas ziÅas!
Did you see how fast I managed to stop in Sabang? š¤ Hmm, I also didn't notice! This reminded me of RIO Olympics in 2016, when it was 20km until the coast, but we couldn't get closer to it. Back
I'm approximately 40km to the Sumatra coast. All is covered in heavy clouds and Indonesia's volcanos are hiding quite shy. 33mn left till Sabang island. Need to calculate the road well, so I'm there only after the sunrise. 6 surprised
Sabang is not a very large island, approximately 10x10 km. The flow is getting stronger, which is good, I just need to make sure to aim this one well, to not miss my turn! 85nm left till Sabang. Sabang nav
It starts to get a bit crowded here. 9 tankers passed by today. The closest one was approx.400m, but it's alright! DOLPHINS, little ones and so many of them Kļūst mazliet blÄ«vÄk. Å odien jau 9 tankeri pagÄja garÄm. TuvÄkais ap
I am in the Straits of Malacca, but the waves are as long as in the open ocean. They are helping me well now, thanks. The sun bakes without a break. At night, the strait becomes full of fishing boats
It was a bumpy night ride! Wind and waves, a lot of local fisher boats without walkie-talkies or radars, but I managed First time without seasickness meds! Bumpy ride naktÄ«, vÄjelis+vilnis, daudz vietÄjo zvejas laivu bez rÄcijÄm vai radariem, bet
Langkawi's lights are drying on the horizon. Once again, I can navigate by my old friend Orion. 14 hours of rowing today, I'm soo happy! š Uz horizonta izzust Langkavi gaismas. Varu navigÄt pÄc Oriona, vecÄ drauga. 14h arejiens Å”odien, sajÅ«smÄ!
Just before the New Year I finally restarted the row to continue humanpowered circumnavigation around the world!ššš The feeling, that I can't compare this to anything. As cheesy as it may sound, but really even the a small rowed distance matters. My