Author: Karlis

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,