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