This last leg was not easy. Passing the Doldrums, on the equatorial belt, was more challenging than expected. We had to sail with little wind and an annoying cross wave…

In this long crossing of the South Atlantic I would like to use a compilation of selected entries from my travel diary. It seems to me the best way to…

Bartolomeu Dias in 1487 stopped here to shelter from the strong winds that sweep the coast of Namibia. He called this place ‘Angra Pequena’, meaning small bay. Four centuries later…

Cape of Good Hope as seen from the land

This penultimate stretch of the Indian Ocean, from Réunion Island to South Africa, is one of the most demanding of our whole world tour. We will approach the Cape of…

‘Come, let’s go find the tomb of the pirate La Buse!’ Danielle tells me as soon as I get in the car. We met at a party and she wants…

There is a passage in Jack London’s, The Call of the Wild that has always struck me: ‘There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which…

‘The courage of a sailor does not lie in taking the waves, but in facing the departures,’ says Valerio as we tell each other about the experiences we have lived…

When we left at the beginning of January, from the island of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, our world tour was to be a dream made real, together with many…

The period of British colonialism in Fiji is so long ago that few vestiges of those years remain. In Suva, the capital on the island of Viti Levu, only the…

We sailed on the morning of Monday, 6th July from Bora Bora, with a course set for the Fiji islands, in a flotilla of three boats: Milanto, Ariel and the…

‘David, don’t get into trouble!’ Federica shouts to her little son, who following her, has jumped out of the jeep and is running towards the rubbish bins. She is an…

They came from every island in Polynesia to celebrate the union of the people who inhabited a large area of ​​the Pacific called Te-Moana-Nui-o-Hiva, otherwise known as the Polynesian triangle,…

In the centre of Papeete, near the central market – in a large structure covered in red and white iron sidings, where pearls and fruit, flowers, fish and coconut milk…

We got lucky, it could have been worse. This is often said when the danger has passed. When the tension drops, the damage is assessed and it is clear that…

Moorea is that island of Polynesia where couples from all over the world come on their honeymoon. Not far from Tahiti, it has volcanic topography like the other islands of…

A book of Polynesian legends, purchased by a friend in a Tahitian bookshop, sparked my curiosity. I understood that in these myths lies the core of the culture of these…

Tahiti Iti and the garden of Eden

I wake up early in the morning, prepare tea, go out on the deck of Milanto and sit at the bow. The island of Moorea is always in front of…

I am writing this from Taina Marina, in Papeete, Tahiti. We are moored on the dock and touching our feet on the land for the first time after more than…